Ancient Rust color palette — #DAF4FD · #00A0AB · #BA535B · #00636A · #5B1D23
A conversation between Brick and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#DAF4FD): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Cerulean (#00A0AB): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Brick (#BA535B): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
- Peacock (#00636A): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Espresso (#5B1D23): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of late-summer berries.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Ancient 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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