Ancient Basin color palette — #CFE5F0 · #00B5D1 · #9966D6 · #B51900 · #1C2300

Built around Brick, softened by Amethyst — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Frost (#CFE5F0): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Cyan (#00B5D1): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Amethyst (#9966D6): A luminous, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Brick (#B51900): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Onyx (#1C2300): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Creativity, Energy. 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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