Rust Alley color palette — #CFEAF8 · #008EA9 · #AB4919 · #004F60 · #240800

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

The five colors

• Frost (#CFEAF8): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#008EA9): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Terracotta (#AB4919): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Peacock (#004F60): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• 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 Rust Alley 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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