Shadow Basin color palette — #DBF1EB · #466700 · #003736 · #142200 · #000201
A conversation between Olive and Onyx, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#DBF1EB): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Olive (#466700): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Deep Forest (#003736): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
- Onyx (#142200): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Black (#000201): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged duotone, dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Shadow 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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