Byzantium Archive color palette — #F6D5DA · #971D9D · #393932 · #3D151B · #180206

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F6D5DA): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Plum (#971D9D): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Charcoal (#393932): quiet, heavy and certain.
• Espresso (#3D151B): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Ink (#180206): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Byzantium Archive 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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