Glacial blue · Volcanic steam · Editorial serif

Glacial frost lines over volcanic basalt

Freezing water blue highlights on warm volcanic ash and steam grey backgrounds. High-contrast typography pairs delicate serif headlines with technical body layouts.

Lifestyle & Organic Editorial & Literary Minimal & Brutalist

00 — Color Identity

Accent roles

Each accent has a specific role in the design language. Click any swatch below to copy its hex value.

Glacial Ice

#38BDF8

Primary frozen highlights

Volcanic Basalt

#0284C7

Secondary tags, rules

Geyser Steam

#00F5FF

Interactive hover glow

Soft Frost

#B0E5FC

Panel overlay fills

01 — Foundation

Color palette

Click any swatch to copy its hex value. Accent colors are shared across modes; surface tokens update when you switch between light and dark.

Accent — shared

Surfaces — dark mode

02 — Tokens

CSS variables

Drop this block into your project's global stylesheet. Includes shared accents plus light and dark surface tokens — toggle data-theme on <html> to switch.

03 — Typography

Type scale

Instrument Serif + Inter

Instrument Serif provides tall, delicate literary display headers. Inter frames body text with clean precision.

DisplayInstrument Serif Display

Icelandic Geyser

Heading 1Instrument Serif H1

Section title

Heading 2Instrument Serif H2

Subsection label

BodyInstrument Serif Regular

Use the text token for primary copy and text-mid for supporting paragraphs. Keep line height around 1.7–1.8 for readability in both light and dark modes.

LabelInter Medium

Eyebrow · Metadata · Captions

04 — Components

UI patterns

Common building blocks using the palette. Uppercase labels and heavy weight are part of the theme voice.

Buttons

Feature spotlight

Supporting copy sits in text-mid with a short accent rule underneath the headline.

Cards

New 01

Card title

Elevated panel with ember shadow fill and crimson badge accent.

Draft 02

Card title

Hover lifts the card slightly — keep motion on transform only.

Live 03

Card title

Forge background on the card header creates depth without extra imagery.

05 — Contrast & Harmony

Design theory

Mathematical color relationships and accessibility validation. Checks compliance against W3C WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios.

Theme Metrics

Core colors

4.5:1

Min contrast target

WCAG Contrast Validation

Primary Text on Bg

Target: ≥ 7:1 (AAA)

Pass AAA

Body Copy on Bg

Target: ≥ 4.5:1 (AA)

Pass AA

White Copy on Accent

Target: ≥ 3:1 (UI Component)

Pass AA

Accent Color Spectrum

Visual segments detailing color pairing distribution across accents.

Generates high-contrast analogous and monochromatic relationships to ensure active components are highly visible.

06 — Spacing & Geometry

Layout System

Proportional spacing scale guidelines. Built on a modular unit grid to govern container padding, margins, and layout gutters.

Proportional Spacing Scale

--sp-1

4px

--sp-2

8px

--sp-3

12px

--sp-4

16px

--sp-5

24px

--sp-6

32px

Layout Symmetrical Grid

Visual representation of wide-margin gutters and core content boundaries.

Gutter

Max Content Width (1240px)

Gutter

Leverages a symmetrical layout grid to structure blocks. Wide margins ensure high-fidelity reading focus across viewport transitions.

07 — Guidelines

Design principles

Core behavioral guidelines to preserve the design language's integrity when scaling templates.

Glacial frost accents

Frost blue highlights details like a glowing layer of ice on volcanic rocks.

Basalt depth

Keep neutral bases greyish-blue, replicating raw Icelandic basalt fields.

Tall serif voice

Maximize headings' size using italic Instrument Serif for poetic impact.