Ancient Basin color palette — #FAD7D0 · #FF2D7A · #893E41 · #50252F · #140202

Built around Hot Pink, softened by Burnt Sienna — the whole palette hums with warmth and comfort.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FAD7D0): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Hot Pink (#FF2D7A): A luminous, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Burnt Sienna (#893E41): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Espresso (#50252F): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#140202): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Balance. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient 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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