Pale Study color palette — #FFDFDF · #FC857A · #D4142D · #7B001B · #2D0005

Crimson and Oxblood set the tone — five colors that lean into warmth and comfort.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFDFDF): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Salmon (#FC857A): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Crimson (#D4142D): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Oxblood (#7B001B): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#2D0005): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale Study 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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