Tempered Byzantium color palette — #D6E5DD · #9F5B00 · #9600B3 · #15020B · #040001
Built around Plum, softened by Ochre — the whole palette hums with optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Silver (#D6E5DD): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Ochre (#9F5B00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Plum (#9600B3): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Ink (#15020B): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of a warm blush.
- Black (#040001): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged neon, dark, vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Tempered 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.
Similar palettes
- Byzantium Orchard color palette (#D8E8E0, #C27400, #AC00CD, #1A0022, #02000A)
- Airy Plum color palette (#D1E9EA, #876A00, #AE006F, #170405, #040000)
- Grape Drift color palette (#D8E5D8, #BB3F00, #5B00DB, #1D0210, #040002)
- Antique Plum Pier color palette (#FFEAEA, #A03984, #572700, #4D003C, #030100)
- Antique Thicket color palette (#F4E7E5, #B09A93, #A86B44, #670032, #0E0101)
- Aged Magenta color palette (#D7F5F6, #B89A00, #E600DF, #2B0029, #110003)
- Lowlit Plum color palette (#FBD5E5, #B52E4F, #6B1400, #280D00, #040200)
- Antique Meadow color palette (#D0E3F6, #00966B, #B53000, #1A0200, #030100)
Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.