Ancient Rust color palette — #EBF9F2 · #459CBD · #B4636E · #725B31 · #32413A
A conversation between Mocha and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Ivory (#EBF9F2): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Cerulean (#459CBD): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Mocha (#B4636E): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
- Coffee (#725B31): A full-bodied, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
- Charcoal (#32413A): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Sophistication. Tagged muted.
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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