Ancient Cerulean color palette — #F1DFD6 · #228696 · #004060 · #002013 · #00000C

Cerulean and Navy set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F1DFD6): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Cerulean (#228696): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Navy (#004060): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#002013): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Black (#00000C): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

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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