Powdered Byzantium color palette — #E9E7F6 · #8D3BBB · #780079 · #48002B · #1D0008
Violet takes the lead with Plum close behind in a set that reads as creativity and energy at first glance.
The five colors
- Frost (#E9E7F6): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Violet (#8D3BBB): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Plum (#780079): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Deep Indigo (#48002B): A deep, shadowed, balanced rose — the color of strawberry cream.
- Ink (#1D0008): 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 Powdered 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
- Timeworn Byzantium Field color palette (#F2EBFC, #933FAF, #670060, #340024, #040001)
- Powdered Station color palette (#E5EAFE, #9C54C8, #900095, #7A0041, #190003)
- Aged Plum Orchard color palette (#EEE8F9, #A82E8C, #006A38, #630051, #000802)
- Tempered Plum Studio color palette (#F8DEFB, #BD1D85, #830043, #4F0010, #130200)
- Softworn Aubergine color palette (#D8E0F2, #4E51DB, #5D00B0, #410050, #12000E)
- Hazy Parlor color palette (#E5DEF5, #DF7A8C, #B56700, #58317C, #220010)
- Softworn Byzantium color palette (#F9DFF9, #A427AB, #00464C, #134900, #050005)
- Frosted Plum Field color palette (#E6DDEA, #CF68C8, #CA0078, #920538, #551411)
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