Pale Byzantium color palette — #F0DCE1 · #9A4EB6 · #860012 · #570070 · #050100

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F0DCE1): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Orchid (#9A4EB6): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Oxblood (#860012): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Royal Purple (#570070): A deep, shadowed, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Black (#050100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Creativity, Balance. Tagged duotone.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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