Ancient Basalt color palette — #DDF4FC · #465E80 · #462A51 · #181F00 · #010700

Royal Purple and Peacock set the tone — five colors that lean into nature and growth.

The five colors

• Frost (#DDF4FC): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Peacock (#465E80): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Royal Purple (#462A51): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Onyx (#181F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#010700): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Creativity, 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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