Ancient Study color palette — #DFEBE5 · #988796 · #7D6270 · #002E42 · #000201

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#DFEBE5): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Heather (#988796): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Pewter (#7D6270): A full-bodied, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Midnight (#002E42): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient 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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