Tempered Byzantium color palette — #C5E5F8 · #0074A1 · #92009E · #5B2E00 · #000C16
A conversation between Plum and Slate, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Powder Blue (#C5E5F8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Slate (#0074A1): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Plum (#92009E): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Cocoa (#5B2E00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Ink (#000C16): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged 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.
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