Ancient Cerulean color palette — #E4EFF7 · #488CAE · #323C4C · #161F26 · #070E10
A conversation between Cerulean and Charcoal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#E4EFF7): bright and airy, almost weightless.
- Cerulean (#488CAE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Charcoal (#323C4C): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Onyx (#161F26): a grounded near-black with real depth.
- Ink (#070E10): 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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