Velvet Rust color palette — #EFDCE7 · #AD4800 · #3C2300 · #1E0615 · #060205

Terracotta and Espresso set the tone — five colors that lean into optimism and sophistication.

The five colors

• Shell Pink (#EFDCE7): A whisper-light, dusty pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Terracotta (#AD4800): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Espresso (#3C2300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of afternoon light on wheat.
• Ink (#1E0615): A deep, shadowed, dusty pink — the color of peonies in June.
• Ink (#060205): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Optimism, Sophistication, Depth, Luxury. Tagged noir, dark, luxury, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Velvet 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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