Tempered Byzantium color palette — #CEF1DB · #008DA5 · #9645BC · #005F6F · #0D0015

Orchid and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#CEF1DB): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cerulean (#008DA5): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Orchid (#9645BC): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Peacock (#005F6F): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#0D0015): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Creativity, Balance. Tagged cool.

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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