Ancient Terrace color palette — #C5EAE2 · #398AB5 · #56487D · #442D02 · #180D00

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#C5EAE2): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Cerulean (#398AB5): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#56487D): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Espresso (#442D02): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#180D00): 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 Terrace 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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• Worn Workshop color palette (#D7F5FD, #747ABC, #783C60, #003329, #0D1500)
• Hushed Cerulean color palette (#CCF1EF, #5998C5, #686692, #614820, #362200)
• Aged Onyx color palette (#CCE1F7, #6D84AE, #57577E, #532841, #441423)
• Patina Denim Orchard color palette (#E6DAE5, #58ACAE, #00617D, #003C17, #000A1E)
• Muted Ash color palette (#D1E5FF, #A19AC2, #83677D, #2C5151, #032D2D)
• Hushed Dune color palette (#D5F6FF, #94BCE6, #8986A3, #536453, #283A29)

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