Rust Courtyard color palette — #C8E5F5 · #008CA9 · #B74B00 · #005E72 · #100200

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

The five colors

• Frost (#C8E5F5): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Cerulean (#008CA9): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Terracotta (#B74B00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Peacock (#005E72): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#100200): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged cool.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Rust Courtyard 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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