Gentle Rust color palette — #D3EEF8 · #20A4AD · #C65233 · #006168 · #380800

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

The five colors

• Frost (#D3EEF8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#20A4AD): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Terracotta (#C65233): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#006168): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Onyx (#380800): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

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

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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