Ancient Coast color palette — #DBDEE8 · #A49DAB · #8F8296 · #5B56A9 · #050818

Iris takes the lead with Ink close behind in a set that reads as creativity and sophistication at first glance.

The five colors

• Silver (#DBDEE8): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Blue Fog (#A49DAB): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Heather (#8F8296): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Iris (#5B56A9): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#050818): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.

Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Coast 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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