Ancient Archive color palette — #D6EDEA · #2B8F5E · #004734 · #002306 · #000201
A conversation between Fern and Forest, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#D6EDEA): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Fern (#2B8F5E): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Forest (#004734): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ink (#002306): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged botanical, earthy, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Archive 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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