Ancient Denim Study color palette — #E1E9ED · #AAB6C1 · #8996AE · #005D6C · #021620

A conversation between Peacock and Blue Fog, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#E1E9ED): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Ash (#AAB6C1): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Blue Fog (#8996AE): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Peacock (#005D6C): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#021620): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Denim Study into a complete token system: semantic roles from primary to success, an 11-stop OKLCH scale per role, a WCAG AA/AAA and APCA contrast matrix, an auto-derived dark mode and 11 export formats including CSS custom properties, Tailwind, Figma Variables and shadcn/ui.

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