Ancient Rust color palette — #EDE6FC · #0088A8 · #C43100 · #150800 · #040003

A conversation between Brick and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Blush (#EDE6FC): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of twilight just after sunset.
• Cerulean (#0088A8): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Brick (#C43100): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#150800): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Black (#040003): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged neon, dark, vibrant.

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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