Ancient Basin color palette — #E2F5FF · #4EC5DE · #C88A81 · #1B7F91 · #40273C

Built around Cyan, softened by Teal — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#E2F5FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cyan (#4EC5DE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Dusty Rose (#C88A81): A luminous, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Teal (#1B7F91): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#40273C): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Balance. 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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