Washed Byzantium color palette — #E8E4FF · #AB00C5 · #8F002F · #4A2A00 · #20105D
A conversation between Orchid and Wine, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Frost (#E8E4FF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Orchid (#AB00C5): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Wine (#8F002F): A full-bodied, vivid red — the color of late-summer berries.
- Espresso (#4A2A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Deep Indigo (#20105D): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Energy. Tagged vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Washed 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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