Focus Design System
Focus is a classic, confident business-agency site in red and white. It reads like a printed corporate brochure: condensed uppercase Oswald headlines in near-black, a warm serif (Playfair Display) for every paragraph, and one saturated red, #EF3E36, that marks every button, eyebrow, active link and most icons. Cool grey bands (#F0F4F7) alternate with white, and team and about photography is square-cornered cut-out portraits on pale grey.
Four signatures make it recognisable:
- The red hero. A full-width red gradient (39deg, #C41515 to #EF3E36) crossed by thin, faint diagonal lines, with a white uppercase headline on the left and a laptop mockup on the right.
- The split headline. THINK THE DESIGN, DESIGN THE THINKING in 60px Oswald sits on the hero's bottom edge. Two stacked copies, one white and one red #EF3E36, are clipped so the line reads across the red/white border.
- Red eyebrow over black title. Most sections open with a 12px red uppercase eyebrow (BEST TEAM EVER, WHAT FITS YOUR BUSINESS) and a 42px uppercase title (THE TEAM, OUR PRICING).
- Outline diamonds and avatar bubbles. Rotated squares with a 5px red border float at section edges, and testimonials use a cluster of 120px circular avatars scattered across a 587×556 area.
Focus is a light-only design.
Colors
Surfaces
#FFFFFFPage background and white sections
#F0F4F7Grey bands (section gray), portrait backdrops, team photo backgrounds
#F5F5F5Small light fills (rare)
#DCE7E9Input bottom border, which turns red on hover
#FC493EInput bottom border, which turns red on hover
#231F22The 55px notice bar above the nav
Ink
#FFFFFFText on primary
#EF3E36Text on secondary
#121217Headlines, nav links, names
#818187Paragraph text (Playfair Display)
#919197Testimonial quotes and dropdown links
#515157Small uppercase footer text and plain links
#FFFFFFText on red or on photos; testimonial roles (CEO OF FOCUS) on the grey band
#BDBDC5Muted text on media
#CACACAText on inverse-canvas
Action
#EF3E36Filled buttons, social icons, the CTA band
#E57D78.button:hover background
#FFFFFFThe white CONTACT US button on red
#C41515Deep red end of the hero and overlay gradients only
Lines & effects
#E1E1E11px borders on cards and dividers
#EBECF0The 1px rule under the fixed nav
#222222 · 40%Darkening over blog and project images
Typography
Oswald · display-hero
The quick brown fox jumpsHero FOCUS AN AGENCY WEBFLOW TEMPLATE, white. 60px · 500 · 1.17
Oswald · headline-md
The quick brown fox jumpsYOU DESERVE A STUNNING WEBSITE (right-aligned). 46px · 400 · 1.09
Oswald · title-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsProject titles in red, blog card titles in white. 20px · 500 · 1.5
Playfair Display · body
The quick brown fox jumpsParagraphs, pricing feature rows. 15px · 400 · 1.73
Oswald · label
The quick brown fox jumpsNav links, white button, footer links (footer adds 2px tracking). 13px · 500 · 1.54
Oswald · eyebrow
The quick brown fox jumpsRed section eyebrows (.small-red-title). 12px · 500 · 2.5 · 1px
Spacing & shape
| Purpose | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | max 1150px, centred (.container, used 11 times) |
| Section rhythm | 130px top and bottom, 5% side padding (72px at 1440px); .section drops to 100px at ≤991 |
| Section header | left-aligned eyebrow plus title, with a red button pinned to the right edge on the same row (JOIN US) |
| Breakpoints | 991px, 767px and 479px (Webflow defaults) |
Spacing scale
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
xs | 5px | |
sm | 10px | |
md | 15px | |
lg | 24px | |
xl | 35px | |
2xl | 80px | |
3xl | 100px |
Layout spacing
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
column-gap | 35px | |
notice-bar | 55px | |
section-side | 72px | |
nav-height | 81px | |
section-cta | 90px | |
section | 130px |
Border radius
Surfaces
How the surfaces stack, from the page background up. Hex codes and roles are in Colors above.
Motion
| Button hover | Background #EF3E36 to #E57D78, transition: all .3s |
| Nav and logo hover | Opacity 1 to 0.7 (nav) or 0.7 to 1 (logos), 200ms |
| Scroll reveal | opacity 0 → 1 with y 30px → 0, 500ms |
| Image overlay slide | Overlay moves x −100% → 0%, 300ms ease, on hover; out to x 100% |
| Icon hover | Rotate, 200ms ease; text colour change 200ms ease |
| Underline grow | Size change, 400ms outCubic; border change 200ms outSine |
| Parallax | Page scroll moves decorative shapes (up to y −55px) as the page scrolls |
| Dropdown | Fade in, 100–300ms ease |
Do’s and don’ts
- Open each section with a red #EF3E36 eyebrow (12px, 1px tracking) and a 42px uppercase Oswald headline-lg title.
- Write every heading, label and button in uppercase Oswald, and every paragraph in sentence-case Playfair Display.
- Alternate white #FFFFFF and grey #F0F4F7 sections at 130px vertical padding inside a 1150px container.
- Use the 3px-radius red button (#EF3E36, 52px tall) for actions, and the white button with red text on red backgrounds.
- Keep photos square-cornered and put people on the pale #F0F4F7 backdrop.
- Use the outline diamond (5px red border) sparingly as a section-edge accent.
- Add a second brand hue. #C41515 is only for gradients with #EF3E36; orange appears only in the review stars.
- Round cards beyond 12px or photos at all.
- Use ink-muted #818187 or ink-subtle #919197 for text under 14px: they reach only 3.9:1 and 3.1:1 on white. Keep grey text in 14–15px Playfair with 1.7+ line height.
- Set red text (#EF3E36, 3.9:1) below 12px, and keep it uppercase and 500 weight.
- Keep white text on the red button at 13px uppercase or larger; white on #EF3E36 is 3.9:1, and on the hover #E57D78 it is 2.8:1.
- Use Roboto, Ubuntu or Poppins; Roboto and Ubuntu are loaded only for the map and a counter, and Poppins is declared but not loaded.
- Add drop shadows stronger than 0 20px 50px -20px #0000004D.
Example prompt
Any page in the Focus 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/focus.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






