Ancient Drift color palette — #C5E8FB · #88A1D5 · #8A7EA9 · #935625 · #302200

A conversation between Ochre and Blue Fog, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Frost (#C5E8FB): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Blue Fog (#88A1D5): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Slate Blue (#8A7EA9): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Ochre (#935625): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Onyx (#302200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, 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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