Tempered Rust color palette — #DAF1F8 · #00999E · #B44E00 · #923E00 · #080400

Terracotta and Burnt Sienna set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and balance.

The five colors

• Frost (#DAF1F8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#00999E): A luminous, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Terracotta (#B44E00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Burnt Sienna (#923E00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#080400): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.

Feels like: Optimism, Balance. Tagged jewel, vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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• Chestnut Field color palette (#D3EBF4, #008796, #7B5A00, #624700, #030100)
• Faded Terrace color palette (#F7EADA, #00ABBE, #6F63D0, #764A00, #001827)
• Chalky Cornflower color palette (#D6DFF2, #4E7FFF, #A35800, #874800, #000807)
• Hushed Coast color palette (#DFFCFC, #007E4E, #791F00, #2C1C00, #010100)
• Quiet Crimson color palette (#F1F3FF, #7798FF, #F12639, #C01C2B, #001F15)
• Washed Lilac Veranda color palette (#E8ECFF, #A57EFF, #A08300, #7E6600, #001318)

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