Washed Basalt color palette — #FFE9DD · #D5D2E6 · #B0A4A4 · #553B49 · #291F24

A conversation between Charcoal and Cream, giving this palette its sense of sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#FFE9DD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Silver (#D5D2E6): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Taupe (#B0A4A4): a calm mid-gray that lets other colors speak.
• Charcoal (#553B49): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Onyx (#291F24): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged neon, dark, vibrant, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed Basalt 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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