Faded Rust color palette — #D8F5FF · #008CAB · #BC4400 · #005E74 · #100200
A conversation between Terracotta and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#D8F5FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Cerulean (#008CAB): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Terracotta (#BC4400): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Peacock (#005E74): 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 Faded 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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