Ancient Basin color palette — #FFDFE9 · #008285 · #004893 · #402400 · #000E13

Indigo and Teal set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFDFE9): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Teal (#008285): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Indigo (#004893): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#402400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#000E13): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged retro, muted.

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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