Ancient Study color palette — #DFFFE8 · #00B9E6 · #7171CA · #6F5800 · #00385D
A conversation between Cyan and Cornflower Indigo, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#DFFFE8): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Cyan (#00B9E6): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Cornflower Indigo (#7171CA): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Olive (#6F5800): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Navy (#00385D): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity. Tagged retro.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Study 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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