Ancient Archive color palette — #E4F7ED · #E0CCE0 · #C59EB4 · #006482 · #022015

Peacock and Mauve set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#E4F7ED): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Silver (#E0CCE0): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Mauve (#C59EB4): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Peacock (#006482): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#022015): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Archive 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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