Faded Basin color palette — #EFE7DB · #477DAE · #0023A2 · #001E28 · #01000B
Built around Indigo, softened by Slate — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EFE7DB): bright and airy, almost weightless.
- Slate (#477DAE): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Indigo (#0023A2): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Midnight (#001E28): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Black (#01000B): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Energy, Balance. Tagged coastal, cool, light, vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Faded 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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