Tempered Byzantium color palette — #E1DEFD · #9831B8 · #4F1C3F · #2E1519 · #100017
Built around Orchid, softened by Mulberry — the whole palette hums with creativity and energy.
The five colors
- Thistle (#E1DEFD): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Orchid (#9831B8): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Mulberry (#4F1C3F): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
- Onyx (#2E1519): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
- Ink (#100017): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Balance. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, vibrant.
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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