Ancient Basalt color palette — #D2E1FF · #99A7CD · #7A7EA2 · #7F515A · #572A28
A conversation between Espresso and Coffee, giving this palette its sense of sophistication.
The five colors
- Frost (#D2E1FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Mauve (#99A7CD): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Slate Blue (#7A7EA2): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Coffee (#7F515A): A full-bodied, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
- Espresso (#572A28): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient 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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