Gentle Crimson color palette — #FCDDD2 · #CFC32F · #D44455 · #832B34 · #220500

A conversation between Poppy and Saffron, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FCDDD2): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Saffron (#CFC32F): A luminous, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Poppy (#D44455): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Oxblood (#832B34): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#220500): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged luxury, dark, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle 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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