Ancient Brick color palette — #D8EDF6 · #008EA0 · #C20614 · #00444E · #050000

A conversation between Ruby and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#D8EDF6): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#008EA0): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ruby (#C20614): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Deep Teal (#00444E): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Black (#050000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Brick 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

• Softworn Brick color palette (#DBE8F5, #0082D6, #C20022, #003E6A, #050000)
• Patina Alley color palette (#CDE9F0, #00918D, #B1008D, #004644, #040002)
• Antique Basin color palette (#D2EAFC, #0074A2, #764900, #002F45, #020100)
• Pale Summit color palette (#DDF8E4, #006B79, #91020F, #00333A, #260001)
• Scarlet Basin color palette (#C8F6FE, #009FB1, #E23426, #006F7C, #260000)
• Airy Parlor color palette (#C7E8DD, #718A00, #C2001F, #354200, #050000)
• Soft Parlor color palette (#E3EFFF, #1976FA, #8B5C00, #003683, #020100)
• Weathered Corridor color palette (#ECF7FF, #6CCDFF, #EF4746, #00749F, #410004)

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