Tempered Basin color palette — #F8F5EF · #C5DEEB · #B8BDEA · #60B0BC · #604A5E
Built around Cyan, softened by Lavender — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#F8F5EF): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Powder Blue (#C5DEEB): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Lavender (#B8BDEA): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Cyan (#60B0BC): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Charcoal Brown (#604A5E): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication, Softness, Clarity. 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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