Ancient Study color palette — #EDF7FF · #7DB6DD · #4B5565 · #212D36 · #0B1013

A conversation between Sky and Charcoal Brown, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#EDF7FF): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Sky (#7DB6DD): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Charcoal Brown (#4B5565): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Onyx (#212D36): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#0B1013): quiet, heavy and certain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Study 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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