Ancient Archive color palette — #EFF2F9 · #DDD2E0 · #C4BAD1 · #645CB6 · #1E2438
A conversation between Cornflower Indigo and Midnight, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.
The five colors
- Ivory (#EFF2F9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Silver (#DDD2E0): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Ash (#C4BAD1): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Cornflower Indigo (#645CB6): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Midnight (#1E2438): 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 Archive 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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