Ancient Drift color palette — #C7F2F4 · #5283AE · #544573 · #262300 · #010100

Built around Cerulean, softened by Charcoal Brown — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Frost (#C7F2F4): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cerulean (#5283AE): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Charcoal Brown (#544573): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Onyx (#262300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Black (#010100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Drift 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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