Gentle Rust color palette — #DDDDF8 · #D099CA · #C3655E · #006C68 · #004C49

Coral Clay and Mauve set the tone — five colors that lean into creativity and balance.

The five colors

• Thistle (#DDDDF8): A whisper-light, dusty violet — the color of wild irises.
• Mauve (#D099CA): A luminous, balanced pink — the color of neon signs at night.
• Coral Clay (#C3655E): A luminous, balanced orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Teal (#006C68): A full-bodied, balanced teal — the color of glacier melt.
• Forest (#004C49): A deep, shadowed, dusty teal — the color of shallow lagoons.

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

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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