Ancient Byzantium color palette — #E7EDFC · #9687E2 · #9339B3 · #6F2162 · #3B141F
A conversation between Plum and Mulberry, giving this palette its sense of creativity and energy.
The five colors
- Frost (#E7EDFC): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Lavender Blue (#9687E2): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Plum (#9339B3): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of neon signs at night.
- Mulberry (#6F2162): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Onyx (#3B141F): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient 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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