Ancient Basin color palette — #FCEFE3 · #E99F58 · #00AA9D · #8952B2 · #501400
A conversation between Amethyst and Apricot, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Cream (#FCEFE3): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Apricot (#E99F58): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Turquoise (#00AA9D): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Amethyst (#8952B2): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Espresso (#501400): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.
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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