Gentle Nightshade Basin color palette — #FAE4CB · #8C5A00 · #005F9A · #0730C1 · #0E0600

Indigo and Peacock set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#FAE4CB): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ochre (#8C5A00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Peacock (#005F9A): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Indigo (#0730C1): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#0E0600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle Nightshade 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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