Vaporwave Sunset
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Nostalgic 80s · Synthwave neon · Digital sunset

Neon magenta on retro cyber sunset

A high-impact nostalgic digital sunset theme. Built around glowing neon magenta accents, cyber cyan highlights, and bold geometric display structures.

Retro & Gaming Creative & Portfolios Lifestyle & Organic

Accent roles

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

Neon Rose
#FF007F
Primary glow, alerts
Cyber Cyan
#00F0FF
Active links, tags
Laser Violet
#9B30FF
Borders, deep wells
Vapor Gold
#FFDD00
Warm highlights

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

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.


                        

Type scale

Aa
Orbitron + Space Grotesk
Orbitron renders high-impact, futuristic display headings. Space Grotesk frames content with geometric sans-serif precision.
DisplayOrbitron Display
Vaporwave Sunset
Heading 1Orbitron H1
Section title
Heading 2Orbitron H2
Subsection label
BodyOrbitron 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.
LabelSpace Grotesk Medium
Eyebrow · Metadata · Captions

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

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.

Design theory

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

Theme Metrics

8
Core colors
4.5:1
Min contrast target

WCAG Contrast Validation

Aa
Primary Text on Bg
Target: ≥ 7:1 (AAA)
Pass AAA
Aa
Body Copy on Bg
Target: ≥ 4.5:1 (AA)
Pass AA
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.

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.

Design principles

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

01
Vibrant visual wireframes

Keep layout borders high-intensity neon cyan and rose to map user paths explicitly.

02
Synthwave glows

Use large transparent shadows to introduce a cathode-ray glowing ambience to text frames.

03
Laser precision alignment

Strictly align blocks along horizontal columns to match synthwave grid graphics.