Ancient Archive color palette — #C9F6FB · #007997 · #1B4766 · #2D0B46 · #130016
A conversation between Deep Indigo and Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#C9F6FB): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Teal (#007997): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Navy (#1B4766): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Deep Indigo (#2D0B46): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ink (#130016): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted, cool.
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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