Ancient Coast color palette — #FDDED4 · #E45569 · #009198 · #B7003B · #001314

A conversation between Ruby and Scarlet, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FDDED4): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Scarlet (#E45569): A luminous, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Cerulean (#009198): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ruby (#B7003B): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#001314): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Energy, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Coast 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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