Ephemeral Red
#e4cfd7
Soft rose-tint gray with cooler, muted red
About Ephemeral Red
Ephemeral Red is the outlier in this family, it's got actual warmth in it, not the restraint of Forgotten Mosque or the strategic mutedness of Dolce Pink. 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 Frozen Mammoth 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 Dolce Pink, 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
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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