Softworn Basalt color palette — #EFF6FF · #C8D1EB · #A2A4BB · #897B8C · #5C4758

Built around Charcoal Brown, softened by Lilac Frost — the whole palette hums with sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#EFF6FF): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Lilac Frost (#C8D1EB): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Mauve (#A2A4BB): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Driftwood (#897B8C): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Charcoal Brown (#5C4758): A full-bodied, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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