Tempered Byzantium color palette — #EAEEE1 · #9D21E1 · #8C003B · #00342D · #190018
Violet takes the lead with Wine close behind in a set that reads as creativity and energy at first glance.
The five colors
- Cream (#EAEEE1): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Violet (#9D21E1): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Wine (#8C003B): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of late-summer berries.
- Deep Forest (#00342D): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
- Ink (#190018): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: 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.
Similar palettes
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- Lapis Quarry color palette (#D9E1D5, #534FFF, #7E0173, #003617, #0F0224)
- Twilit Nightshade Orchard color palette (#DDE2CF, #4E3EBA, #5C002F, #001E1D, #150022)
- Byzantium Pier color palette (#FDE6EA, #A200B2, #4C4700, #002F23, #00090E)
- Wandering Plum Delta color palette (#D0F8F2, #717CE8, #B90074, #005255, #130025)
- Nocturne Mulberry color palette (#FFE8E7, #92006A, #360006, #1B1108, #090001)
- Antique Magenta Villa color palette (#E1ECB2, #DA48FF, #CE0040, #005959, #460E37)
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