Cobalt Basin color palette — #D1EAF5 · #4A88D3 · #614F97 · #542D16 · #271800

A conversation between Azure and Plum, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#D1EAF5): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Azure (#4A88D3): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Plum (#614F97): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Espresso (#542D16): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#271800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Cobalt 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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