Softworn Basin color palette — #E1ECE9 · #D1C8D1 · #B39BAD · #18588E · #041A16

Built around Peacock, softened by Mauve — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Cream (#E1ECE9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Oat (#D1C8D1): soft and architectural.
• Mauve (#B39BAD): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Peacock (#18588E): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#041A16): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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• Softworn Navy color palette (#F3ECF1, #BFADB8, #9E8591, #2F3D7C, #130610)
• Ancient Cobalt color palette (#EFF7F4, #E2D3CF, #D2B9B7, #3C7DA9, #0F231D)
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• Worn Pewter color palette (#DEDFF1, #8F82B1, #7B5886, #603130, #380D00)
• Timeworn Harbor color palette (#F8EFF1, #DED4D1, #B6ADA2, #9D7681, #3D3336)
• Aged Plum color palette (#FDEDEE, #E1D3CB, #D2B8B5, #984A87, #331F20)

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