Inked Basin color palette — #E3F1FF · #705300 · #312525 · #00152A · #000104

A conversation between Coffee and Ink, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Frost (#E3F1FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Coffee (#705300): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Onyx (#312525): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Ink (#00152A): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Black (#000104): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged luxury, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Inked 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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