Ephemeral Red

#e4cfd7

Soft rose-tint gray with cooler, muted red

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About Ephemeral Red

Ephemeral Red is the outlier in this family, it's got actual warmth in it, not the restraint of or the strategic mutedness of . It reads pinker, more saturated, which means it stops disappearing the moment you look at it. That's the point. This isn't background trying not to be noticed.

You'd reach for this in editorial layouts, lifestyle apps, and product interfaces where you want a soft color that still commits to being a color. Beauty platforms, creative tools, onboarding flows that don't need to hide. It pairs well with warm neutrals and deeper taupes without that clinical distance keeps. Next to cool grays it'll push forward even more, which works if you're building contrast intentionally.

The difference from the rest: this one has temperature and personality without loudness. It's not trying to be invisible or neutral-leaning. But test it alongside , the saturation gap will show you immediately which direction your palette needs to lean.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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1.48:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.36:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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11.98:1AAA

On Black #000000

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14.21:1AAA

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