Ancient Cerulean color palette — #DAF8ED · #2A8EA7 · #39487D · #311E00 · #020100

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DAF8ED): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cerulean (#2A8EA7): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#39487D): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Onyx (#311E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.

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

• Timeworn Pier color palette (#E3F3D8, #338F7B, #005B75, #390D10, #040000)
• Cerulean Boulevard color palette (#DCEFF7, #6E83B3, #573A5D, #1A2400, #020500)
• Navy Garden color palette (#CBE9E1, #007794, #223D7F, #2B1A00, #0D0C00)
• Nightshade Parlor color palette (#EEE1D4, #7BA8CB, #274DA7, #002B2F, #010009)
• Shadow Petrol color palette (#DBF1F3, #007790, #004064, #000F2D, #01000A)
• Softworn Corridor color palette (#D3E1EE, #005892, #693800, #3D3000, #000104)
• Navy Basin color palette (#D3ECE2, #27598F, #202970, #33002A, #0E0005)
• Worn Cobalt color palette (#D4F0E8, #006EB9, #794700, #002C50, #020100)

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