Tempered Basin color palette — #F0EFE0 · #81B6A9 · #467E81 · #45506C · #2B273F
A conversation between Sage and Slate, giving this palette its sense of calm and sophistication.
The five colors
- Cream (#F0EFE0): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Sage (#81B6A9): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Slate (#467E81): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Peacock (#45506C): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Midnight (#2B273F): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Calm, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted, cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered 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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