Tempered Plum color palette — #FDE1E2 · #C60041 · #561C16 · #231313 · #0F0210

Ruby and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into energy and balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FDE1E2): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Ruby (#C60041): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Espresso (#561C16): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ink (#231313): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Ink (#0F0210): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Energy, Balance. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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