flowmanceBureaus Design System
Bureaus is a loud, all-caps agency site on near-black. Every piece of text, from the nav to the paragraphs, is uppercase. Headlines are set in the wide geometric Unbounded in an icy pale blue (#E0F1F3), and the interface itself is two colours: that pale blue and the #151414 canvas. Colour comes from two places only: a tight grid of saturated 3D renders and three pastel testimonial cards.
Four signatures make it recognisable:
- Uppercase everywhere. The body rule sets text-transform: uppercase, so paragraphs in Inter Tight are capitals too. Headlines are wide Unbounded 500 with no tracking change.
- Outlined pills. Buttons and category tags are transparent with a 2px #E0F1F3 border and a full radius. They fill with #E0F1F3 on hover. The only solid chips are the small ABOUT US / TESTIMONIALS section tags.
- Outlined numerals. The stats 130, 16, 10 are Inter Tight 600 at 170px drawn as thin outlines, cut off at the bottom by the label.
- Scroll-lit statement. The about paragraph is a 38px Unbounded statement, one line per h2. Lines sit at 24% opacity and light up to full as they scroll through the viewport.
Bureaus is a dark-only design.
Colors
Surfaces
#151414Page background (Webflow var --floral-white, despite its name)
#242222The testimonials band (.section.gray)
#151414Input background, same as the canvas
Ink
#151414Text on primary
#E0F1F3Headlines, nav, button labels and borders (--light-blue)
#E0F1F3 · 75%Paragraphs: the p rule sets opacity: .75 on #E0F1F3
#FFFFFFProject names running over the work images
#151414Quote, name and role text on the pastel cards
Action
#E0F1F3The hover fill of every outlined pill, the section tag chip and the form submit
#DFA5A4Testimonial card 1 (dusty pink, --background-1)
#A7DCE1Testimonial card 2 (aqua, --background-2)
#A8AEDATestimonial card 3 (periwinkle, --background-3)
Lines & effects
#3B3B3B1px borders of the logo grid tiles
#E0F1F32px borders of buttons, tags and inputs
#FFFFFF · 40%Inactive slider dots; the active dot is #FFFFFF
Typography
Inter Tight · display-number
The quick brown fox jumpsStats 130, 16, 10, drawn as outlines. 170px · 600 · 0.9
Unbounded · headline-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsProject names (Dreamy Visions) marching across work images, white. 46px · 500 · 1.4
Unbounded · title-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsTestimonial quotes on pastel cards. 25px · 400 · 1.4
Inter Tight · body-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsHero lead (Our team of designers and developers…), at 75%. 21px · 500 · 1.4
Inter Tight · label-link
The quick brown fox jumps.link-underline text links with a 2px rule. 16px · 600 · 1.3
Unbounded · caption
The quick brown fox jumpsDefault body text (the body rule). 14px · 500 · 1.43
Spacing & shape
| Purpose | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | .container is max 1200px, centred |
| Section rhythm | 150px top and bottom (.section), 80px at ≤991 and 50px at ≤767 |
| Breakpoints | 991px, 767px and 479px, plus min-width 768px and 1280px steps |
Spacing scale
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
xs | 10px | |
sm | 20px | |
md | 30px | |
lg | 40px | |
xl | 50px | |
2xl | 60px |
Layout spacing
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
column-gap | 30px | |
gutter | 72px | |
section-short | 100px | |
nav-height | 110px | |
section-band | 140px | |
section | 150px |
Border radius
Surfaces
How the surfaces stack, from the page background up. Hex codes and roles are in Colors above.
Motion
| Button hover fill | background-color 0.2s (CSS), plus background colour 300ms ease |
| Button label roll | Two stacked labels move y 0 → −100%, 400ms inOutCubic; return 300ms ease to y 0% |
| Nav underline | .button-line-first height grows from 0, 300ms ease |
| Scroll reveal | opacity 0 → 1 over 1000ms outQuart, with x ±30px or y ±30px → 0 over 500ms |
| Scale-in | scale 0 → 1 over 500ms, or 0.95 → 1 over 300ms outSine; 500ms outQuint on larger blocks |
| Statement light-up | Lines at opacity 0.24 rise to 1 as they scroll through the viewport (scrolling-in-view) |
| Heading wipe | .heading-overlay, a #E0F1F3 block starting at translateX(-100%), wipes across a heading |
| Logo hover | filter change, 300ms ease |
| Hero video | Size change on page scroll, 500ms steps |
Do’s and don’ts
- Set all text uppercase, headlines in Unbounded 500 and paragraphs in Inter Tight 400 at 75% of #E0F1F3.
- Use the outlined pill (2px #E0F1F3, 50px radius, 48px tall) for actions, and fill it with #E0F1F3 only on hover.
- Open sections with the solid #E0F1F3 section tag (30px radius, 13px Unbounded in #151414) above a 38px headline.
- Keep the UI two-tone: canvas #151414 and ink #E0F1F3, with one #242222 band.
- Give each testimonial its own pastel (#DFA5A4, #A7DCE1, #A8AEDA) with #151414 text.
- Let the work grid bleed past the viewport with 10px gutters and square corners.
- Draw big numbers as outlines, not fills.
- Add a filled button at rest, or a coloured hover. The hover is #E0F1F3 only.
- Use pure white for UI text, or a grey for muted text. Use #E0F1F3 at 75%.
- Use pastels outside the testimonial cards, or add the unused #E6C98F.
- Add shadows, gradients or blur to the UI.
- Mix in lowercase body copy or tracking on headlines.
- Round the work images; only cards, portraits, tags and inputs get the 30px radius.
Example prompt
Any page in the Bureaus 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/bureaus.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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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- 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