Ancient Plum color palette — #E4E1D4 · #BE003D · #4B3B00 · #002448 · #2B0B00

A conversation between Ruby and Midnight, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Parchment (#E4E1D4): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Ruby (#BE003D): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Deep Olive (#4B3B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Midnight (#002448): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#2B0B00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Trust, Stability, Optimism, Energy. Tagged retro, vibrant.

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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