Quiet Rust color palette — #F3DFE7 · #D38E8B · #C35F00 · #792C79 · #260501

A conversation between Terracotta and Plum, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#F3DFE7): A whisper-light, dusty rose — the color of strawberry cream.
• Dusty Rose (#D38E8B): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Terracotta (#C35F00): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Plum (#792C79): A full-bodied, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Ink (#260501): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged pastel, light, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Quiet 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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