Ancient Archive color palette — #D1E9E7 · #0090A0 · #006D92 · #4A3C7C · #13102C

A conversation between Royal Purple and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#D1E9E7): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Cerulean (#0090A0): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#006D92): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Royal Purple (#4A3C7C): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#13102C): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Archive 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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