Ancient Basin color palette — #DDEDDE · #00888C · #BE0040 · #005052 · #260006

Ruby and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into energy and balance.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DDEDDE): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Cerulean (#00888C): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ruby (#BE0040): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Forest (#005052): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#260006): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.

Feels like: Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.

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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