Ancient Plum color palette — #FFE5EA · #C6003D · #892300 · #3E2000 · #130900

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE5EA): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ruby (#C6003D): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Rust (#892300): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#3E2000): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#130900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant, 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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• Worn Bronze color palette (#EDDAD5, #9F5000, #693F00, #2E2100, #0D0E00)
• Hushed Rust color palette (#F8D7E9, #AA4600, #00627B, #5E2300, #00070C)
• Ancient Rust color palette (#F3E1F1, #008D86, #AF4E00, #130A00, #060003)
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