Tempered Basin color palette — #F6E9D6 · #8F5D00 · #00596D · #380076 · #170200

Royal Purple and Ochre set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F6E9D6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ochre (#8F5D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Peacock (#00596D): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Royal Purple (#380076): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Ink (#170200): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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