Ancient Drift color palette — #E4F1EC · #AE9FAE · #947F8D · #004B6C · #000D07

A conversation between Navy and Heather, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#E4F1EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Mauve (#AE9FAE): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Heather (#947F8D): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Navy (#004B6C): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#000D07): 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 Drift 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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