Tempered Byzantium color palette — #D6E7E3 · #BC6500 · #B400C3 · #19000A · #040001

Built around Orchid, softened by Ochre — the whole palette hums with optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Parchment (#D6E7E3): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Ochre (#BC6500): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Orchid (#B400C3): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#19000A): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• 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

• Pale Garden color palette (#C8EAEC, #A57600, #C40097, #180500, #040000)
• Soft Byzantium color palette (#D5F6EF, #CB5700, #9C00EF, #0E011B, #040001)
• Magenta Ridge color palette (#D1F7F1, #C38E00, #DC02EF, #2C0A30, #090516)
• Peony Drift color palette (#C5E9F1, #BE9700, #FB0490, #310419, #130202)
• Raspberry Terrace color palette (#F9E9E9, #B34E8C, #742700, #630046, #030100)
• Hushed Lapis color palette (#EDF0E2, #DF3A00, #4C40F1, #040124, #040002)
• Weathered Scarlet color palette (#F7E6EB, #C84551, #842200, #361900, #0A0400)
• Crimson Parlor color palette (#CCE2EE, #688E00, #D2004E, #190004, #040000)

Browse the whole catalog at Explore, or see today's palette.