Tempered Basin color palette — #DDDDEC · #BA9ABF · #975E84 · #603523 · #221000
A conversation between Slate and Cocoa, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Silver (#DDDDEC): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Mauve (#BA9ABF): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Slate (#975E84): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Cocoa (#603523): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Ink (#221000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Sophistication. 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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