Ancient Basin color palette — #DCF0EB · #509090 · #005E6C · #161545 · #020008
Deep Indigo and Peacock set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#DCF0EB): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Storm Blue (#509090): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Peacock (#005E6C): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Deep Indigo (#161545): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Black (#020008): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted, 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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