Ancient Cerulean color palette — #D9F3FF · #00889E · #004961 · #002229 · #000203
Cerulean and Navy set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#D9F3FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Cerulean (#00889E): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Navy (#004961): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Midnight (#002229): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Black (#000203): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, 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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