Softworn Byzantium color palette — #E8ECFF · #8E3AFF · #706400 · #4E4500 · #00151D

A conversation between Violet and Olive, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Frost (#E8ECFF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Violet (#8E3AFF): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Olive (#706400): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Deep Olive (#4E4500): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Ink (#00151D): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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