Ancient Petrol color palette — #E4F8E8 · #4EA8D0 · #5266AA · #6B3521 · #132434

Slate takes the lead with Cyan close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#E4F8E8): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Cyan (#4EA8D0): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Slate (#5266AA): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Rust (#6B3521): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Midnight (#132434): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Petrol 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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