Ancient Petrol color palette — #FAEBE3 · #7ABDD0 · #276CA4 · #00523F · #222859

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

The five colors

• Cream (#FAEBE3): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Cyan (#7ABDD0): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Slate (#276CA4): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Forest (#00523F): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Navy (#222859): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. 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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