Powdered Byzantium color palette — #F3DAE0 · #854BA1 · #613E00 · #003634 · #220953

A conversation between Plum and Deep Indigo, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F3DAE0): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Plum (#854BA1): A full-bodied, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Bronze (#613E00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Deep Forest (#003634): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Deep Indigo (#220953): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged cool.

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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