Tempered Rust color palette — #DBF0F5 · #0097AD · #D03000 · #005D6C · #370600

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

The five colors

• Frost (#DBF0F5): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#0097AD): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Terracotta (#D03000): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#005D6C): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#370600): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Energy, Balance. Tagged vibrant.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Tempered 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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