Ancient Archive color palette — #E5F0EC · #AF9FAE · #997C8F · #004A6E · #000D08
A conversation between Navy and Heather, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Cream (#E5F0EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Mauve (#AF9FAE): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Heather (#997C8F): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Navy (#004A6E): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ink (#000D08): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
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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