Ancient Petrol color palette — #D9F4EE · #0579A0 · #3D3C79 · #302000 · #090A00

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#D9F4EE): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Cerulean (#0579A0): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#3D3C79): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Onyx (#302000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#090A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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.

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