Obsidian Basin color palette — #DCEBFF · #0851B6 · #4D2F00 · #001F1D · #000504

Cobalt and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DCEBFF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cobalt (#0851B6): A full-bodied, vivid blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#4D2F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#001F1D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Ink (#000504): quiet, heavy and certain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Obsidian 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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