Gentle Rust color palette — #ECDCE7 · #C44821 · #004C2F · #5B1600 · #000502

Terracotta and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into balance.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#ECDCE7): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Terracotta (#C44821): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Forest (#004C2F): A deep, shadowed, balanced teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Espresso (#5B1600): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#000502): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: Balance. Tagged duotone.

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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