Charred Byzantium color palette — #FFE4E8 · #A20BA4 · #3B1B11 · #16080A · #040103

Orchid and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and energy.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FFE4E8): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Orchid (#A20BA4): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Espresso (#3B1B11): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#16080A): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Black (#040103): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Charred 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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