Tempered Byzantium color palette — #FFF4DE · #89A5FF · #A301E7 · #5D4000 · #170A42
Orchid and Cornflower set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Cream (#FFF4DE): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Cornflower (#89A5FF): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Orchid (#A301E7): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Bronze (#5D4000): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Deep Indigo (#170A42): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged retro, vibrant.
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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