Ancient Cerulean color palette — #E9E3DB · #3B8E98 · #004454 · #00231E · #000B14
Built around Cerulean, softened by Deep Teal — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E9E3DB): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Cerulean (#3B8E98): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Deep Teal (#004454): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Onyx (#00231E): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Ink (#000B14): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, 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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