flowmanceVardo Design System
Vardo is a dark, friendly creative-agency site. It feels like a polished studio deck: a navy-black page (#12141D), very bold white Satoshi headlines, soft grey paragraphs in which one or two words are lifted to full white, and charcoal cards with 15px corners. Colour comes from a tomato-coral button (#FF715B), bright gradient stat tiles and warm, cheerful photography.
Four signatures make it recognisable:
- Collage hero. We're a creative / Digital Agency in Satoshi 100px / 700, offset across two lines, with a small office photo above the first line on the left and a 300px circular portrait on a yellow backdrop beside the second.
- Highlighted words. Lead paragraphs are 26px / 500 in white at 60%, and in the hero and split-panel leads a key phrase is full white: crafted brands, successful project, methodology. Project descriptions and the stats lead stay at 60% throughout.
- Scribbled Menu button. The nav is just the Vardo | A creative template logo on the left and a Menu label circled by a hand-drawn double ellipse on the right. It opens a full-screen menu of 50px links. A thin orange line along the top edge shows scroll progress.
- Gradient stat tiles. Square tiles in four diagonal gradients (coral to orange, teal to green, red to purple, pink to red) carry a white line icon, a 39px number and a label, set beside a charcoal panel.
Vardo is a dark-only design.
Colors
Surfaces
#12141DPage, nav bar, menu overlay (--black-3)
#1E2028Split panels, testimonial cards, the View Project button, input fills (--black-4)
#2E313B · 43%A translucent charcoal layer, used once
#1E2028Inputs and their 1px border
#6E6E6E · 40%With field: Inputs and their 1px border
Ink
#FFFFFFText on primary
#FFFFFFText on secondary
#FFFFFFHeadlines, highlighted words, names, button labels
#FFFFFF · 75%View work text; the nav tagline is at 65%
#FFFFFF · 60%Paragraphs, leads, list items, company names (the p default)
#FFFFFF · 57%Footer links
#FFFFFFAction
#FF715BTomato-coral main button (About Us, Send Message), stars, blockquote bar
#FFFFFFEvery .button turns white with #12141D text on hover
#1E2028Charcoal button: View Project
#FF8500Stat-tile and scroll-bar gradient end (--dark-orange)
#FF416CAnnouncement tag; pink-red gradient start
#11998EInspiration tag; teal-to-green gradient
#38EF7DInspiration tag; teal-to-green gradient
#8E44ADRed-to-purple gradient tile
#C0392BRed-to-purple gradient tile
#2E856EForm success message
Lines & effects
#F6F7F9Full-screen menu links
#FFFFFF · 20%1px rules above project service lists; the 14px divider in the logo
#FFFFFF · 11%Cart borders
#FFFFFF · 15%Small translucent chips on dark
Typography
Satoshi · display-hero
The quick brown fox jumpsWe're a creative / Digital Agency (.title-1). 100px · 700 · 1.0
Satoshi · headline-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsSection titles: We turn ideas into reality., Reach new heights with Vardo. 48px · 700 · 1.1
Satoshi · title-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsBlog card titles. 27px · 700 · 1.2
Satoshi · body-lg
The quick brown fox jumpsLeads and project descriptions, white at 60% with white highlights. 26px · 500 · 1.2
Satoshi · label
The quick brown fox jumpsButtons and Menu. 16px · 700 · 1.25
Satoshi · caption
The quick brown fox jumpsNav tagline A creative template, small meta. 14px · 500 · 1.29
Spacing & shape
| Purpose | Value |
|---|---|
| Container | max 1200px, centred |
| Section rhythm | 80px top and bottom (.section), 60px at ≤479; the hero has 120px top and 100px bottom padding (50px bottom at ≤991; 79px top and 20px bottom at ≤479) |
| Breakpoints | 991px, 767px and 479px (103 rules, the most) |
Spacing scale
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
xs | 10px | |
sm | 16px | |
md | 25px | |
lg | 30px | |
xl | 50px | |
2xl | 80px |
Layout spacing
| Token | Value | Preview |
|---|---|---|
column-gap | 30px | |
footer-top | 50px | |
section | 80px | |
nav-height | 80px | |
hero-bottom | 100px | |
hero-top | 120px |
Border radius
Surfaces
How the surfaces stack, from the page background up. Hex codes and roles are in Colors above.
Motion
| Scroll reveal | Opacity 0 → 1 and y 30px → 0, 500ms outExpo |
| Scroll progress bar | Width tracks page scroll, coral-to-orange line at the top |
| Menu open | Overlay slides y 100% → 0% and fades in, 400ms ease; Menu swaps to Close |
| Menu link hover | A cover image appears behind the hovered link; size changes over 500ms outExpo |
| Button hover | transition: all .2s to white with #12141D text |
| Link hover | Footer and paragraph links go to full white, 200ms |
Do’s and don’ts
- Keep the page #12141D and put cards and panels on #1E2028 with a 15px radius.
- Set headlines in Satoshi 700 at line height 1.0–1.1, in pure white.
- Write leads at 26px / 500 in white at 60% and lift one key phrase to full white.
- Use the coral #FF715B button for the main action and the charcoal #1E2028 button for repeats such as View Project; both 50px tall, 7px radius, white on hover.
- Use two-colour 312° gradients only on stat tiles.
- Crop portraits into circles on a flat colour backdrop.
- Put small text on coral #FF715B; white on coral is only about 2.7:1, so keep button labels at 16px / 700 and never go smaller.
- Put white text under 13px bold on the pink #FF416C or teal #11998E tags; they are about 3.4–3.5:1.
- Use a second typeface, uppercase labels or letter spacing.
- Add drop shadows, blur or gradients on buttons and cards.
- Colour words inside paragraphs; emphasis is white, not coral.
- Use solid greys for text; use white at 60% or 57%.
Example prompt
Any page in the Vardo style
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