Ancient Byzantium color palette — #EADFFF · #993CF8 · #C2353B · #005F74 · #080016

Violet and Brick set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Thistle (#EADFFF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Violet (#993CF8): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Brick (#C2353B): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Peacock (#005F74): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#080016): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.

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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