Ancient Petrol Archive color palette — #E8EAE1 · #89BCD3 · #0073A4 · #004956 · #00172B

A conversation between Slate and Deep Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#E8EAE1): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Sky (#89BCD3): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Slate (#0073A4): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Deep Teal (#004956): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#00172B): 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 Petrol 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.

Similar palettes

• Timeworn Petrol Balcony color palette (#F7EAF1, #74BDDA, #126CAE, #00504C, #1F2B53)
• Tempered Cobalt color palette (#F1F3EC, #A9D2C3, #3681BF, #005870, #07203F)
• Ultramarine Drift color palette (#E8EDE1, #6EA0D4, #0051B6, #00354E, #01022F)
• Softworn Azure color palette (#F1F3EC, #C3E3E4, #66A3D0, #2B758A, #233C36)
• Timeworn Cerulean Veranda color palette (#E0E1D5, #3998A9, #005265, #002B2D, #000509)
• Tempered Loft color palette (#FFE7CE, #E1C392, #B69E26, #8C5022, #261500)
• Byzantium Courtyard color palette (#F7DDCF, #C55B39, #843BCF, #7C2400, #1B0034)
• Wandering Mulberry color palette (#F7E9D8, #906000, #1D7204, #8F0039, #130800)

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