Washed Rust color palette — #ADF3F8 · #00979F · #B54B00 · #005A5F · #4E1C00

Terracotta and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Sea Foam (#ADF3F8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#00979F): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Terracotta (#B54B00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Peacock (#005A5F): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Espresso (#4E1C00): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Calm, Balance. Tagged cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed 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.

Similar palettes

• Soft Scarlet color palette (#D7F4E0, #0097AD, #D40B10, #005664, #320101)
• Weathered Terracotta color palette (#CEE9FF, #259BE7, #AA3100, #005382, #551400)
• Feathered Plum Orchard color palette (#BFEDFE, #00979F, #CD0058, #005A5F, #5A0023)
• Hazy Ember Balcony color palette (#B6F0FD, #00B2CC, #F93913, #007688, #590A00)
• Chalky Lantern color palette (#CFE0F2, #2582D2, #866400, #004B83, #362600)
• Muted Azure color palette (#EDF6FF, #029CEB, #AE6F00, #006296, #533200)
• Chalky Brick color palette (#D8E9F0, #007D9E, #B22C00, #6F4100, #002936)
• Ember Grove color palette (#CAF0D6, #3CDFFB, #E96447, #0099AE, #580E00)

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