Gentle Byzantium color palette — #E8DCF5 · #9743D2 · #C30244 · #005E8F · #1A052A
Built around Violet, softened by Ruby — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Thistle (#E8DCF5): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Violet (#9743D2): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Ruby (#C30244): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of late-summer berries.
- Peacock (#005E8F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Ink (#1A052A): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Gentle Byzantium 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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