Tempered Basalt color palette — #E8E9FF · #74638F · #55285B · #410406 · #240900
A conversation between Royal Purple and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.
The five colors
- Frost (#E8E9FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Slate (#74638F): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Royal Purple (#55285B): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Espresso (#410406): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Ink (#240900): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered 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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