flowmanceMango Design System
Mango is a loud, type-led creative-agency site. It opens and closes in black, and in between it is white: oversized Inter Tight 500 headlines at 70–150px, edge-to-edge product photography in candy colours, and uppercase outline pills for actions. One mango-orange disc is the only interface colour.
Four signatures make it recognisable:
- A quote as the hero. The first screen is a black band with a dimmed landscape photo, a 90px orange disc holding a white quote mark, a centred three-line 96px quote (Great designs are born from stories that captivate and inspire.), an about 60px white rule and the attribution Lucas Green, Mango Founder.
- The two-column text nav. No bar, no burger on desktop: the Mango wordmark, then six links stacked in two short columns (About / Blog / Contact, Pricing / Style Guide / Licensing).
- Edge-to-edge gallery. Square-cornered, full-height product photos placed side by side with no gutters, bleeding off both edges, mostly single saturated colour fields (pink, violet, ice blue, red), plus one on muted taupe.
- Huge list type. Services, section names and stats are set at 100–150px, weight 500, with large white rotating labels over imagery.
Colors
Surfaces
#FFFFFFPage background between the black bands
#EEF0E9--floral-white: soft off-white for fills on dark; there are no grey card panels
#000000Hero band, We partner with… CTA band, footer
#121212Subscribe input on the black footer
Ink
#222222Text on primary
#FFFFFF#000000Headlines, team names, tags
#222222Nav links, outline button text and border (--black-second)
#757575Paragraphs and list items (--grey-second), stat labels, team roles
#FFFFFFText on the black bands and on photos
#FFFFFF · 57%Footer links (hover goes to full white); the attribution role sits at 60%
#FFFFFFAction
#EEF0E9The only filled light pill, used on black
#EEF0E9#FF8517--mango: the hero quote disc and the orange pill (.button-main)
#FFA04AThe circular bloom that grows inside the orange pill on hover
Lines & effects
#DDDDDD1px border on contact inputs
#0000002px borders on tags and outline buttons (#222222 on buttons)
Typography
Inter Tight · display-xl
The quick brown fox jumps.sub-title statement words (3 uses). 150px · 500 · 0.9 · 3px
Inter Tight · headline-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsCTA band title, white (.title-2). 70px · 500 · 1.1
Inter Tight · title-md
The quick brown fox jumpsSmall white titles on dark. 22px · 500 · 1.5
Inter Tight · body-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsParagraphs (#757575), stat labels, hero attribution. 19px · 500 · 1.3
Inter Tight · label-nav
The quick brown fox jumpsNav links. 17px · 600 · 1.1
Inter Tight · caption
The quick brown fox jumpsMeta lines. 15px · 500 · 1.2
Spacing & shape
| Purpose | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | max 1200px, centred (.container); sections add 5% side padding (72px at 1440px) |
| Section rhythm | .section is padding: 120px 5% (80px top and bottom at ≤991px, 60px at ≤479px); the main CTA uses 150px (100px at ≤991px, 80px at ≤767px, 60px at ≤479px) |
| Breakpoints | 991px, 767px and 479px (Webflow defaults) |
Spacing scale
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
xs | 10px | |
sm | 16px | |
md | 20px | |
lg | 40px | |
xl | 60px | |
2xl | 120px |
Layout spacing
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
column-gap | 40px | |
nav-top | 50px | |
section-x | 72px | |
section | 120px | |
section-cta | 150px |
Border radius
Surfaces
How the surfaces stack, from the page background up. Hex codes and roles are in Colors above.
Motion
| Fade in | opacity 0 → 1, 1000ms outQuart (and 800ms ease) on scroll into view |
| Rise | y 100px or 50px → 0, 500ms, on scroll into view |
| Heading wipe | Black overlay slides from translateX(-100%) across and off the heading, about 500ms |
| Image reveal | scale 1.3 → 1, 500ms |
| Image hover | Filter change 300ms ease; 500ms on scroll |
| Cursor circle | 200px white circle follows the pointer over the gallery; scale 0 → 1, 500ms |
| Mouse parallax | Elements drift ±5px on mouse move, 500ms |
| Nav on scroll | Hides on scroll down, returns on scroll up |
| Button hover | Background, text colour and border 300ms ease; link opacity 0.5 in 300ms |
Do’s and don’ts
- Set headlines in Inter Tight 500 at 70–150px in #000000 (or white on #000000 bands) with no tracking.
- Use outline pills (2px #222222, 100px radius, 13px / 700 uppercase, 1px tracking) for actions.
- Keep paragraphs at 19px weight 500 in ink-muted #757575.
- Use accent #FF8517 for one circle or pill per screen.
- Run gallery photos edge to edge with no gaps and square corners; round only team portraits (30px).
- Open with a black band and close with a black CTA band and footer.
- Put white text on the orange (#FF8517) under 18px; it is about 2.4:1, so keep the orange pill's label at 18px+ or use #222222 text.
- Add grey card panels, shadows or gradients.
- Use bold display weights or add mid-size 40–60px headings.
- Use orange for text, links or section backgrounds.
- Put a footer link at 57% white on anything lighter than #000000.
- Round gallery or blog images.
- Set ink-muted #757575 text on surface-1 #EEF0E9 (about 4.0:1); keep grey copy on white.
Example prompt
Any page in the Mango 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/mango.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