Ancient Onyx color palette — #E3ECE8 · #A0969F · #876576 · #002F44 · #000D07

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

The five colors

• Cream (#E3ECE8): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Heather (#A0969F): soft and architectural.
• Pewter (#876576): A full-bodied, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Midnight (#002F44): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#000D07): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

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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