Ancient Basin color palette — #D7E1FE · #6249D8 · #653B00 · #1D3500 · #002622
A conversation between Iris and Bronze, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Frost (#D7E1FE): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Iris (#6249D8): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Bronze (#653B00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Deep Forest (#1D3500): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Onyx (#002622): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.
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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