Muted Byzantium color palette — #F9D3DD · #8F00BA · #8D1D00 · #3A2200 · #030005

A conversation between Plum and Rust, giving this palette its sense of creativity and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9D3DD): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Plum (#8F00BA): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Rust (#8D1D00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Espresso (#3A2200): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Black (#030005): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.

Feels like: Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted 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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