Ancient Petrol color palette — #DFF1EA · #007BA3 · #584170 · #3F1E06 · #1C1300

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DFF1EA): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Cerulean (#007BA3): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Charcoal Brown (#584170): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Espresso (#3F1E06): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#1C1300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Petrol 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 Lagoon color palette (#D8E5D2, #008D90, #26496F, #4E1D15, #2A1400)
• Timeworn Mulberry color palette (#D9F4FB, #5D6EA9, #6E3062, #262F00, #001D09)
• Wandering Meadow color palette (#D5EAF8, #3C68A0, #38406F, #3C0F34, #1A000B)
• Soft Cobalt color palette (#D2EBDD, #35A2AC, #477BB2, #764400, #181C00)
• Dusty Denim Parlor color palette (#D8EDFF, #00649E, #644500, #002F4E, #170D00)
• Quiet Basalt color palette (#D9F0FF, #638DBC, #4F5F99, #592250, #34001C)
• Denim Corridor color palette (#D5E1EC, #004F85, #4F3E00, #253006, #000814)
• Weathered Nightshade Corridor color palette (#E7F5E6, #5595CA, #3133AB, #003031, #1B0631)

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