Muted Rust color palette — #DEF3FF · #008DAD · #AD4700 · #004F62 · #230900

Terracotta and Cerulean set the tone — five colors that lean into trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#DEF3FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Cerulean (#008DAD): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Terracotta (#AD4700): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
• Peacock (#004F62): A deep, shadowed, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#230900): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of autumn markets.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Muted 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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