Autona Design System
Autona is a dark, glowing marketing-agency site. Everything sits on a midnight navy (#00031C) lit by soft electric-blue light: a blue-and-green aurora in the hero, a blue radial glow behind the testimonials, blue haze in the corners of pricing cards. Headlines are wide, light-weight uppercase Geist, and every button is a small blue gradient block with a blue halo. The published preview uses the brand name AUTOMA in its logo and copy.
Four signatures make it recognisable:
- Fading uppercase headlines. Section titles are uppercase Geist 400 with −0.4px tracking. The last line fades from white to about 40% white with a vertical gradient fill (DESIGNED FOR CLIENTS / WITH SPECIFIC GOALS). Project names fade mid-word (STUDIO F|OCUS).
- Inline image in the headline. The hero CRAFTING / FUTURE [photo] OF / MARKETING sets a small rounded portrait (160×106px) between two words.
- Glowing gradient buttons. LET'S CONNECT and GET STARTED: a 20° gradient from #2D1DA5 to #5B96FE, 6.4px radius, white 14px uppercase text, and a 0 7px 80px −12px #0162FF glow underneath.
- Frosted pill eyebrows. Every section opens with a small uppercase pill (WELCOME TO AUTOMA, FUN FACTS, FEATURED WORK): white at 7%, 7px blur, 30px radius.
Autona is dark-only.
Colors
Surfaces
#00031CPage background (--second-color)
#070B2CWork cards, raised navy panels
#FFFFFF · 7%Eyebrow pills, dropdown and tab hover
#FFFFFF · 12%The 1px gradient border shell around pricing cards
#FFFFFF · 16%Form input border
#FFFFFFThe light nav dropdown panel
Ink
#FFFFFF#FFFFFF#FFFFFFHeadlines, nav active link, button text (--first-color)
#FFFFFF · 70%Paragraphs (p { opacity: .7 }), nav links at rest
#FFFFFF · 60%Plan names (CREATOR), footer links, category titles
#FFFFFF#222222Text on inverse-canvas
Action
#2D1DA5Button fill, linear-gradient(20deg, …)
#5B96FEWith primary: Button fill, linear-gradient(20deg, …)
#2D1DA5#110FDFActive pricing tab, testimonial band (--blue)
Lines & effects
#0162FFButton halo: 0 7px 80px -12px
#FFFFFF · 18%Testimonial card borders
#FFFFFF · 15%Tab menu border
#FFFFFF · 30%Most Popular badge
Typography
Geist · display-hero
The quick brown fox jumpsCRAFTING FUTURE OF MARKETING. 120px · 400 · 1.0 · -0.4px
Geist · headline-price
The quick brown fox jumpsPrices $29,00 (.pricing-large, 3rem). 48px · 400 · 1.1
Geist · title-md
The quick brown fox jumpsCard titles. 20px · 500 · 1.3
Geist · body-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsParagraphs at 70%; 1.6 in long text. 18px · 400 · 1.4
Geist · nav
The quick brown fox jumpsNav links (1.1rem). 17.6px · 500 · 1.14
Geist · label
The quick brown fox jumpsPricing features with checks (.p-for-price). 15px · 500 · 1.4
Spacing & shape
| Purpose | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | 1240px max (.container), centred; centred title blocks narrow to 700px |
| Section rhythm | .section is 120px top and bottom with 5% sides (72px at 1440) |
| Breakpoints | 991px, 767px and 479px (Webflow defaults), plus a few min-width: 768px rules |
Spacing scale
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
hair | 5px | |
xs | 10px | |
sm | 16px | |
md | 25px | |
lg | 35px | |
xl | 50px | |
2xl | 70px |
Layout spacing
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
section-x | 72px | |
logo-gap | 75px | |
nav-height | 90px | |
section | 120px | |
footer-gap | 150px | |
section-top | 160px |
Border radius
Surfaces
How the surfaces stack, from the page background up. Hex codes and roles are in Colors above.
Motion
| Fade-up reveal | Opacity 0 → 1 and move to 0px, 1000ms outQuart |
| Line reveal | y 100% or 200% → 0%, 500ms (outExpo on titles) |
| Scale in | scale 0.8 → 1, 500ms |
| Parallax | y −40px ↔ 40px, scroll-scrubbed |
| Filter fade | Filter, 300–400ms ease |
| Dropdown | Chevron rotate 400ms inOutQuint; panel 600ms inOutQuint |
| Hover | Opacity and background 300ms (transition: all .3s); testimonial cards transform .3s, color .3s |
| Size grow | 1000ms outExpo (bars and lines) |
Do’s and don’ts
- Keep the page on #00031C and use #070B2C only for raised navy tiles.
- Set headlines uppercase in Geist 400 with −0.4px tracking, and fade the last line with the white gradient fill.
- Use the gradient button (#2D1DA5 → #5B96FE, 6.4px radius) with the #0162FF glow for every main action.
- Open each section with a frosted eyebrow pill (white 7%, 30px radius, 12px uppercase).
- Put muted copy at white 70% and plan names or footer links at 60%.
- Light sections with radial blue washes rather than flat blue fills.
- Use flat drop shadows on cards; the only depth is glow, blur and gradient borders.
- Set headlines in bold or sentence case.
- Use green UI. --neon-green is declared but unused.
- Round buttons into pills; pills are only for eyebrows and the tab switch.
- Put gaps between work tiles; they sit edge to edge in one clipped block.
- Animate reveals longer than 1000ms.
Example prompt
Any page in the Autona style
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What it is
The whole design system in one markdown file, written for AI: every color, type style, spacing value, component and motion rule, plus do's, don'ts and a ready prompt.
Best for
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor and v0, or any other AI tool that builds pages or code.
How to use it
- Put
DESIGN.mdin your project and mention it in your request, or save it as.cursor/rules/autona.mdc - For the rule file, start it with a front-matter block that sets
alwaysApply: true, so every chat uses it - Ask: “Build a pricing page using DESIGN.md.” Cursor follows the colors, fonts, spacing and rules
- Put
DESIGN.mdin the project root - Add one line to
CLAUDE.md: “Follow DESIGN.md for all UI.” - Ask for any page or component; Claude reads the file first
- Attach
DESIGN.mdto the chat (or paste it in) - Ask: “Build a landing page in this design system.”
- Keep the file in the chat or project knowledge, so follow-up pages stay on style
What it is
Every token as data, in the W3C Design Tokens format: colors with their roles, type styles, radius, spacing, and component tokens that point at them.
Best for
Figma (Tokens Studio), Style Dictionary and other design-token tools, and build scripts.
How to use it
- In Figma, open Tokens Studio, choose Import, and pick
tokens.json - Or point Style Dictionary’s
sourceat it to generate tokens for any platform - In code, import it like any JSON file
What it is
A Tailwind CSS v4 theme: every color, font, type style, radius and spacing value becomes a Tailwind utility, like bg-canvas, text-headline-lg or rounded-md.
Best for
Tailwind v4 projects, and AI builders that write Tailwind (v0, Lovable, Bolt).
How to use it
- Save
theme.cssnext to your main CSS file - Import it after Tailwind:
@import "tailwindcss"; @import "./theme.css"; - Use the classes:
bg-canvas text-ink rounded-md p-lg
What it is
The same tokens as plain CSS variables on :root. Component values point at the color variables, so changing one color updates everything that uses it.
Best for
Any website: plain CSS, Webflow custom code, Framer, WordPress.
How to use it
- Add it to your stylesheet, or in Webflow paste it into Site settings → Custom code inside a
<style>tag - Use the variables anywhere:
color: var(--color-ink) - Change a token once and every place that uses it follows






