Ancient Plum color palette — #F3DADD · #9C439D · #865600 · #00543E · #050005
Built around Orchid, softened by Ochre — the whole palette hums with optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Shell Pink (#F3DADD): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Orchid (#9C439D): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Ochre (#865600): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Forest (#00543E): A deep, shadowed, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Black (#050005): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Plum 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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