Washed Basalt color palette — #F7F7DD · #CFE0C3 · #70A1B6 · #875853 · #4E3609
A conversation between Espresso and Pewter, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Cream (#F7F7DD): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Celadon Mist (#CFE0C3): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Blue Fog (#70A1B6): A luminous, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Pewter (#875853): A full-bodied, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Espresso (#4E3609): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Washed 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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