Ancient Cerulean color palette — #CBEDE6 · #2B92AD · #4B5D91 · #5A341A · #281200

Built around Cerulean, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#CBEDE6): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cerulean (#2B92AD): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#4B5D91): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Cocoa (#5A341A): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#281200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, 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.

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