Ancient Basalt color palette — #DAFCF8 · #90BFC1 · #68868B · #526477 · #4B4665
A conversation between Charcoal Brown and Ash, giving this palette its sense of sophistication.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#DAFCF8): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Ash (#90BFC1): A luminous, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Storm Blue (#68868B): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Graphite (#526477): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Charcoal Brown (#4B4665): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient 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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