Inked Basin color palette — #F0DDE2 · #550079 · #321B11 · #17000C · #020200

A conversation between Royal Purple and Ink, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F0DDE2): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Royal Purple (#550079): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Onyx (#321B11): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#17000C): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Black (#020200): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Inked 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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