Powdered Byzantium color palette — #F7E8D4 · #CE0E01 · #9B00A9 · #18020B · #010005

A conversation between Plum and Brick, giving this palette its sense of creativity and energy.

The five colors

• Parchment (#F7E8D4): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Brick (#CE0E01): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Plum (#9B00A9): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Ink (#18020B): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Black (#010005): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.

Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged neon, dark, 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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