Faded Rust Station color palette — #FFDBDC · #F68175 · #C23B0E · #6A2B00 · #331600

A conversation between Terracotta and Salmon, giving this palette its sense of optimism and warmth.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#FFDBDC): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Salmon (#F68175): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Terracotta (#C23B0E): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Rust (#6A2B00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Onyx (#331600): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.

Feels like: Optimism, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded Rust Station 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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• Hushed Rust color palette (#FFDEF5, #E37D9B, #BD3930, #6E3900, #483500)
• Powdered Ember Grove color palette (#FFE2E3, #FA9285, #E25828, #993F00, #562A00)
• Washed Coral color palette (#FFF0FB, #FFBFCB, #E96D50, #874C00, #312100)
• Powdered Coral Dune color palette (#FFEBFB, #FFC7CF, #FF7E72, #C05C00, #350300)
• Tempered Garden color palette (#FFE7D6, #D7AB77, #9D7524, #564500, #292500)
• Ember Balcony color palette (#FFEBF6, #D05A00, #6F5800, #194400, #310021)

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