Sunlit Byzantium color palette — #F8D8DE · #9837A4 · #713100 · #153700 · #00242F

A conversation between Orchid and Rust, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F8D8DE): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Orchid (#9837A4): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Rust (#713100): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Deep Forest (#153700): A deep, shadowed, balanced green — the color of a quiet forest floor.
• Midnight (#00242F): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Sunlit 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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