Faded Rust color palette — #DFECE2 · #00909F · #B14300 · #005059 · #240800

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#DFECE2): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Cerulean (#00909F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Terracotta (#B14300): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Peacock (#005059): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Ink (#240800): 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 Faded 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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