Shadow Byzantium color palette — #F9DBE6 · #8D00E1 · #471239 · #2A0B19 · #120507

Violet and Deep Indigo set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and energy.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F9DBE6): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.
• Violet (#8D00E1): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of wild irises.
• Deep Indigo (#471239): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Ink (#2A0B19): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Ink (#120507): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Shadow 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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