Softworn Byzantium color palette — #DCDFEF · #9B4CD0 · #7F006A · #48001E · #140000

A conversation between Amethyst and Mulberry, giving this palette its sense of creativity and warmth.

The five colors

• Frost (#DCDFEF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Amethyst (#9B4CD0): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Mulberry (#7F006A): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Espresso (#48001E): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#140000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant, warm.

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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