Ancient Byzantium color palette — #E1DEFF · #AC83E4 · #893DB3 · #480051 · #090007

Plum and Wisteria set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and balance.

The five colors

• Thistle (#E1DEFF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Wisteria (#AC83E4): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Plum (#893DB3): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Royal Purple (#480051): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#090007): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.

Feels like: Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

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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