Ancient Navy color palette — #E1E6ED · #9AA5B7 · #7986A4 · #114383 · #020916

A conversation between Navy and Slate Blue, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#E1E6ED): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Blue Fog (#9AA5B7): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Slate Blue (#7986A4): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Navy (#114383): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#020916): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Navy 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.

Similar palettes

• Hushed Navy Bloom color palette (#E2EBF4, #B5BAC9, #928DAE, #003F66, #000104)
• Tempered Workshop color palette (#DAE0E7, #929AA9, #696F88, #002B54, #030A14)
• Worn Ultramarine color palette (#E5DEE5, #AA9C9E, #A88080, #0064B5, #0F0510)
• Mulberry Delta color palette (#E5E3EC, #B8AFC9, #9E8DB0, #713877, #14121E)
• Dusty Driftwood Studio color palette (#E8E6F4, #8A6EA4, #663D66, #54251F, #250C00)
• Weathered Cobalt color palette (#EAEEF9, #D2D7E9, #B2B5D2, #656BAB, #282E3A)
• Misty Indigo Station color palette (#E9F0FF, #2E91FE, #5C68FF, #6637B5, #040021)
• Dusty Harbor color palette (#F6F3FD, #E5D7F6, #CAB4D7, #AD4C9F, #352F42)

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