Faded Basin color palette — #DCF0FF · #81AFDF · #5777B4 · #394890 · #4E2164
A conversation between Indigo and Royal Purple, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#DCF0FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Cornflower (#81AFDF): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Slate (#5777B4): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Indigo (#394890): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Royal Purple (#4E2164): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Faded 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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