Ancient Petrol Basin color palette — #D6EAE5 · #3D7F94 · #3D446F · #3B2800 · #131F00

Slate and Navy set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#D6EAE5): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Slate (#3D7F94): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Navy (#3D446F): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Espresso (#3B2800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#131F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Petrol Basin 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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