Ancient Cerulean color palette — #D3F5FF · #008DA8 · #162756 · #1B272C · #000B04
Cerulean and Midnight set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#D3F5FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Cerulean (#008DA8): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Midnight (#162756): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Onyx (#1B272C): quiet, heavy and certain.
- Ink (#000B04): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, 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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