Ancient Cerulean color palette — #C1EBCA · #70B5A9 · #378696 · #563252 · #2D0512

Cerulean takes the lead with Turquoise close behind in a set that reads as nature and growth at first glance.

The five colors

• Celadon Mist (#C1EBCA): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Turquoise (#70B5A9): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cerulean (#378696): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Mulberry (#563252): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Ink (#2D0512): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Cerulean 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.

Similar palettes

• Worn Balcony color palette (#E6ECD1, #92B68E, #3E8577, #413467, #280426)
• Petrol Canyon color palette (#C6F0F1, #6AAFCA, #506CA6, #592C30, #250D00)
• Hushed Basalt Thicket color palette (#CCE9CF, #469887, #006778, #531C4E, #461824)
• Muted Corridor color palette (#DBEDE7, #559DA1, #136389, #4A1335, #1E0001)
• Wandering Cerulean Field color palette (#CAECEE, #40809F, #344670, #370B0D, #030100)
• Sunlit Scarlet color palette (#DEF6DE, #00A6A8, #D43741, #00595A, #170001)
• Basalt Market color palette (#F9EAD3, #6B8B62, #005960, #551F00, #210517)
• Teal Grove color palette (#D3E3DB, #00AA8A, #006D6A, #003A3D, #000A0E)

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