Ancient Study color palette — #E6F2E8 · #A0DDF7 · #3FAEF4 · #009097 · #172E4D

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

The five colors

• Cream (#E6F2E8): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Powder Blue (#A0DDF7): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cornflower (#3FAEF4): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#009097): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Midnight (#172E4D): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Balance. Tagged coastal, cool, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Study 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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