Ancient Cerulean color palette — #C5E6E9 · #508AA9 · #58668B · #623835 · #240E00

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

The five colors

• Silver (#C5E6E9): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#508AA9): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Slate (#58668B): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Cocoa (#623835): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#240E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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

• Weathered Balcony color palette (#E1EFFF, #777CB4, #76587E, #643C07, #131100)
• Petrol Lantern color palette (#DBF8E1, #4E8D87, #1C7185, #603356, #240008)
• Dusty Navy Orchard color palette (#CAEAD1, #23838C, #414684, #3B2700, #180E00)
• Navy Alley color palette (#CAF1F4, #00698C, #212C67, #2F0002, #0A0300)
• Denim Bloom color palette (#DBE6CA, #598B71, #004F6E, #282100, #010100)
• Dusty Chestnut color palette (#D4E5F7, #8F9CD5, #977CAC, #875929, #2F2800)
• Wandering Basalt Veranda color palette (#C6EFFD, #9CB9E1, #9A96C5, #836175, #4F3800)
• Quiet Navy color palette (#D6E9EE, #0085B5, #006194, #00407E, #040036)

Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.