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Elevated panel with ember shadow fill and crimson badge accent.
Sage minimalist · Desaturated slate · Mineral Calm
Earthy desaturated sage on mineral slate
Calming sage-infused slate surfaces and desaturated greys. Sage Minimalist is engineered for pure reading experience, zero distraction, and editorial authority.
00 — Color Identity
Accent roles
Each accent has a specific role in the design language. Click any swatch below to copy its hex value.
Slate Grey
#475569
Primary slate rules, tags
Muted Slate
#64748B
Hover actions
Mineral Grey
#94A3B8
Contrast tags
Bone White
#E2E8F0
Soft page overlays
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
Newsreader + Sora
Newsreader delivers organic, book-like serif styling. Sora provides a clean, geometric monospace-adjacent label hierarchy.
Sage Minimalist
Section title
Subsection label
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.
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
Tags
Accent
Neutral
Filled
Navigation
Section header
Feature spotlight
Supporting copy sits in text-mid with a short accent rule underneath the headline.
Cards
Draft
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Card title
Hover lifts the card slightly — keep motion on transform only.
Live
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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
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Core colors
4.5:1
Min contrast target
WCAG Contrast Validation
Aa
Pass AAA
Aa
Pass AA
Aa
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.
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Pure reading comfort
Keep borders extremely thin and margins wide. Let the typography breathe.
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Desaturated mineral hues
Avoid raw primary colors; restrict the palette to slate grey and herbal green.
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Subtle shadows
Shadows should be soft and desaturated, resembling light fog on hills.