Ancient Byzantium color palette — #DFDCF9 · #A340AF · #790062 · #300010 · #040000

Orchid and Mulberry set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and balance.

The five colors

• Thistle (#DFDCF9): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Orchid (#A340AF): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Mulberry (#790062): A deep, shadowed, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Ink (#300010): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Black (#040000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

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.

Similar palettes

• Byzantium Cabin color palette (#E2E1F4, #8F22AD, #620042, #310011, #0F0400)
• Ancient Mulberry color palette (#F5E2FB, #AA4BA3, #9E0073, #720044, #1A0005)
• Dusty Plum color palette (#F1E4F3, #BA3382, #80001F, #2F0800, #020100)
• Timeworn Aubergine color palette (#D8E8FF, #6651C9, #60007F, #32002D, #040001)
• Tempered Plum color palette (#F3E2FF, #B91D75, #006449, #530030, #000201)
• Mulberry Orchard color palette (#FFE5F0, #980061, #00524A, #003B35, #040002)
• Byzantium Ridge color palette (#ECEFFF, #00977F, #B100CE, #13040A, #010007)
• Feathered Amber Station color palette (#FFE7F7, #E69D94, #B88A05, #49327F, #040000)

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