Moonless Byzantium color palette — #F5DFE1 · #AB00A8 · #4B1324 · #280F14 · #100404

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

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F5DFE1): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Orchid (#AB00A8): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Espresso (#4B1324): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#280F14): A deep, shadowed, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Ink (#100404): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Moonless 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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