Moonless Byzantium color palette — #FFE6EC · #9100B9 · #48011F · #2B1F11 · #1A0008

Plum takes the lead with Espresso close behind in a set that reads as creativity and energy at first glance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE6EC): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Plum (#9100B9): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Espresso (#48011F): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Onyx (#2B1F11): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.
• Ink (#1A0008): 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 Moonless 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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