Ancient Archive color palette — #E3E6D6 · #00898E · #005569 · #311664 · #001114

Royal Purple and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#E3E6D6): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Cerulean (#00898E): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Peacock (#005569): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Royal Purple (#311664): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Ink (#001114): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged retro, muted.

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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