Tempered Basin color palette — #EEE7CF · #287B3A · #004038 · #202000 · #000401
Built around Olive, softened by Forest — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#EEE7CF): A whisper-light, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Olive (#287B3A): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Forest (#004038): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Onyx (#202000): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.
- Ink (#000401): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Sophistication, Grounding. Tagged botanical, earthy, muted.
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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