Ancient Basin color palette — #FFD4D8 · #FF9DB2 · #DD6378 · #A6334B · #34000D

Watermelon takes the lead with Raspberry close behind in a set that reads as warmth and comfort at first glance.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFD4D8): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Ballet Pink (#FF9DB2): A luminous, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Watermelon (#DD6378): A luminous, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Raspberry (#A6334B): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ink (#34000D): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.

Feels like: Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged monochrome, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient 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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