Shadow Basin color palette — #E2E5F9 · #987200 · #340A64 · #0C0020 · #010008

Royal Purple and Ochre set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Frost (#E2E5F9): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Ochre (#987200): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Royal Purple (#340A64): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#0C0020): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Black (#010008): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Depth, Luxury. Tagged luxury, dark.

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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