Pale Rust color palette — #EFE2E9 · #F88553 · #009597 · #C34B00 · #000406

Built around Terracotta, softened by Salmon — the whole palette hums with optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Rose Water (#EFE2E9): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
• Salmon (#F88553): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Cerulean (#009597): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of sea glass.
• Terracotta (#C34B00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Ink (#000406): a grounded near-black with real depth.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged duotone.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Pale 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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