Ancient Basin color palette — #DEE1EE · #BDB8C7 · #A188A3 · #452479 · #010008
A conversation between Royal Purple and Heather, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.
The five colors
- Frost (#DEE1EE): bright and airy, almost weightless.
- Ash (#BDB8C7): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Heather (#A188A3): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
- Royal Purple (#452479): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Black (#010008): 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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