Inked Byzantium color palette — #FFE8ED · #9F00CD · #4A213E · #100018 · #040100
A conversation between Orchid and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of creativity and energy.
The five colors
- Blush (#FFE8ED): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Orchid (#9F00CD): A full-bodied, vivid violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Espresso (#4A213E): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Ink (#100018): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Black (#040100): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Inked 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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