Shadow Basin color palette — #E6E2D3 · #08560D · #002A1C · #000C16 · #000200
A conversation between Deep Olive and Deep Forest, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E6E2D3): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Deep Olive (#08560D): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Deep Forest (#002A1C): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ink (#000C16): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Black (#000200): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged retro, dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Shadow 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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