Softworn Byzantium color palette — #FDF0DC · #8E96D5 · #8A4E9C · #584300 · #311B26
Built around Plum, softened by Blue Fog — the whole palette hums with optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Cream (#FDF0DC): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Blue Fog (#8E96D5): A luminous, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Plum (#8A4E9C): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
- Deep Olive (#584300): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Onyx (#311B26): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.
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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