Soft Basin color palette — #FFF0D9 · #9C7500 · #00749F · #552997 · #1C1200
A conversation between Plum and Ochre, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Cream (#FFF0D9): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Ochre (#9C7500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Slate (#00749F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Plum (#552997): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ink (#1C1200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged cool.
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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