Ancient Basin color palette — #E7E4FF · #A122C9 · #822B00 · #293900 · #002A30

Orchid and Rust set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Frost (#E7E4FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Orchid (#A122C9): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Rust (#822B00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Forest (#293900): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Midnight (#002A30): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

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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