Ancient Rust color palette — #FFEDEB · #FDA7FB · #FF8EAF · #CF5300 · #37000B
A conversation between Terracotta and Carnation, giving this palette its sense of optimism and creativity.
The five colors
- Cream (#FFEDEB): a clean, paper-quiet neutral.
- Carnation (#FDA7FB): A whisper-light, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
- Ballet Pink (#FF8EAF): A luminous, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
- Terracotta (#CF5300): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Ink (#37000B): A deep, shadowed, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
Feels like: Optimism, Creativity, Warmth, Comfort, Balance. Tagged candy, vibrant, light, 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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