Gentle Basin color palette — #D7EFDB · #987200 · #3F5500 · #002B5A · #120E00
A conversation between Ochre and Deep Olive, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#D7EFDB): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ochre (#987200): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Deep Olive (#3F5500): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Midnight (#002B5A): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Ink (#120E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Gentle 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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