Ancient Basin color palette — #E4EFE6 · #4D94AF · #004E76 · #002B2D · #000410

A conversation between Peacock and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#E4EFE6): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Cerulean (#4D94AF): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Peacock (#004E76): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Forest (#002B2D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#000410): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

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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