Timeworn Byzantium color palette — #FCE1E8 · #A13DC9 · #6F3100 · #560072 · #040100

Orchid takes the lead with Royal Purple close behind in a set that reads as optimism and creativity at first glance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FCE1E8): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Orchid (#A13DC9): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Rust (#6F3100): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Royal Purple (#560072): A deep, shadowed, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Black (#040100): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged duotone, 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.

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