Ancient Rust color palette — #C6ECF8 · #008B8D · #AC4D00 · #704E00 · #0B313A
Terracotta and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and calm.
The five colors
- Frost (#C6ECF8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#008B8D): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
- Terracotta (#AC4D00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Bronze (#704E00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Deep Forest (#0B313A): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
Feels like: Optimism, Calm, Balance. Tagged cool.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient Rust 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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