Ancient Archive color palette — #DCF4FF · #00A2B5 · #8153CD · #9B0016 · #121300

Built around Amethyst, softened by Garnet — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DCF4FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Cerulean (#00A2B5): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Amethyst (#8153CD): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Garnet (#9B0016): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#121300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Archive 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.

Similar palettes

• Chalky Lantern color palette (#DAE7F1, #008CBD, #8938AA, #791F00, #060900)
• Powdered Mulberry Coast color palette (#CDE6EA, #00A790, #416CCD, #91005F, #1B0F00)
• Timeworn Chestnut color palette (#D1EBEF, #7DA6C5, #767EA8, #8A4F43, #3E2400)
• Soft Market color palette (#D5EBFF, #41B1FE, #C753C5, #9E4E00, #0A2D00)
• Feathered Plum Delta color palette (#E3EFFF, #4A8EF2, #BF3178, #634E00, #001614)
• Mulberry Station color palette (#D6F7FF, #008682, #951345, #532300, #210A00)
• Tempered Sapphire color palette (#D2E0F5, #3263ED, #990068, #4D2F00, #000201)
• Softworn Summit color palette (#DAE1F8, #9D90FF, #CF5857, #5A6A00, #00242C)

Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.