Tempered Byzantium color palette — #E2E1EA · #BCAAB6 · #C1927C · #9A46B6 · #14121E

A conversation between Orchid and Camel, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Frost (#E2E1EA): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Ash (#BCAAB6): A luminous, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Camel (#C1927C): A luminous, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Orchid (#9A46B6): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#14121E): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged scandi, muted, light.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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