Oxblood Library

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Design that earns its keep

A tiny landing page, painted entirely with this palette so you can judge it doing real work.

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How the preview picks colors: the lightest swatch becomes the page background, the darkest becomes the text, and the most vivid becomes the button. Drag a chip onto any part of the mockup to override it — your arrangement is saved into this page's URL, so copying the link shares it.

Why it works

Every hue here is desaturated the way book cloth and brass fittings fade — oxblood, olive, and brass share a yellowed, aged undertone that makes them feel found together rather than assembled. Brass is the sole bright note and should be used like gilding, in thin lines and details. Espresso replaces black so even the text color stays inside the palette's warmth.

Built around Burgundy.

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Hex values
#800020, #c9a227, #6b6b3a, #efe6d4, #3a2a23
CSS custom properties
:root {
  --color-oxblood: #800020;
  --color-brass: #c9a227;
  --color-olive: #6b6b3a;
  --color-parchment: #efe6d4;
  --color-espresso: #3a2a23;
}
Tailwind v4 theme
@theme {
  --color-oxblood: #800020;
  --color-brass: #c9a227;
  --color-olive: #6b6b3a;
  --color-parchment: #efe6d4;
  --color-espresso: #3a2a23;
}
JSON
{
  "name": "Oxblood Library",
  "colors": [
    {
      "hex": "#800020",
      "role": "oxblood"
    },
    {
      "hex": "#c9a227",
      "role": "brass"
    },
    {
      "hex": "#6b6b3a",
      "role": "olive"
    },
    {
      "hex": "#efe6d4",
      "role": "parchment"
    },
    {
      "hex": "#3a2a23",
      "role": "espresso"
    }
  ]
}

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