Softworn Byzantium color palette — #E4E1F8 · #994AAD · #372E41 · #1F1D2B · #0E0C11
A conversation between Orchid and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.
The five colors
- Frost (#E4E1F8): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
- Orchid (#994AAD): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Espresso (#372E41): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
- Midnight (#1F1D2B): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
- Ink (#0E0C11): a grounded near-black with real depth.
Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Softworn 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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