Obsidian Basalt Alley color palette — #C7E9F2 · #004C5A · #493100 · #281900 · #000102
A conversation between Espresso and Deep Teal, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#C7E9F2): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Deep Teal (#004C5A): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Espresso (#493100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Onyx (#281900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Black (#000102): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Obsidian Basalt Alley 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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