Ancient Cerulean color palette — #D0E3E1 · #4196B1 · #00516C · #002B30 · #00050B

A conversation between Cerulean and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Silver (#D0E3E1): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cerulean (#4196B1): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Peacock (#00516C): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Forest (#002B30): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#00050B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

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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