Digital Design System
Digital is a monochrome, all-caps studio site on one flat mid-grey (#696969). Everything is white: uppercase Inter for text and Gantari for the big words, which switch between solid fill and a thin white outline. Soft white clay 3D objects (a rounded cube, a squiggle) float in and out at the page edges, and colour arrives only through the project photography and the button's blue-violet hover.
Four signatures make it recognisable:
- Solid / outline / solid. The hero stacks IMAGINE (solid), DEVELOP (outline only) and LAUNCH (solid) in Gantari 140px. Section titles (WHAT WE DO, FEATURED WORK, WHAT THEY THINK) are set as outlines only.
- One grey, no surfaces. The page, sections, cards and footer all sit on #696969. There are no panels or bands; spacing and photos do the grouping.
- Bracketed labels. Metric and project captions sit in square brackets: [YEARS EXPERIENCE], [CLIETNS], [USER INTERFACE].
- White clay objects. Large matte-white 3D shapes cut into the layout and bleed off the viewport edge.
Digital is a single-tone design with no light or dark variant.
Colors
Surfaces
#696969Page and every section (dimgrey, --dim-grey-2)
#696969Same as the canvas: the template has no raised surfaces
Ink
#696969Text on primary
#FFFFFFText on primary-hover
#FFFFFFHeadings, nav, paragraphs, outlines
#FFFFFFBody copy is full white too (the same as ink)
#FFFFFF · 70%Testimonial quotes (.qoute-text)
#FFFFFF · 60%Current nav link, project categories, footer links at rest
#FFFFFFAction
#FFFFFFThe pill button: white with grey text
#8A2BE2Button hover: blue-violet with white text
Lines & effects
#FFFFFF · 15%1px top border of the blog meta row
#FFFFFF1px underline of arrow links, outline strokes
#8A8A8A2px left border of rich-text blockquotes
#8A8A8AShop price lines
Typography
Gantari · display-hero
The quick brown fox jumpsIMAGINE / DEVELOP / LAUNCH (.hero-display). 140px · 600 · 0.9 · 1px
Inter · title-md
The quick brown fox jumpsBlog titles. 22px · 500 · 1.3
Inter · body-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsIntro paragraph beside +10. 17px · 500 · 1.4
Inter · label-nav
The quick brown fox jumpsNav links, arrow links. 14px · 600 · 1.43
Inter · caption
The quick brown fox jumpsSmall meta. 12px · 500 · 1.4
Spacing & shape
| Purpose | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | max 1200px, centred |
| Section rhythm | .section 110px top and bottom, 80px at ≤991px, 60px at ≤479px; .main-footer 120px, then 80px with 2% sides at ≤991px and 60px at ≤479px |
| Breakpoints | 991px, 767px and 479px (plus 768px+ and 1280px+ steps) |
Spacing scale
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
xs | 6px | |
sm | 13px | |
md | 16px | |
lg | 25px | |
xl | 30px | |
2xl | 50px | |
3xl | 60px | |
4xl | 100px |
Layout spacing
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
column-gap | 25px | |
nav-top | 50px | |
section | 110px | |
footer | 120px |
Border radius
Motion
| Scroll-in fade | opacity 0 → 1 over 1000ms outQuart with a move to x 0 / y 0 over 1000ms outQuart |
| Heading wipe | .heading-overlay, a #696969 block over a title, starts at translateX(−100%) and slides across to reveal it |
| Text roll | Label moves y 0 → −103% over 300ms ease and back from 0% over 200ms ease |
| Size changes | 300ms ease, 500ms, plus 200 and 400ms ease: underlines and reveals |
| Project cursor | Scale 0 → 1 over 600ms outExpo; out to 0 over 400ms outExpo |
| Arrow nudge | x 3px, y −3px over 300ms ease |
| 3D parallax | Mouse-move shifts of ±5px over 500ms |
| Background change | 400ms ease |
| Button / nav / footer | transition: all .3s / .3s / .2s |
Do’s and don’ts
- Keep every section on #696969 with white uppercase text.
- Alternate solid and outlined Gantari 600 in display stacks and use outlines for section titles.
- Put metric and category captions in square brackets.
- Use the white pill (#FFFFFF, #696969 text, 30px radius, 17px 30px padding) as the only button, turning #8A2BE2 on hover.
- Keep photos square-cornered and let one strong colour per image carry the page.
- Add white clay 3D shapes at the edges for depth instead of shadows.
- Add panels, cards with fills, or a second background tone.
- Use #8A2BE2 anywhere but the button hover.
- Set white-70% (ink-subtle) text below 15px or use it for long paragraphs; on #696969 it falls under 4.5:1, so keep it for short quotes. Long body copy stays full white.
- Use white-60% (ink-faint, about 3.1:1 on #696969) for anything but 14px+ labels, categories, the current nav link and footer links; never for paragraphs.
- Add shadows, rounded images or gradients.
- Mix in lowercase or a third family; General Sans is referenced but not loaded.
Example prompt
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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/digital.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






