Ancient Basin color palette — #EDF2FE · #8387C5 · #964F08 · #004B4A · #002135

Ochre and Slate Blue set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Ivory (#EDF2FE): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Slate Blue (#8387C5): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ochre (#964F08): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Forest (#004B4A): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Midnight (#002135): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Basin 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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