Gentle Rust color palette — #D2ECE1 · #008ABE · #A94B00 · #004D6C · #220A00
A conversation between Terracotta and Cerulean, giving this palette its sense of trust and stability.
The five colors
- Honeydew (#D2ECE1): A whisper-light, dusty teal — the color of glacier melt.
- Cerulean (#008ABE): A full-bodied, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Terracotta (#A94B00): A full-bodied, balanced orange — the color of autumn markets.
- Peacock (#004D6C): A deep, shadowed, balanced blue — the color of deep harbor water.
- Ink (#220A00): A deep, shadowed, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
Feels like: Trust, Stability, Optimism, Balance. Tagged warm.
Use it as a design system
One click turns Gentle 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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