Softworn Scarlet color palette — #FFDFE5 · #F58385 · #D94338 · #772C00 · #331500

A conversation between Poppy and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFDFE5): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Salmon (#F58385): A luminous, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Poppy (#D94338): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Rust (#772C00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Onyx (#331500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn Scarlet 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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