Shadow Byzantium color palette — #DBDBF9 · #9049C9 · #68006B · #2F0020 · #040001
A conversation between Violet and Royal Purple, giving this palette its sense of creativity and energy.
The five colors
- Thistle (#DBDBF9): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Violet (#9049C9): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Royal Purple (#68006B): A deep, shadowed, vivid pink — the color of neon signs at night.
- Deep Indigo (#2F0020): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Black (#040001): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Shadow 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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