Ancient Plum color palette — #FCDCE7 · #BB3A4F · #821A00 · #3E1C00 · #0E0600

A conversation between Ruby and Rust, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FCDCE7): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
• Ruby (#BB3A4F): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Rust (#821A00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#3E1C00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#0E0600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

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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