Tempered Plum color palette — #F2DFE1 · #98568D · #472926 · #2E181A · #130B09

A conversation between Slate and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F2DFE1): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Slate (#98568D): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Espresso (#472926): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Onyx (#2E181A): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#130B09): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

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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