Retro palette
Chalky Mill
Five retro stops with room to breathe — #a42135 grounds, #d1555e and #f17178 do the talking, #f78a8d softens, #ffb5b5 lifts. The analogous bones keep it coherent across book covers that read at thumbnail size. The darkest and lightest stops clear AA for large text.
redretrofive-stop
#a42135
#d1555e
#f17178
#f78a8d
#ffb5b5
The generator opens with #a42135 as the primary and the next two stops as secondary and accent — adjust, check contrast, and export tokens or CSS from there.