Tempered Rust color palette — #C8F0F5 · #C44F00 · #003228 · #1A1519 · #000B07

Built around Terracotta, softened by Deep Forest — the whole palette hums with optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Frost (#C8F0F5): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Terracotta (#C44F00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Deep Forest (#003228): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Ink (#1A1519): a grounded near-black with real depth.
• Ink (#000B07): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged luxury, dark, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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