Ancient Study color palette — #D0E7DE · #49A36F · #005A56 · #461734 · #000201
A conversation between Fern and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#D0E7DE): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Fern (#49A36F): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Peacock (#005A56): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Espresso (#461734): A deep, shadowed, balanced rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
- Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged botanical, earthy, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Study 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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