Ancient Fern color palette — #F9F6DF · #48A6BC · #6A6098 · #465503 · #1A463B

Deep Olive and Cyan set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#F9F6DF): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Cyan (#48A6BC): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Slate (#6A6098): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Deep Olive (#465503): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Forest (#1A463B): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Fern 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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