Softworn Byzantium color palette — #D2E5FB · #7C80AD · #874A9B · #5C3C04 · #150F00

Plum and Bronze set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Frost (#D2E5FB): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Slate Blue (#7C80AD): A luminous, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Plum (#874A9B): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Bronze (#5C3C04): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#150F00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Softworn 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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