Ancient Crimson color palette — #FFDBE0 · #CC344F · #840016 · #2B0100 · #040000

A conversation between Crimson and Oxblood, giving this palette its sense of warmth and comfort.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDBE0): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Crimson (#CC344F): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Oxblood (#840016): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#2B0100): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Black (#040000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged 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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