Tempered Basin color palette — #EFF0E1 · #AECEB3 · #0097AB · #006C68 · #003441

A conversation between Cerulean and Teal, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#EFF0E1): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Pistachio (#AECEB3): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Cerulean (#0097AB): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Teal (#006C68): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Deep Teal (#003441): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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