Powdered Byzantium color palette — #E5E2F4 · #9C38A7 · #486300 · #590062 · #050A00

A conversation between Orchid and Royal Purple, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Frost (#E5E2F4): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Orchid (#9C38A7): A full-bodied, vivid pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Olive (#486300): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Royal Purple (#590062): A deep, shadowed, balanced pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#050A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of fresh herbs.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Powdered 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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