Ancient Cerulean color palette — #EFE3EB · #00879E · #00405F · #00201A · #000106

Cerulean takes the lead with Navy close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#EFE3EB): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Cerulean (#00879E): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Navy (#00405F): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#00201A): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Black (#000106): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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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• Muted Cobalt color palette (#F6E3EA, #89BADB, #3769BA, #004A4F, #120E37)
• Tempered Coast color palette (#F8EFF5, #96D5D0, #008B9D, #1F5D36, #002434)
• Timeworn Emerald Alley color palette (#D0EDDE, #519831, #007A6D, #512B00, #010200)
• Inked Fern color palette (#DEE7C8, #5D6600, #313300, #172223, #090900)
• Feathered Cobalt color palette (#FEECF5, #8BDCFF, #2B87D6, #00625F, #17204C)
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