Softworn Basin color palette — #D4E4DE · #007980 · #224E6A · #450E29 · #1E0001
A conversation between Teal and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Silver (#D4E4DE): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Teal (#007980): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Peacock (#224E6A): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Espresso (#450E29): A deep, shadowed, balanced rose — the color of strawberry cream.
- Ink (#1E0001): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn 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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