Rust Basin color palette — #DFF2E5 · #008DA4 · #AE3B00 · #004450 · #040000

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DFF2E5): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Cerulean (#008DA4): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Terracotta (#AE3B00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Deep Teal (#004450): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Black (#040000): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Rust Basin 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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