Ancient Rust color palette — #FCE8E1 · #C6531E · #004B8F · #342A6E · #190400

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

The five colors

• Rose Water (#FCE8E1): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#C6531E): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Indigo (#004B8F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Royal Purple (#342A6E): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.
• Ink (#190400): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Balance. Tagged warm.

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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