Velvet Basalt color palette — #FFECE0 · #511E00 · #001D32 · #000419 · #040001
Espresso and Midnight set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Cream (#FFECE0): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Espresso (#511E00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Midnight (#001D32): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Ink (#000419): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Black (#040001): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged jewel, vibrant, 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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