Ancient Fern color palette — #C9ECF8 · #8096BE · #705688 · #3E4900 · #00271A
Built around Deep Olive, softened by Graphite — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.
The five colors
- Frost (#C9ECF8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Blue Fog (#8096BE): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Graphite (#705688): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Deep Olive (#3E4900): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Deep Forest (#00271A): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted, cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Fern 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.
Similar palettes
- Abyss Boulevard color palette (#D4DEF6, #B18A96, #875362, #004E34, #002615)
- Muted Fern color palette (#D7F7ED, #90B2A8, #836473, #595100, #06341B)
- Timeworn Cocoa color palette (#DEEFE4, #809C82, #4B6385, #5F3100, #2B2100)
- Washed Spruce Cabin color palette (#E1EFFE, #78709B, #673F5D, #00391B, #001712)
- Driftwood Basin color palette (#D5E6F4, #9EA7E2, #9C6599, #316257, #123D35)
- Weathered Pewter color palette (#F1D7E1, #AE92BB, #8F5482, #713323, #3B3530)
- Antique Fern Thicket color palette (#D9F7ED, #C7B2C0, #9E7D82, #4B6B45, #2D3D29)
- Softworn Field color palette (#EBDADF, #C2989E, #A76A6F, #006157, #003248)
Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.