Ancient Rust color palette — #D1F2E6 · #C75B00 · #007BA9 · #060C18 · #000103

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#D1F2E6): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Terracotta (#C75B00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Cerulean (#007BA9): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#060C18): A deep, shadowed, dusty violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Black (#000103): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

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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