Velvet Basalt color palette — #E7EEE0 · #00503C · #562700 · #251A00 · #000201
A conversation between Espresso and Forest, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Cream (#E7EEE0): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Forest (#00503C): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Espresso (#562700): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Onyx (#251A00): 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 Velvet 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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