Ancient Cerulean color palette — #E1F6FE · #178D99 · #2B404B · #1D2B30 · #10161B

Cerulean takes the lead with Charcoal close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.

The five colors

• Ivory (#E1F6FE): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#178D99): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Charcoal (#2B404B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Onyx (#1D2B30): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#10161B): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, 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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