Ancient Study color palette — #E2EAF1 · #C4CCD8 · #A0A1BE · #005D7D · #051823
A conversation between Peacock and Blue Fog, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#E2EAF1): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Oat (#C4CCD8): soft and architectural.
- Blue Fog (#A0A1BE): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Peacock (#005D7D): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Ink (#051823): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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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