Ancient Brick color palette — #F8D7E2 · #B81034 · #6A2200 · #202200 · #0D0000

A conversation between Ruby and Rust, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F8D7E2): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Ruby (#B81034): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Rust (#6A2200): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Onyx (#202200): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#0D0000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Energy. Tagged retro, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Brick 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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