Ancient Cerulean color palette — #F9E9DF · #318CAA · #003F68 · #002220 · #010329

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

The five colors

• Cream (#F9E9DF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Cerulean (#318CAA): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#003F68): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Onyx (#002220): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#010329): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, 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.

Similar palettes

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• Weathered Ultramarine Station color palette (#F4EDE6, #87B7E1, #3C5CCD, #004E58, #2D274D)
• Cocoa Coast color palette (#F2E0D2, #803B00, #004559, #371500, #00070C)
• Softworn Garden color palette (#FCF3EE, #B3CDB4, #0086A2, #006341, #184338)
• Hushed Olive color palette (#F4DBC8, #B39340, #507300, #5F0026, #180A00)
• Twilit Cocoa color palette (#F6DDCE, #652D00, #00394B, #1A1B40, #040100)
• Antique Cornflower Thicket color palette (#FDF3EB, #A0D6F7, #137AF5, #006669, #373B67)

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