Ancient Cerulean color palette — #F4F6ED · #BDE1F0 · #8EC3E1 · #2291A4 · #23473D
A conversation between Cerulean and Sky, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#F4F6ED): bright and airy, almost weightless.
- Powder Blue (#BDE1F0): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Sky (#8EC3E1): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#2291A4): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Forest (#23473D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
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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