Washed Rust color palette — #D1E5EF · #008B9E · #B64A00 · #8B3700 · #000608

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

The five colors

• Frost (#D1E5EF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#008B9E): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Terracotta (#B64A00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Burnt Sienna (#8B3700): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#000608): a grounded near-black with real depth.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed 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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