Rust Basin color palette — #C3E8F4 · #0095B4 · #BD4D00 · #005C70 · #310E00

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

The five colors

• Frost (#C3E8F4): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#0095B4): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Terracotta (#BD4D00): A full-bodied, vivid orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Peacock (#005C70): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Ink (#310E00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Rust Basin 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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