Ancient Nightshade color palette — #D5E4EF · #008E8E · #006382 · #282B98 · #000103

Indigo and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#D5E4EF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#008E8E): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Peacock (#006382): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Indigo (#282B98): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Black (#000103): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged candy, vibrant, light, cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Nightshade 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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