Ancient Byzantium color palette — #F5DEE2 · #994EA3 · #4B2529 · #2C191D · #130B09
A conversation between Orchid and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of creativity and sophistication.
The five colors
- Shell Pink (#F5DEE2): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Orchid (#994EA3): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
- Espresso (#4B2529): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Onyx (#2C191D): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
- Ink (#130B09): quiet, heavy and certain.
Feels like: Creativity, Sophistication. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient 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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