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A little color. A new perspective.

Published Sep 26, 2026

Selected Tuesday Opens Its Drawer

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Five colors, endless possibilities. Select a color to copy its HEX.

A minimal all-season data-dashboard palette built from ledger white and four measured violet values.

The feeling

A selected date opens one restrained detail drawer while thin rules align daily loans and returns

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The mood

A quiet violet ledger aligns daily circulation totals beneath thin rules. One Tuesday row opens into a pale selection drawer, while Ledger White keeps labels and values crisp against the darker frame.

Rule Violet structures the summary grid, Selection Lilac identifies the open record, and Total Ink anchors the smallest dividers. Loans, Returns, and Selected date remain written beside their values so the hierarchy stays clear without decoration.

How to use it

Use Ledger Plum for the dashboard background with Ledger White for the page title, dates, and navigation. Build the daily summary surface in Rule Violet with Ledger White text.

Use Selection Lilac for the selected-date drawer with Ledger Plum text. Reserve Total Ink for thin rules and compact total markers with Ledger White text. The 60/27/13 ratio means 60% Ledger Plum background, 27% Rule Violet primary surfaces, and 13% Selection Lilac highlight surfaces; Total Ink remains outside the surface split as a narrow accent.

What to watch

Ledger White reaches 11.34:1 on Ledger Plum, 5.95:1 on Rule Violet, and 15.58:1 on Total Ink. It reaches only 2.19:1 on Selection Lilac, so that pairing fails normal- and large-text AA. Use Ledger Plum on Selection Lilac instead at 5.18:1.

Keep the four violet values solid and fully opaque. Repeat Loans, Returns, and Selected date as written labels, and align each figure with rules and fixed positions rather than color alone.

A considered balance

Make room for
the right colors.

Use Ledger Plum as the dashboard field with Ledger White text. Build Rule Violet summary panels with Ledger White, set Selection Lilac as the open date drawer with Ledger Plum text, and reserve Total Ink for thin rules and small markers with Ledger White. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 60/27/13 background-primary-highlight surface ratio.

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.

60 Base
27 Main
13 Point
Ledger Plum

Background & breathing room

Rule Violet

Cards, graphics & sections

Selection Lilac

Focal areas & key details

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

Text on background
11.34:1 #F0EFEF on #3A2B46 · AAA normal text
Text on primary
5.95:1 #F0EFEF on #724F72 · AA normal text
Text on highlight
2.19:1 #F0EFEF on #B39BBF · Not suitable for text

Recommended text on highlight

The original text has low contrast (2.19:1). This example uses Total Ink (#1F141B) from the same palette instead of #F0EFEF on #B39BBF, improving contrast to 7.12:1. This meets WCAG AA for normal text.

Text on accent
15.58:1 #F0EFEF on #1F141B · AAA 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.

IMAGINE THE POSSIBILITIES

One palette.
A world of possibilities.

See how these five colors come together in a website, a poster, a brand, and a presentation. Explore a different palette and watch the mood change.

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COLOR NOTE

Ledger White fails normal- and large-text AA on Selection Lilac at 2.19:1. Use Ledger Plum there at 5.18:1, and keep Loans, Returns, and Selected date visible as written labels.

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 / selected-tuesday-opens-its-drawer]
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: Ledger White #F0EFEF
Primary: Rule Violet #724F72
Highlight: Selection Lilac #B39BBF
Accent: Total Ink #1F141B
Background: Ledger Plum #3A2B46

Mood: A selected date opens one restrained detail drawer while thin rules align daily loans and returns
Suggested uses: Data dashboards
Application note: Use Ledger Plum as the dashboard field with Ledger White text. Build Rule Violet summary panels with Ledger White, set Selection Lilac as the open date drawer with Ledger Plum text, and reserve Total Ink for thin rules and small markers with Ledger White. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 60/27/13 background-primary-highlight surface ratio.
Avoid: Ledger White fails normal- and large-text AA on Selection Lilac at 2.19:1. Use Ledger Plum there at 5.18:1, and keep Loans, Returns, and Selected date visible as written labels.
Use approximately 60% background, 27% primary, and 13% 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 / selected-tuesday-opens-its-drawer]
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: Ledger White #F0EFEF
Primary: Rule Violet #724F72
Highlight: Selection Lilac #B39BBF
Accent: Total Ink #1F141B
Background: Ledger Plum #3A2B46

Mood: A selected date opens one restrained detail drawer while thin rules align daily loans and returns
Suggested uses: Data dashboards
Application note: Use Ledger Plum as the dashboard field with Ledger White text. Build Rule Violet summary panels with Ledger White, set Selection Lilac as the open date drawer with Ledger Plum text, and reserve Total Ink for thin rules and small markers with Ledger White. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 60/27/13 background-primary-highlight surface ratio.
Avoid: Ledger White fails normal- and large-text AA on Selection Lilac at 2.19:1. Use Ledger Plum there at 5.18:1, and keep Loans, Returns, and Selected date visible as written labels.
Use approximately 60% background, 27% primary, and 13% 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: #F0EFEF;
  --color-primary: #724F72;
  --color-highlight: #B39BBF;
  --color-accent: #1F141B;
  --color-background: #3A2B46;
}
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 / selected-tuesday-opens-its-drawer]
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: Ledger White #F0EFEF
Primary: Rule Violet #724F72
Highlight: Selection Lilac #B39BBF
Accent: Total Ink #1F141B
Background: Ledger Plum #3A2B46

Mood: A selected date opens one restrained detail drawer while thin rules align daily loans and returns
Suggested uses: Data dashboards
Application note: Use Ledger Plum as the dashboard field with Ledger White text. Build Rule Violet summary panels with Ledger White, set Selection Lilac as the open date drawer with Ledger Plum text, and reserve Total Ink for thin rules and small markers with Ledger White. Preserve solid, full-opacity original HEX values and a 60/27/13 background-primary-highlight surface ratio.
Avoid: Ledger White fails normal- and large-text AA on Selection Lilac at 2.19:1. Use Ledger Plum there at 5.18:1, and keep Loans, Returns, and Selected date visible as written labels.
Use approximately 60% background, 27% primary, and 13% 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: 11.34:1. 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: #F0EFEF;
  --color-primary: #724F72;
  --color-highlight: #B39BBF;
  --color-accent: #1F141B;
  --color-background: #3A2B46;
}

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