Velvet Basalt color palette — #D8E2D7 · #553400 · #002516 · #00091A · #060003
A conversation between Cocoa and Onyx, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.
The five colors
- Bone (#D8E2D7): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Cocoa (#553400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Onyx (#002516): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Ink (#00091A): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Black (#060003): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Velvet Basalt 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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