Deep Basalt color palette — #F4EFD5 · #5C4E51 · #403600 · #161C23 · #050800
A conversation between Espresso and Cream, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Cream (#F4EFD5): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Charcoal Brown (#5C4E51): quiet, heavy and certain.
- Espresso (#403600): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Onyx (#161C23): a grounded near-black with real depth.
- Ink (#050800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Deep Basalt 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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