Ancient Crimson color palette — #F8E6DF · #D12E45 · #5B3400 · #630016 · #070200

Built around Crimson, softened by Oxblood — the whole palette hums with optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F8E6DF): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Crimson (#D12E45): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Cocoa (#5B3400): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Oxblood (#630016): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Ink (#070200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Balance. Tagged duotone, 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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