Shadow Basalt color palette — #C4ECEA · #004E4D · #552900 · #2F1400 · #000201
Espresso and Forest set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#C4ECEA): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Forest (#004E4D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Espresso (#552900): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Onyx (#2F1400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Shadow Basalt 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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