Tempered Rust color palette — #C8E2F4 · #008BB5 · #AA4900 · #00506B · #461900
A conversation between Terracotta and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Powder Blue (#C8E2F4): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Cerulean (#008BB5): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Terracotta (#AA4900): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.
- Peacock (#00506B): A full-bodied, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Espresso (#461900): 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 Tempered 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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