Pale Byzantium color palette — #E0DBFE · #903E9B · #730031 · #330F00 · #100700

A conversation between Plum and Mulberry, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Thistle (#E0DBFE): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Plum (#903E9B): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Mulberry (#730031): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Onyx (#330F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#100700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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