Ancient Rust color palette — #FFF1F2 · #F5D2CF · #E390A4 · #B86569 · #4F4744

A conversation between Mocha and Ballet Pink, giving this palette its sense of sophistication.

The five colors

• Ivory (#FFF1F2): bright and airy, almost weightless.
• Shell Pink (#F5D2CF): A whisper-light, dusty orange — the color of toasted spice.
• Ballet Pink (#E390A4): A luminous, balanced red — the color of a theater curtain.
• Mocha (#B86569): A luminous, balanced red — the color of embers at dusk.
• Charcoal Brown (#4F4744): quiet, heavy and certain.

Feels like: Sophistication. Tagged light, muted.

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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