Lowlit Basalt color palette — #D5E4DA · #3B3200 · #161C00 · #000815 · #040100

A conversation between Espresso and Ink, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Silver (#D5E4DA): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Espresso (#3B3200): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#161C00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#000815): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Black (#040100): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged jewel, vibrant, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Lowlit 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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