Tempered Basin color palette — #FDE2EB · #9B75A2 · #90517C · #762B00 · #210E00

Built around Rust, softened by Graphite — the whole palette hums with optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FDE2EB): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Heather (#9B75A2): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Graphite (#90517C): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Rust (#762B00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#210E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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