Cerulean Basin color palette — #E4EBE2 · #96A499 · #528498 · #00403B · #010600

Built around Storm Blue, softened by Forest — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#E4EBE2): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Taupe (#96A499): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Storm Blue (#528498): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Forest (#00403B): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ink (#010600): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Cerulean 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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