Gentle Crimson color palette — #EBD6EC · #CF4D62 · #AA4400 · #485B00 · #340811

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

The five colors

• Thistle (#EBD6EC): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Poppy (#CF4D62): A luminous, vivid red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Terracotta (#AA4400): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Olive (#485B00): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Ink (#340811): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged 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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