Washed Rust color palette — #F4DBE8 · #A74900 · #006279 · #5D2500 · #00070B

A conversation between Terracotta and Espresso, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F4DBE8): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Terracotta (#A74900): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#006279): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#5D2500): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Ink (#00070B): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed 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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