Powdered Byzantium color palette — #EED6FF · #AF0FF0 · #C4123D · #00588F · #030007
Orchid and Ruby set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.
The five colors
- Thistle (#EED6FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Orchid (#AF0FF0): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Ruby (#C4123D): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Peacock (#00588F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Black (#030007): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Energy. Tagged vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Powdered 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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