Ancient Basin color palette — #D6F2F9 · #6098C2 · #5C5ABC · #701D13 · #321D00

Iris takes the lead with Oxblood close behind in a set that reads as trust and stability at first glance.

The five colors

• Frost (#D6F2F9): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Slate Blue (#6098C2): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Iris (#5C5ABC): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Oxblood (#701D13): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Onyx (#321D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Balance. 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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