Ancient Cerulean color palette — #DAECF6 · #0089B9 · #955500 · #00425B · #030100
A conversation between Cerulean and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#DAECF6): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Cerulean (#0089B9): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ochre (#955500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Navy (#00425B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Black (#030100): a grounded near-black with real depth.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Cerulean 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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