Gentle Rust color palette — #D4E9DC · #008DAB · #B24027 · #004F61 · #280300

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

The five colors

• Honeydew (#D4E9DC): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Cerulean (#008DAB): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Brick (#B24027): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#004F61): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#280300): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Gentle 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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• Patina Harbor color palette (#DBEEE6, #0073A4, #814700, #003B56, #100500)
• Sunlit Ember color palette (#EAF8FF, #2CCCEF, #DF4930, #006F84, #340300)
• Cobalt Garden color palette (#F3E0F5, #3082D1, #7A6C00, #004782, #161200)
• Hushed Crimson Orchard color palette (#C7E2F7, #2DB7F4, #D52144, #006C95, #491419)
• Petrol Grove color palette (#E5F7F0, #71ABD6, #B28430, #006BA3, #362300)
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