Basalt Archive color palette — #B8EFF6 · #86A4AC · #437B86 · #51587D · #583759
Built around Charcoal, softened by Slate — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#B8EFF6): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Blue Fog (#86A4AC): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Slate (#437B86): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Peacock (#51587D): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Charcoal (#583759): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Calm, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted, cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Basalt Archive 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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