Ancient Alley color palette — #C5E8D5 · #00A8D1 · #D45D2B · #006E8A · #4A1500

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

The five colors

• Celadon Mist (#C5E8D5): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cyan (#00A8D1): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Pumpkin (#D45D2B): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#006E8A): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#4A1500): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Calm, Balance. Tagged cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Alley 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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