Muted Terracotta Study color palette — #FAD8ED · #8C2D00 · #004E4A · #002B48 · #1E0400

A conversation between Rust and Midnight, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FAD8ED): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Rust (#8C2D00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Forest (#004E4A): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Midnight (#002B48): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#1E0400): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged muted, warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted Terracotta Study 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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