Ancient Basalt color palette — #D2E5F7 · #6A6491 · #542943 · #00290C · #001516
Built around Mulberry, softened by Slate — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.
The five colors
- Frost (#D2E5F7): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Slate (#6A6491): A full-bodied, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Mulberry (#542943): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Deep Forest (#00290C): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Ink (#001516): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, 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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