Ancient Basin color palette — #FFF2EC · #F4908D · #57A38B · #2E786E · #2F2226

A conversation between Salmon and Jade, giving this palette its sense of sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF2EC): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Salmon (#F4908D): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Jade (#57A38B): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Teal (#2E786E): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Onyx (#2F2226): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.

Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged jewel, vibrant, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient 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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