Ancient Basin color palette — #EFF6FF · #79AFFF · #D19718 · #156BDB · #4E3500
A conversation between Royal Blue and Mustard, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#EFF6FF): bright and airy, almost weightless.
- Cornflower (#79AFFF): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Mustard (#D19718): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Royal Blue (#156BDB): A full-bodied, vivid blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Espresso (#4E3500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Basin 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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