Soft Rust color palette — #CAE2F0 · #008DA9 · #AD4500 · #005263 · #481800

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

The five colors

• Powder Blue (#CAE2F0): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#008DA9): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Terracotta (#AD4500): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Peacock (#005263): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#481800): A deep, shadowed, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Soft 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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