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Published Jul 8, 2026

Poems beneath a Coral Jacket

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A publishing-service palette with a coral-pink jacket, deep burgundy type, butter-yellow proof pages, mint request actions, and near-black edition details.

The feeling

A warm poetry proof of coral cloth, butter pages, burgundy lines, mint slips, and a dark printed spine

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The mood

A coral-pink book jacket opens onto butter-yellow poetry proofs, with burgundy lines set wide enough to breathe. A pale mint request slip rests between the pages, while a near-black spine grounds the edition.

Proof Burgundy carries the manuscript text, Coral Jacket sets the presentation canvas, Butter Proof holds preview pages, Mint Request marks the proof-request action, and Printer Black anchors edition details and rules.

How to use it

Use Coral Jacket for the collection preview and Proof Burgundy for the title, poet name, navigation, and manuscript excerpts. Give Butter Proof generous space for poem samples and colophon cards. Use Mint Request for the proof-request panel or button with burgundy text, and reserve Printer Black for the spine, edition number, trim size, and fine divider lines.

Allocate about 44% to Coral Jacket, 38% to Butter Proof, and 18% to Mint Request. This keeps the colored jacket dominant while giving the poems a broad, quiet reading field and making the request step easy to locate.

What to watch

Proof Burgundy reaches about 5.86:1 on Coral Jacket, 11.81:1 on Butter Proof, and 12.04:1 on Mint Request. It measures only about 1.09:1 on Printer Black, so use Butter Proof text on near-black details instead; that pairing reaches about 12.88:1.

Butter Proof and Mint Request are only about 1.02:1 apart, so do not place their panels directly together without a burgundy rule, spacing, or a Coral Jacket boundary. Keep manuscript previews, proof requests, and edition facts under clear headings rather than distinguishing them by color alone.

A considered balance

Make room for
the right colors.

Use Coral Jacket for the collection canvas and Proof Burgundy for readable content. Apply Butter Proof to poem previews, Mint Request to the proof-request action, and Printer Black to the spine, edition labels, and rules with Butter Proof text.

Start with a generous background, introduce your primary color, then use the highlight sparingly. The ratios are a guide for large surfaces, not a fixed recipe.

44 Base
38 Main
18 Point
Coral Jacket

Background & breathing room

Butter Proof

Cards, graphics & sections

Mint Request

Focal areas & key details

Background · Primary · Highlight. Use text and accent colors where their roles call for them.

Text on background
5.86:1 #3A1024 on #D98288 · AA normal text
Text on primary
11.81:1 #3A1024 on #F3D98B · AAA normal text
Text on highlight
12.04:1 #3A1024 on #BFE6CC · AAA normal text
Text on accent
1.09:1 #3A1024 on #171719 · Not suitable for text

The original text has low contrast (1.09:1). This example uses Mint Request (#BFE6CC) from the same palette instead of #3A1024 on #171719, improving contrast to 13.13:1. This meets WCAG AA for normal text.

Contrast is calculated for these specific pairs. Large text means at least 24 px regular or about 18.7 px bold. Check every pairing in your final design.

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COLOR NOTE

Do not place Proof Burgundy text on Printer Black; the pairing measures about 1.09:1. Use Butter Proof text on near-black at about 12.88:1, and separate Butter Proof from Mint Request because their boundary is only about 1.02:1.

From inspiration to creation

Your next idea,
in these colors.

Add a considered color direction to the design you already have in mind. Your layout and instructions stay yours.

  1. Write your design request.
  2. Choose a color guide and copy it.
  3. Paste it after your request.
  4. Review the result and check readability.

Try it in the design or AI tool you already use.

[Color guide — coloring.today / poems-beneath-a-coral-jacket]
Apply this palette to the design requested above. Preserve the requested layout, content, and interactions. If an explicit requirement conflicts with this color guide, identify the conflict instead of silently overriding it.

