Chalky Rust color palette — #C0E5F5 · #008FA0 · #B43D08 · #00535D · #4B1300

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

The five colors

• Powder Blue (#C0E5F5): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Cerulean (#008FA0): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Terracotta (#B43D08): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#00535D): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Espresso (#4B1300): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Chalky 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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