Ancient Archive color palette — #FCF2F5 · #E4D8D3 · #D6BCAE · #8B5FB0 · #261A1E

Built around Amethyst, softened by Stone — the whole palette hums with creativity and sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FCF2F5): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Bone (#E4D8D3): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Stone (#D6BCAE): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Amethyst (#8B5FB0): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Onyx (#261A1E): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.

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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