Softworn Basin color palette — #ECE1D6 · #4B7EA2 · #1C2A90 · #001F1F · #020008
A conversation between Indigo and Slate, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#ECE1D6): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Slate (#4B7EA2): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Indigo (#1C2A90): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ink (#001F1F): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Black (#020008): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, 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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