Ancient Rust color palette — #E5F4FF · #2AB6EB · #B55400 · #006485 · #381500

Built around Terracotta, softened by Cyan — the whole palette hums with trust and stability.

The five colors

• Frost (#E5F4FF): A whisper-light, dusty blue — the color of open sky before noon.
• Cyan (#2AB6EB): A luminous, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Terracotta (#B55400): A full-bodied, balanced gold — the color of old brass.
• Peacock (#006485): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
• Espresso (#381500): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of sun-warmed clay.

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

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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