Softworn Plum color palette — #DCF4E3 · #B51D43 · #4A3900 · #001A49 · #0F0200

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DCF4E3): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Ruby (#B51D43): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Deep Olive (#4A3900): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Midnight (#001A49): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#0F0200): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

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

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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