Ancient Cobalt color palette — #F9F3F8 · #E7D7D9 · #DBBABB · #5270C8 · #291726
A conversation between Sapphire and Onyx, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.
The five colors
- Ivory (#F9F3F8): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Silver (#E7D7D9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Stone (#DBBABB): A luminous, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Sapphire (#5270C8): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Onyx (#291726): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Cobalt 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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