Norma Design System
Norma is a clean, corporate site for consulting and financial-services firms. It is bright and orderly: a white fixed header with small spaced capitals, a cornflower-to-turquoise gradient hero, and then calm white and pale blue-grey bands holding content in a 1200px grid. Everything is square-cut, and the cornflower blue #6F81FD ties it together.
Four signatures make it recognisable:
- The gradient hero. A full-width band filled with linear-gradient(50deg, #6F81FD, #00DCE5), cornflower at the bottom left and turquoise at the top right, with a centred two-line Poppins 500 headline in white, a small spaced-capital eyebrow above it and a white outline button below.
- Stepped-blue tiles. Directly under the hero, four equal full-width tiles step from light to dark blue: #7E8EFC, #6F81FD, #5F72FA, #485CF0. Each holds a thin white line icon, a 17px title and short centred white text.
- Small spaced capitals everywhere. Nav links, buttons, eyebrows and labels are Poppins 11–13px in uppercase with 1–3px tracking. The LAYOUT 1 labels use the widest, 3px.
- Square outline buttons. Buttons are transparent with a 2px cornflower (or white) border and no radius, and fill solid cornflower with white text on hover.
The logo is a spaced wordmark NOЯMA with a mirrored R. Norma is a light template with a dark charcoal footer.
Colors
Surfaces
#FFFFFFPage background, nav, cards, form panel
#F4F8FCPale blue-grey section bands (.section.gray)
#F7F7F7Dropdown link hover, blockquote background
#313137Input text; field labels, placeholders and select text
#515157Input text; field labels, placeholders and select text
#212129Footer
Ink
#FFFFFFText on the hover fill and on the tiles
#222222Nav links, section titles
#121217Body default, dropdown links, blog titles
#525A70Paragraphs (p) on light backgrounds
#616167LAYOUT N labels
#FFFFFFText on inverse-canvas
#FFFFFFAction
#6F81FDButton border and text, hover fill, active nav link, eyebrows, italic links
#6F81FD#00DCE5Turquoise end of the hero gradient
#CFCFCF2px underline under a hovered nav link
Lines & effects
#7E8EFCThe four feature tiles, left to right
#6F81FD#5F72FA#485CF0The four feature tiles, left to right
#626270Blockquote text
#EDEDEDDropdown borders and rows; input borders
#E1E1E1With line: Dropdown borders and rows; input borders
#21242D · 10%1px rule under the fixed nav
#FFFFFF · 76%Footer paragraphs; footer dates and meta
#B7B7C7Footer paragraphs; footer dates and meta
#FFFFFF · 15%Footer frame and column dividers
#6F81FD · 95%Flat blue layer over the photo CTA band
Typography
Poppins · display-hero
The quick brown fox jumpsHero headline, two centred lines, white. 40px · 500 · 1.3
Poppins · headline-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsPhoto CTA band headline. 38px · 500 · 1.45
Poppins · title-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsBase h3. 24px · 500 · 1.5
Poppins · body
The quick brown fox jumpsParagraphs (p) and tile text. 13px · 400 · 1.69
Times New Roman · caption
The quick brown fox jumpsUnderlined italic links (Read more). 14px · 400 · 1.43
Poppins · label
The quick brown fox jumpsNav links and buttons. 12px · 600 · 1.67 · 1px
Spacing & shape
| Purpose | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | .container, max 1200px, centred, flexible |
| Section rhythm | .section is 120px top and bottom with 25px sides; 80px top and bottom at ≤991 and 20px sides at ≤767 |
| Breakpoints | 991px, 767px and 479px, plus a min-width: 768px rule set |
Spacing scale
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
hair | 5px | |
xs | 10px | |
sm | 15px | |
md | 20px | |
lg | 30px | |
xl | 60px | |
2xl | 100px |
Layout spacing
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
section-side | 25px | |
form | 62px | |
nav-height | 80px | |
section | 120px |
Border radius
Surfaces
How the surfaces stack, from the page background up. Hex codes and roles are in Colors above.
Motion
| Button, nav link, dropdown row | all 200ms (fill, colour, border, padding-left 15 → 20px) |
| Dropdown open | Arrow rotates, 300ms ease; panel fades opacity 0 → 1, 300ms ease |
| Hamburger | Lines move y ±6px and rotate, 300ms ease |
| Colour changes | Text, background and border colour, 300–500ms |
| Pop-in | scale 0 → 1, 300ms swingTo |
| Fade-up | opacity 0 → 1, y 30px → 0, 500ms |
Do’s and don’ts
- Open the page with the 50deg, #6F81FD → #00DCE5 gradient hero and white outline button.
- Introduce section titles with a 12px cornflower eyebrow in uppercase with 1px tracking.
- Keep buttons square and outlined (2px #6F81FD), 50px tall, padding 13px 20px, filling solid on hover.
- Alternate white and #F4F8FC bands with 120px vertical padding.
- Set paragraphs in Poppins 13px / 22px, #525A70.
- Use 1px rules (#EDEDED, #E1E1E1) to separate rows and fields.
- Round buttons, cards, inputs or images. Only avatars and social icons are circles.
- Use white on #6F81FD for paragraphs; it is 3.4:1. Keep it to 12px 600 tracked capitals and 17px+ titles.
- Use #6F81FD text on white for anything but labels, links and button text at 12px 600+; it is also 3.4:1.
- Add warm colours or a second brand hue; turquoise only ends the gradient.
- Use large or bold body text; paragraphs stay 13–14px.
- Give cards an all-around shadow; the shadow is offset 31px 31px 44px -22px.
- Add scroll-driven or long animations; Norma's motion is 200–500ms hover feedback.
Example prompt
Any page in the Norma 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/norma.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






