Shadow Basin color palette — #DCDBF6 · #5100C3 · #74010B · #210059 · #050000
Indigo and Oxblood set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and energy.
The five colors
- Thistle (#DCDBF6): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Indigo (#5100C3): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Oxblood (#74010B): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Deep Indigo (#210059): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Black (#050000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Shadow 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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