Muted Basalt color palette — #F4EDF0 · #97A39B · #5E857D · #532A00 · #0D0005

Built around Espresso, softened by Storm Blue — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#F4EDF0): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Taupe (#97A39B): soft and architectural.
• Storm Blue (#5E857D): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Espresso (#532A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#0D0005): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted 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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