Ancient Basin color palette — #E5E6DB · #35A5A5 · #00646C · #003C35 · #000C0F
A conversation between Turquoise and Peacock, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E5E6DB): bright and airy, almost weightless.
- Turquoise (#35A5A5): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Peacock (#00646C): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Deep Forest (#003C35): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ink (#000C0F): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Basin 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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