Ancient Apricot color palette — #E5FCED · #50D2EE · #E78A65 · #00859A · #471600

A conversation between Salmon and Ice Blue, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#E5FCED): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ice Blue (#50D2EE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Salmon (#E78A65): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Cerulean (#00859A): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#471600): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Apricot 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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