Tempered Chestnut Basin color palette — #FFF0F8 · #C397BB · #9D637A · #7A4E1C · #4C4259
A conversation between Coffee and Mocha, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Ivory (#FFF0F8): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Mauve (#C397BB): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Mocha (#9D637A): A full-bodied, balanced rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
- Coffee (#7A4E1C): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Charcoal (#4C4259): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Sophistication. Tagged retro, muted, warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered Chestnut 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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