Ancient Petrol color palette — #E8E0D2 · #86AB8D · #00819C · #005F51 · #000B13

A conversation between Cerulean and Pine, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#E8E0D2): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Sage (#86AB8D): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Cerulean (#00819C): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Pine (#005F51): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#000B13): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged coastal, cool, light, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Petrol 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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