Muted Basin color palette — #F3EFD9 · #CECFB6 · #9BA383 · #5E8870 · #36564A

Fern and Taupe set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Cream (#F3EFD9): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Oat (#CECFB6): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Taupe (#9BA383): A luminous, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Fern (#5E8870): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Charcoal Brown (#36564A): A full-bodied, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted 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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