Iris Basin color palette — #D7E4FA · #797EC5 · #715B96 · #594362 · #280305
A conversation between Slate Blue and Slate, giving this palette its sense of creativity and balance.
The five colors
- Frost (#D7E4FA): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Slate Blue (#797EC5): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Slate (#715B96): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Charcoal Brown (#594362): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Ink (#280305): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
Feels like: Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Iris 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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