Ancient Rust color palette — #C6E4F4 · #008CAA · #B15100 · #005E73 · #0F0300

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

The five colors

• Powder Blue (#C6E4F4): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cerulean (#008CAA): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
• Terracotta (#B15100): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
• Peacock (#005E73): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Ink (#0F0300): A deep, shadowed, dusty gold — the color of honey in a jar.

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

Use it as a design system

One click turns Ancient 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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• Powdered Bronze color palette (#D9E4F4, #AA7F00, #26438C, #010847, #000108)
• Chestnut Lantern color palette (#E3F4E4, #8C8242, #7E5700, #642E00, #030400)
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