Ancient Cerulean color palette — #DCEDF8 · #008DB6 · #2C405F · #082534 · #050F13
Built around Cerulean, softened by Navy — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#DCEDF8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#008DB6): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Navy (#2C405F): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Midnight (#082534): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ink (#050F13): 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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