Powdered Byzantium color palette — #F6EBD7 · #8E6E00 · #9D00A4 · #8E0035 · #040100
Orchid and Wine set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Cream (#F6EBD7): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Ochre (#8E6E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Orchid (#9D00A4): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of neon signs at night.
- Wine (#8E0035): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Black (#040100): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant.
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.
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