Powdered Byzantium color palette — #F2E4CE · #A047A9 · #8B0040 · #183400 · #1B0014
Built around Orchid, softened by Wine — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.
The five colors
- Parchment (#F2E4CE): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
- Orchid (#A047A9): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Wine (#8B0040): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Deep Forest (#183400): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
- Ink (#1B0014): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Balance. Tagged retro.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Powdered 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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