Ancient Rust Basin color palette — #D0EFFA · #00A5AE · #C0573D · #006167 · #360C03

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

The five colors

• Frost (#D0EFFA): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Cerulean (#00A5AE): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Terracotta (#C0573D): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#006167): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Onyx (#360C03): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient Rust 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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• Frosted Turquoise color palette (#E4F5FF, #40B2DC, #C3784B, #006F8F, #3A1B2D)
• Soft Azure color palette (#DAECFC, #28A9FB, #AA4F1C, #005A8C, #331000)
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• Powder Loft color palette (#EAF2FF, #95B2F2, #BC9463, #5A70A3, #233721)
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