Charred Basalt color palette — #F9EEDD · #4F3800 · #002329 · #170010 · #030100

A conversation between Deep Olive and Ink, giving this palette its sense of optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Cream (#F9EEDD): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Olive (#4F3800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Midnight (#002329): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#170010): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Black (#030100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Charred 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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• Nocturne Harbor color palette (#F1EDD2, #516000, #004334, #3A0003, #030100)
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