Ancient Rust color palette — #C7E9F9 · #0093BF · #B44F00 · #00546F · #290C00
A conversation between Terracotta and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Frost (#C7E9F9): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Cerulean (#0093BF): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of a favorite pair of jeans.
- Terracotta (#B44F00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
- Peacock (#00546F): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of open sky before noon.
- Ink (#290C00): 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 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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