Ancient Basin color palette — #EFE5D6 · #497EA5 · #00387C · #001E26 · #00000C
A conversation between Navy and Slate, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EFE5D6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Slate (#497EA5): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Navy (#00387C): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Midnight (#001E26): 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 Ancient 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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