Deep Byzantium color palette — #F1D7DD · #9A00C7 · #523500 · #001A1A · #000202

A conversation between Orchid and Cocoa, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F1D7DD): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Orchid (#9A00C7): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Cocoa (#523500): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#001A1A): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Black (#000202): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Energy, Depth, Luxury. Tagged dark, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Deep 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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