Ancient Navy color palette — #F9E3CA · #00898E · #00489B · #3F2600 · #001309

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#F9E3CA): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Cerulean (#00898E): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Indigo (#00489B): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#3F2600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#001309): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Navy 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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