Ancient Onyx color palette — #DAE4EA · #848F99 · #596C8A · #002F3E · #000103

A conversation between Midnight and Slate, giving this palette its sense of sophistication.

The five colors

• Frost (#DAE4EA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Gray (#848F99): a calm mid-gray that lets other colors speak.
• Slate (#596C8A): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Midnight (#002F3E): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Black (#000103): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Onyx 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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