Gentle Rust color palette — #F3DCCF · #B13D00 · #005341 · #003050 · #11174C

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

The five colors

• Parchment (#F3DCCF): A whisper-light, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Terracotta (#B13D00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Forest (#005341): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Deep Teal (#003050): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Deep Indigo (#11174C): A deep, shadowed, balanced violet — the color of a velvet chair.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Creativity, Calm, Balance. Tagged cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle 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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