Ancient Cerulean color palette — #D9F5ED · #2394CD · #6A5994 · #4E3405 · #2C1B00
A conversation between Cerulean and Slate, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#D9F5ED): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Cerulean (#2394CD): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Slate (#6A5994): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Espresso (#4E3405): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Onyx (#2C1B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. 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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- Mulberry Summit color palette (#E2E8F7, #8E8EBA, #8166A2, #833C4D, #440102)
- Aged Navy color palette (#E4F2FF, #617CB6, #3E3D7A, #4A1636, #390017)
- Violet Veranda color palette (#CCE6E0, #63BDF0, #976CC1, #6F6225, #463B00)
- Worn Lilac Study color palette (#D8F1FF, #A49BDD, #A06B75, #645C08, #383831)
- Aged Teal color palette (#F9E7E1, #00B8BD, #007191, #004E22, #00132F)
- Linen Lilac color palette (#C4E3FC, #A088CD, #9F535B, #0B553C, #002F1F)
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