Ancient Study color palette — #BFEDFF · #0092B8 · #BB4300 · #00576E · #521800
A conversation between Terracotta and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#BFEDFF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#0092B8): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Terracotta (#BB4300): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Peacock (#00576E): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Espresso (#521800): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Calm, Balance. Tagged cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Study 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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