Ancient Cerulean color palette — #ECF8F5 · #99CCCC · #578A95 · #536C66 · #405151

A conversation between Storm Blue and Ash, giving this palette its sense of sophistication and grounding.

The five colors

• Ivory (#ECF8F5): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Ash (#99CCCC): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Storm Blue (#578A95): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Graphite (#536C66): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Charcoal Brown (#405151): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged botanical, earthy, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Cerulean 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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