Ancient Delta color palette — #DCE9D4 · #00A387 · #165C71 · #253519 · #050501
A conversation between Fern and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#DCE9D4): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Fern (#00A387): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
- Peacock (#165C71): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Deep Forest (#253519): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Ink (#050501): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Delta 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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