Gentle Basin color palette — #E5F4FF · #2881A7 · #79327A · #572F00 · #00351E
A conversation between Plum and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Frost (#E5F4FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#2881A7): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Plum (#79327A): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Espresso (#572F00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Deep Forest (#00351E): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity. Tagged warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Gentle 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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