Ancient Cerulean color palette — #EFF7F5 · #DFD4D1 · #A9A092 · #6185AA · #4C5552

A conversation between Storm Blue and Taupe, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#EFF7F5): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Silver (#DFD4D1): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Taupe (#A9A092): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Storm Blue (#6185AA): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Charcoal Brown (#4C5552): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Cerulean 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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