Ancient Iris Basin color palette — #FFF5D9 · #97D4FF · #9886C0 · #6C652D · #3E2A3C
A conversation between Slate Blue and Sky, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Custard (#FFF5D9): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Sky (#97D4FF): A whisper-light, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Slate Blue (#9886C0): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Olive (#6C652D): A full-bodied, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Espresso (#3E2A3C): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Iris 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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