Faded Basin color palette — #DDF2FF · #00A0CF · #BB5C00 · #005570 · #110400

A conversation between Ochre and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DDF2FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#00A0CF): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ochre (#BB5C00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Peacock (#005570): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#110400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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