Ancient Rust color palette — #D6E8F0 · #0098A6 · #B25200 · #005760 · #280D00

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

The five colors

• Frost (#D6E8F0): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#0098A6): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Terracotta (#B25200): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Peacock (#005760): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#280D00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient 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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