Faded Rust color palette — #EFDCFF · #CF90BF · #B05C6B · #3A5209 · #002314

Built around Brick, softened by Deep Olive — the whole palette hums with nature and growth.

The five colors

• Thistle (#EFDCFF): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Mauve (#CF90BF): A luminous, balanced pink — the color of a candy shop window.
• Brick (#B05C6B): A full-bodied, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Deep Olive (#3A5209): A full-bodied, balanced green — the color of fresh herbs.
• Onyx (#002314): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

Feels like: Nature, Growth, Creativity, Balance. Tagged vintage, retro, muted.

Use it as a design system

One click turns Faded 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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