Tempered Thicket color palette — #F9E6E6 · #DC5C6F · #A40034 · #490013 · #070000

A conversation between Garnet and Scarlet, giving this palette its sense of warmth and comfort.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F9E6E6): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Scarlet (#DC5C6F): A luminous, vivid red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Garnet (#A40034): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Espresso (#490013): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Black (#070000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered Thicket 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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• Moonless Plum color palette (#FDD6D8, #C91C46, #6E001F, #220005, #070000)
• Crimson Basin color palette (#FCEBEB, #FF5972, #D70045, #810021, #0E0001)
• Crimson Cabin color palette (#E5EFFF, #009CA3, #E80041, #2C0005, #050005)
• Scarlet Courtyard color palette (#FFEAE8, #FF9280, #EA0323, #88020E, #3C0004)
• Hushed Ember color palette (#F3E4EC, #CF5C15, #006430, #722D00, #000301)
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