Ancient Powder color palette — #CDE3F9 · #B4B4DE · #9A839C · #487187 · #264859

Mauve and Slate set the tone — five colors that lean into sophistication.

The five colors

• Frost (#CDE3F9): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Mauve (#B4B4DE): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Heather (#9A839C): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Slate (#487187): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Charcoal (#264859): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Powder 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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