Ancient Basin color palette — #ECF4F2 · #DCD1CF · #A79C90 · #6686A6 · #303836

A conversation between Storm Blue and Taupe, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Ivory (#ECF4F2): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Oat (#DCD1CF): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Taupe (#A79C90): A luminous, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Storm Blue (#6686A6): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Charcoal (#303836): quiet, heavy and certain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient 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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