Ancient Cerulean color palette — #D5F7FD · #2F85A5 · #2E5574 · #381C4C · #210722

Cerulean takes the lead with Deep Indigo close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.

The five colors

• Frost (#D5F7FD): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#2F85A5): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#2E5574): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Deep Indigo (#381C4C): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Ink (#210722): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Sophistication. 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

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• Dusty Onyx color palette (#E1F3EA, #44887C, #005F64, #192D52, #110A3B)
• Timeworn Cobalt color palette (#D8EAFA, #118AD5, #004A75, #00182D, #000103)
• Wandering Ash color palette (#E9EFFE, #9388B8, #605E7E, #4F364E, #2A1023)
• Tempered Pier color palette (#D5E4EF, #00759E, #8A2385, #003C53, #130012)
• Denim Balcony color palette (#D1E2E1, #7AA2BC, #005F88, #003842, #000C19)
• Muted Basalt Dune color palette (#E5F4FF, #A6BED6, #71829A, #605972, #41344E)
• Muted Mulberry color palette (#EEE0F0, #8394BB, #6A6A94, #7B2659, #4F0A1E)

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