Gentle Rust color palette — #C9E6DB · #51BBFF · #C15946 · #8B7100 · #001D2F

A conversation between Terracotta and Cornflower, giving this palette its sense of nature and growth.

The five colors

• Silver (#C9E6DB): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cornflower (#51BBFF): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Terracotta (#C15946): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ochre (#8B7100): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of new leaves after rain.
• Midnight (#001D2F): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle 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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