Shadow Basin color palette — #D4E5DB · #936E00 · #00313C · #161119 · #00070B
A conversation between Ochre and Deep Forest, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Silver (#D4E5DB): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ochre (#936E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Deep Forest (#00313C): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Ink (#161119): quiet, heavy and certain.
- Ink (#00070B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged luxury, dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Shadow 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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