Washed Rust color palette — #F7DCDD · #CE3900 · #5F2F00 · #261700 · #020100

Terracotta and Cocoa set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and energy.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#F7DCDD): A whisper-light, dusty red — the color of late-summer berries.
• Terracotta (#CE3900): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Cocoa (#5F2F00): A deep, shadowed, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Ink (#261700): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of old brass.
• Black (#020100): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Energy, Balance. Tagged muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Washed 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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