Terracotta Basin color palette — #CCE9DD · #1899D2 · #983A1C · #762000 · #281E00

Built around Burnt Sienna, softened by Cerulean — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Honeydew (#CCE9DD): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.
• Cerulean (#1899D2): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Burnt Sienna (#983A1C): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Rust (#762000): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Onyx (#281E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty green — the color of new leaves after rain.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged warm.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Terracotta Basin 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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