Ancient Iris color palette — #C5E8D1 · #E3C03C · #8B7AE8 · #9B7F00 · #291B58

A conversation between Lavender Blue and Honey, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Celadon Mist (#C5E8D1): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Honey (#E3C03C): A luminous, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Lavender Blue (#8B7AE8): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Olive Leaf (#9B7F00): A luminous, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Deep Indigo (#291B58): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Iris 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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