Faded Basin color palette — #E4E9CB · #008DAD · #5F31A4 · #303500 · #001327
A conversation between Plum and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#E4E9CB): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Cerulean (#008DAD): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Plum (#5F31A4): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Deep Forest (#303500): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Ink (#001327): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Faded 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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