Ancient Lapis color palette — #FFF4E2 · #45AAF3 · #6356C8 · #632F00 · #001031

A conversation between Iris and Cornflower, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFF4E2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Cornflower (#45AAF3): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Iris (#6356C8): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Bronze (#632F00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#001031): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Lapis 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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