Tempered Basin color palette — #F3E9D9 · #2D99AA · #005168 · #002C28 · #00050B
Built around Cerulean, softened by Peacock — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F3E9D9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Cerulean (#2D99AA): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Peacock (#005168): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Deep Forest (#002C28): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ink (#00050B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
Feels like: 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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