Ancient Rust color palette — #D7F3FF · #008E9D · #C82F26 · #00606A · #140000
Built around Brick, softened by Cerulean — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#D7F3FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Cerulean (#008E9D): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Brick (#C82F26): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Peacock (#00606A): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Ink (#140000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Energy, 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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