Softworn Plum color palette — #EDE0C6 · #AE2E51 · #583300 · #002740 · #310200

A conversation between Ruby and Cocoa, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Parchment (#EDE0C6): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ruby (#AE2E51): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Cocoa (#583300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Midnight (#002740): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#310200): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged retro, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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