Gentle Crimson color palette — #FDDAE5 · #E73052 · #BA3D00 · #763D00 · #221300

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FDDAE5): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Poppy (#E73052): A luminous, vivid red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Terracotta (#BA3D00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Bronze (#763D00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#221300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

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