Pale Basin color palette — #F8DADD · #DB5140 · #8C3B00 · #381F00 · #030100

A conversation between Scarlet and Burnt Sienna, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F8DADD): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Scarlet (#DB5140): A luminous, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Burnt Sienna (#8C3B00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#381F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Black (#030100): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale Basin 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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