Onyx Basin color palette — #D8EDF0 · #004C41 · #4B0018 · #230B00 · #020100

Espresso and Forest set the tone — five colors that lean into sophistication and depth.

The five colors

• Frost (#D8EDF0): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Forest (#004C41): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Espresso (#4B0018): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ink (#230B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Onyx 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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