Ancient Basin color palette — #F7F9D2 · #CFDABD · #89A58C · #795489 · #592E45
A conversation between Slate and Mulberry, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Custard (#F7F9D2): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Celadon Mist (#CFDABD): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Taupe (#89A58C): A luminous, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Slate (#795489): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Mulberry (#592E45): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient 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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