Ancient Fern color palette — #FFDDDE · #696700 · #004841 · #3C002C · #010500

Olive and Deep Indigo set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDDDE): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Olive (#696700): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Forest (#004841): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Deep Indigo (#3C002C): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#010500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Fern 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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