Tempered Basin color palette — #D9E4FF · #9FA6FF · #B58000 · #4D14EC · #3E2A00
A conversation between Iris and Mustard, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Frost (#D9E4FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Wisteria (#9FA6FF): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Mustard (#B58000): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Iris (#4D14EC): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Espresso (#3E2A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.
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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