Ancient Petrol color palette — #FDF5DE · #4AA4C7 · #6460A2 · #574F00 · #21453D
A conversation between Slate and Cyan, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Cream (#FDF5DE): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Cyan (#4AA4C7): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Slate (#6460A2): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Deep Olive (#574F00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Forest (#21453D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, 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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