Ancient Cerulean color palette — #E2F6FD · #00A0AC · #7D5281 · #543C00 · #281C00

Built around Cerulean, softened by Graphite — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#E2F6FD): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Cerulean (#00A0AC): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Graphite (#7D5281): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Deep Olive (#543C00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#281C00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Cerulean 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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