Ancient Rust color palette — #C7E7D4 · #008DAA · #AE4324 · #005264 · #4D1000

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

The five colors

• Celadon Mist (#C7E7D4): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of sea glass.
• Cerulean (#008DAA): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Brick (#AE4324): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#005264): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#4D1000): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Balance. Tagged 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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