Ancient Byzantium color palette — #F3EFFF · #9C48AB · #8B1312 · #303800 · #000913
A conversation between Orchid and Oxblood, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.
The five colors
- Blush (#F3EFFF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Orchid (#9C48AB): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Oxblood (#8B1312): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Forest (#303800): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
- Ink (#000913): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient 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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