Ancient Cobalt color palette — #D5EAF7 · #0081B4 · #1F375F · #002117 · #000B04

Cerulean and Navy set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#D5EAF7): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#0081B4): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#1F375F): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Ink (#002117): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#000B04): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Cobalt 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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