Ancient Basin color palette — #D7EFEA · #318C9A · #14578A · #670232 · #471E11
A conversation between Mulberry and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#D7EFEA): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Cerulean (#318C9A): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Peacock (#14578A): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Mulberry (#670232): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
- Espresso (#471E11): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
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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