Timeworn Byzantium color palette — #D9DBFA · #9C3EFF · #8600A0 · #540049 · #26000F
A conversation between Amethyst and Plum, giving this palette its sense of creativity and energy.
The five colors
- Thistle (#D9DBFA): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Amethyst (#9C3EFF): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Plum (#8600A0): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Royal Purple (#540049): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Ink (#26000F): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
Feels like: Creativity, Energy. Tagged vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Timeworn 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
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- Sunlit Aubergine color palette (#DEDCEC, #A560D7, #830097, #3B0034, #040002)
- Amethyst Quarry color palette (#D5DFF9, #784DD1, #6B0085, #3B0027, #200200)
- Soft Canyon color palette (#E3EDFF, #9767E8, #9F00C9, #820062, #27000A)
- Plum Chapel color palette (#EBE2EF, #B200A3, #82004D, #53001E, #150100)
- Weathered Atelier color palette (#DCE5D6, #4095FF, #9800D8, #180623, #020109)
- Antique Atelier color palette (#F4E3EC, #DB3DAC, #95007B, #4B0040, #080005)
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