Powdered Byzantium color palette — #C5E8ED · #008E85 · #921DA0 · #7B2E00 · #010200
A conversation between Plum and Rust, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Frost (#C5E8ED): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Fern (#008E85): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Plum (#921DA0): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Rust (#7B2E00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Black (#010200): 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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