Faded Basin color palette — #CFEDEE · #3EB8D3 · #008ECF · #155DBF · #323369
A conversation between Cobalt and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#CFEDEE): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Cyan (#3EB8D3): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Cerulean (#008ECF): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Cobalt (#155DBF): A full-bodied, vivid blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Navy (#323369): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged cool.
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.
Similar palettes
- Tempered Azure color palette (#D3F1FE, #00A4DC, #0077B0, #004F80, #363359)
- Dusty Basin color palette (#DDFCFF, #61DAFF, #0C91DC, #3363A0, #2C2D54)
- Lapis Cabin color palette (#D4EFFF, #73A8E8, #5F79E1, #604CBD, #432757)
- Hushed Teal color palette (#D9E9E2, #4DC4BF, #0092A3, #006681, #013F66)
- Nightshade Station color palette (#C0E6F0, #0092BC, #0063AD, #1E00C0, #250059)
- Navy Market color palette (#EFF5FF, #A0BCFA, #4284D9, #1745A2, #02194E)
- Aged Lantern color palette (#E1F1FF, #69B0E3, #C08A17, #0079B6, #483000)
- Aged Cerulean color palette (#EEF6FF, #DFD6EB, #DAAED8, #0098AB, #313B5D)
Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.