Tempered Byzantium color palette — #DFDBF2 · #92479E · #7D1C33 · #3D1F00 · #050031

Plum and Oxblood set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Thistle (#DFDBF2): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Plum (#92479E): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Oxblood (#7D1C33): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Espresso (#3D1F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#050031): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.

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

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.

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