Ancient Rust color palette — #F0D6E5 · #B9490A · #007070 · #003E89 · #050100

Built around Terracotta, softened by Indigo — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F0D6E5): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Terracotta (#B9490A): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Teal (#007070): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Indigo (#003E89): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Black (#050100): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged cool.

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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