Midnight Byzantium color palette — #FCD9DE · #9B009F · #27001C · #140705 · #040001

A conversation between Plum and Ink, giving this palette its sense of creativity and energy.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FCD9DE): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Plum (#9B009F): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Ink (#27001C): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Ink (#140705): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Black (#040001): A deep, shadowed, dusty rose — the color of pressed rose petals.

Feels like: Creativity, Energy, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Midnight 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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