Soft Basin color palette — #E5E0FF · #D6A200 · #8C1D99 · #4C0055 · #110925
A conversation between Plum and Gold, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Thistle (#E5E0FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Gold (#D6A200): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Plum (#8C1D99): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Royal Purple (#4C0055): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Ink (#110925): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged luxury, dark.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Soft 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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