Ancient Crimson color palette — #FBD8E2 · #E66685 · #D60049 · #9F0123 · #4D1813

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FBD8E2): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Rose (#E66685): A luminous, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Rose Red (#D60049): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Garnet (#9F0123): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#4D1813): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Crimson 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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