Ancient Indigo color palette — #EBDDE4 · #7568B1 · #402932 · #230D1A · #0A0508

Slate takes the lead with Ink close behind in a set that reads as creativity and sophistication at first glance.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#EBDDE4): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Slate (#7568B1): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Espresso (#402932): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Ink (#230D1A): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Ink (#0A0508): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Indigo 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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