Gentle Byzantium color palette — #DBDDFF · #9742E1 · #562246 · #230D38 · #030615
A conversation between Violet and Mulberry, giving this palette its sense of creativity and energy.
The five colors
- Thistle (#DBDDFF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Violet (#9742E1): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
- Mulberry (#562246): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Deep Indigo (#230D38): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of wild irises.
- Ink (#030615): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Gentle 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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