Text: Proof Burgundy #3A1024
Primary: Butter Proof #F3D98B
Highlight: Mint Request #BFE6CC
Accent: Printer Black #171719
Background: Coral Jacket #D98288

Mood: A warm poetry proof of coral cloth, butter pages, burgundy lines, mint slips, and a dark printed spine
Suggested uses: Publishing services
Application note: Use Coral Jacket for the collection canvas and Proof Burgundy for readable content. Apply Butter Proof to poem previews, Mint Request to the proof-request action, and Printer Black to the spine, edition labels, and rules with Butter Proof text.
Avoid: Do not place Proof Burgundy text on Printer Black; the pairing measures about 1.09:1. Use Butter Proof text on near-black at about 12.88:1, and separate Butter Proof from Mint Request because their boundary is only about 1.02:1.
Use approximately 44% background, 38% primary, and 18% highlight across large surfaces. These ratios are a starting point, not a rigid rule. Use text and accent colors according to their roles.

Keep the original HEX values. Choose readable text/background pairings without silently changing the palette. Do not introduce unrelated colors.
[Color guide — coloring.today / poems-beneath-a-coral-jacket]
Apply this palette to the design requested above. Preserve the requested layout, content, and interactions. If an explicit requirement conflicts with this color guide, identify the conflict instead of silently overriding it.

Text: Proof Burgundy #3A1024
Primary: Butter Proof #F3D98B
Highlight: Mint Request #BFE6CC
Accent: Printer Black #171719
Background: Coral Jacket #D98288

Mood: A warm poetry proof of coral cloth, butter pages, burgundy lines, mint slips, and a dark printed spine
Suggested uses: Publishing services
Application note: Use Coral Jacket for the collection canvas and Proof Burgundy for readable content. Apply Butter Proof to poem previews, Mint Request to the proof-request action, and Printer Black to the spine, edition labels, and rules with Butter Proof text.
Avoid: Do not place Proof Burgundy text on Printer Black; the pairing measures about 1.09:1. Use Butter Proof text on near-black at about 12.88:1, and separate Butter Proof from Mint Request because their boundary is only about 1.02:1.
Use approximately 44% background, 38% primary, and 18% highlight across large surfaces. These ratios are a starting point, not a rigid rule. Use text and accent colors according to their roles.

Use these semantic tokens consistently. Keep the original HEX values.
:root {
  --color-text: #3A1024;
  --color-primary: #F3D98B;
  --color-highlight: #BFE6CC;
  --color-accent: #171719;
  --color-background: #D98288;
}
Background is the canvas, text is readable copy, primary is a key surface, highlight draws attention, and accent adds small secondary details.
[Color guide — coloring.today / poems-beneath-a-coral-jacket]
Apply this palette to the design requested above. Preserve the requested layout, content, and interactions. If an explicit requirement conflicts with this color guide, identify the conflict instead of silently overriding it.

Text: Proof Burgundy #3A1024
Primary: Butter Proof #F3D98B
Highlight: Mint Request #BFE6CC
Accent: Printer Black #171719
Background: Coral Jacket #D98288

Mood: A warm poetry proof of coral cloth, butter pages, burgundy lines, mint slips, and a dark printed spine
Suggested uses: Publishing services
Application note: Use Coral Jacket for the collection canvas and Proof Burgundy for readable content. Apply Butter Proof to poem previews, Mint Request to the proof-request action, and Printer Black to the spine, edition labels, and rules with Butter Proof text.
Avoid: Do not place Proof Burgundy text on Printer Black; the pairing measures about 1.09:1. Use Butter Proof text on near-black at about 12.88:1, and separate Butter Proof from Mint Request because their boundary is only about 1.02:1.
Use approximately 44% background, 38% primary, and 18% highlight across large surfaces. These ratios are a starting point, not a rigid rule. Use text and accent colors according to their roles.

Text/background contrast: 5.86:1. This is one measured pair, not a guarantee for the whole palette. Check every actual text/background pairing against WCAG AA. Prefer readable combinations from the original colors, keep visible keyboard focus, and never communicate state through color alone. If no original pairing meets the requirement, propose a separately labeled derived color with its original HEX, proposed HEX, purpose and measured contrast. Never overwrite the source palette.

This guide preserves the original HEX values. Review the output before using it.

Bring it into your project

Five colors.
Ready to use.

Copy the same colors as semantic CSS variables. Every preview and prompt on this page uses this palette.

:root {
  --color-text: #3A1024;
  --color-primary: #F3D98B;
  --color-highlight: #BFE6CC;
  --color-accent: #171719;
  --color-background: #D98288;
}

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