Powdered Byzantium color palette — #FCE4C7 · #E39500 · #009DA5 · #863EB5 · #360053
A conversation between Plum and Apricot, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Parchment (#FCE4C7): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
- Apricot (#E39500): A luminous, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
- Cerulean (#009DA5): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Plum (#863EB5): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Deep Indigo (#360053): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, 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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