flowmanceSegment Design System
Segment is a cheerful SaaS and startup marketing site. It feels clean and product-led: a white page, black Inter Tight headlines at weight 600, soft grey leads that fade in two steps, and one loud electric violet (#6F00FF) that marks the eyebrow lines, the main pill button, the submit buttons and the avatar discs. Personality comes from the imagery: memoji avatars, glassy violet 3D shapes on grey panels and a violet-to-magenta gradient card.
Four signatures make it recognisable:
- Emoji eyebrows. Most sections open with a small emoji or 3D icon and a violet eyebrow line: 🖐🏼 Hey there! We're Segment, 🚀 Our services, Best results, Core features.
- Two-tone grey leads. Big leads (28px) start in black at 60% and finish in a lighter grey: Flexible and adaptable. / The complete design arsenal for tech savvy startups.
- The violet-magenta gradient. linear-gradient(37deg, #6F00FF, #FF27FF) fills the full-width testimonial card and the 70px service icon tiles. It is the only gradient on UI.
- The + menu. The fixed nav has social icons left, the Segment wordmark centred and a large thin + right that opens a full-screen white menu of 80px links with dark number badges.
Segment is a light-only design.
Colors
Surfaces
#FFFFFFPage background and section backgrounds
#F5F5F5Feature panels holding the 3D art, the video panel (variable --white-smoke)
#FFFFFF#000000Submit-button hover only
Ink
#FFFFFFText on primary
#222222Text on secondary
#000000Headlines, metrics, menu links (variable --black)
#000000 · 60%Paragraphs and leads
#999999The lighter second half of two-tone leads, list items (variable --grey)
#222222Secondary-button text, input text, footer links, menu number badges (variable --black-second)
#FFFFFFQuote text and name on the gradient card
#FFFFFFText on inverse-canvas
Action
#6F00FFMain pill button, submit buttons, eyebrows, avatar disc (variable --lejla)
#6F00FF#E1E1E1Grey pill buttons: How it works, Learn more
#FF27FFEnd stop of the gradient only, never a flat fill
Lines & effects
#DFDFDFSubscribe-field borders; contact inputs use #DDDDDD
Typography
Inter Tight · display-menu
The quick brown fox jumpsFull-screen menu links (.text-line, capitalized). 80px · 600 · 0.9
Inter Tight · headline-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsSection titles: Optimize page layouts and refine your content. 45px · 600 · 1.3
Inter Tight · title-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsBlog card titles. 25px · 600 · 1.4
Inter Tight · eyebrow
The quick brown fox jumpsViolet section eyebrows after an emoji. 17px · 600 · 1.4
Inter Tight · body
The quick brown fox jumpsParagraphs at 60%. 18px · 500 · 1.3
Inter Tight · caption
The quick brown fox jumpsRating text (Excellent, Based on 456 reviews). 15px · 500 · 1.3
Spacing & shape
| Purpose | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | max 1200px, centred |
| Section rhythm | 100px top and bottom (80px at ≤991px, 60px at ≤479px) |
| Breakpoints | 991px, 767px and 479px, plus a min-width 768px step |
Spacing scale
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
xs | 7px | |
sm | 15px | |
md | 20px | |
lg | 30px | |
xl | 50px | |
2xl | 74px | |
3xl | 100px |
Layout spacing
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
gutter | 72px | |
footer-top | 80px | |
section | 100px | |
nav-height | 105px | |
hero-bottom | 130px | |
hero-top | 150px |
Border radius
Surfaces
How the surfaces stack, from the page background up. Hex codes and roles are in Colors above.
Motion
| Fade in on scroll and load | opacity 0 → 1, 1000ms outQuart |
| Text rise | Text moves y 200% → 0% over 1100ms outQuint, with skewY 7° → 0° over 500ms, inside an overflow mask |
| Mouse-move parallax | Hero cards and avatars drift ±10px on x and ±5–10px on y, 500ms |
| Hover slide | An inner layer moves x 100% ↔ 0%, 300ms ease; a filter change runs over 300ms ease on 9 hover targets |
| Menu open | Overlay set to display: flex, panels slide from x −101% → 0% over 500ms, links fade opacity 0 → 1 over 300ms ease |
| CSS transitions | Links and buttons all .3s; subscribe button background-color .2s cubic-bezier(.645,.045,.355,1) |
Do’s and don’ts
- Open each section with an emoji or 3D icon plus a violet eyebrow, then a black headline-lg with a full stop.
- Write leads in two tones: ink-muted (black 60%) then ink-subtle (#999999).
- Use the violet #6F00FF pill for the one main action and #E1E1E1 grey pills for the rest.
- Use the 37° #6F00FF → #FF27FF gradient only for the testimonial card and icon tiles.
- Put illustrations on #F5F5F5 panels with a 15px radius.
- Keep Inter Tight at weight 600 for headings and 500 for paragraphs with 0 tracking.
- Use ink-subtle (#999999) for paragraphs or anything under 18px; it is only 2.8:1 on white. Keep it for the second half of large leads.
- Add drop shadows, dark sections or a second accent colour.
- Use the gradient on buttons or text.
- Use square or slightly rounded buttons; buttons are 30–40px pills.
- Copy the footer link hover colour (#ECECEC) onto a white footer; it nearly disappears. Use full-opacity #222 instead.
- Put long copy on the gradient card; keep it to one quote and a name.
Example prompt
Any page in the Segment 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/segment.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