Softworn Basin color palette — #DAE4DC · #5B7C98 · #003A74 · #001E25 · #00000C

Navy and Slate set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#DAE4DC): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Slate (#5B7C98): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Navy (#003A74): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Midnight (#001E25): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Black (#00000C): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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