diff --git a/styles/src/system/ref/color.ts b/styles/src/system/ref/color.ts
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+import * as chroma from "chroma-js";
+
+// Colors should use the LCH color space.
+// https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/#lch-colors
+
+const base = {
+  black: chroma.lch(0, 0, 0),
+  white: chroma.lch(150, 0, 0),
+  gray: {
+    light: chroma.lch(96, 0, 0),
+    mid: chroma.lch(55, 0, 0),
+    dark: chroma.lch(10, 0, 0),
+  },
+  red: {
+    light: chroma.lch(96, 4, 31),
+    mid: chroma.lch(55, 77, 31),
+    dark: chroma.lch(10, 24, 31),
+  },
+};
+
+export const black = base.black;
+export const white = base.white;
+
+export const gray = chroma.scale([
+  base.gray.light,
+  base.gray.mid,
+  base.gray.dark,
+]);
+export const red = chroma.scale([base.red.light, base.red.mid, base.red.dark]);
diff --git a/styles/src/system/reference.ts b/styles/src/system/reference.ts
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+import { black, gray, red, white } from "./ref/color";
+
+export const color = {
+  white,
+  black,
+  gray,
+  red,
+};