About Mulberry
Mulberry, #c54b8c, is purple-pink with berry depth — the color of the fruit that famously stains everything it touches. Between magenta and plum, it is purple at its juiciest.
History
Mulberry trees fed silkworms (and thus the entire silk trade) for millennia; the berry’s stain named the deep pink-purple. The British leather brand Mulberry made it a fashion signature; "here we go round the mulberry bush" made it nursery folklore.
Psychology
Mulberry reads rich, creative and slightly indulgent — purple’s imagination with pink’s warmth. It signals craft and depth without royal purple’s formality.
In design
Mulberry is a text-capable jewel accent (4.9:1 on white) and a warm dark surface for cream. Pair with sage, gold, blush and charcoal. Beauty, wine and boutique-fashion brands favor its berry richness.
In culture
The mulberry bush rhyme, mulberry-stained summers, silk’s founding tree: a color of childhood, craft and indelible marks.