Ancient Basin color palette — #F0F1F9 · #DBD3DA · #BFB2C1 · #655A95 · #1D202B

Built around Slate, softened by Ash — the whole palette hums with creativity and sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#F0F1F9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Silver (#DBD3DA): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Ash (#BFB2C1): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Slate (#655A95): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
• Onyx (#1D202B): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.

Feels like: Creativity, 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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