Powdered Byzantium color palette — #ECEAFF · #9E0FCA · #4B203E · #2B181B · #100018
Orchid and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and energy.
The five colors
- Frost (#ECEAFF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Orchid (#9E0FCA): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Espresso (#4B203E): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Onyx (#2B181B): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Ink (#100018): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, vibrant.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Powdered 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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