Tempered Rust color palette — #DFF5E3 · #60CCDF · #5B9BDE · #B15354 · #0B3449

A conversation between Brick and Cornflower, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DFF5E3): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Aqua (#60CCDF): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cornflower (#5B9BDE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Brick (#B15354): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Deep Teal (#0B3449): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Calm, Balance. Tagged retro, cool.

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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