Design System

Work in progress. I'm adding components as I go, following patterns from what's already documented. Nothing here is set in stone yet.

Foundations

Design tokens that everything else builds on. Colors, typography, borders, interactions, breakpoints.

Colors

Color palette and CSS variables used throughout the website.

Background Colors

--background-color #181927

--background-frosted rgba(24, 25, 39, 0.05)

Surface Colors

--card-surface-raised #2d2d3b

--card-surface #1c2638

--card-surface-hover #313d50

Text Colors

--color #e0e0e0

--light-color #f6f5f7

Color Scales

Each section uses a themed color palette. These override --accent-color and --secondary-accent-color at the section level.

Orange

--orange-bg

--orange-tint

--orange-cool-shift

--orange-desaturated

--orange-border

--orange-lightest

--orange-light

--orange

--orange-dark

--orange-darker

--orange-darkest

Red

--red-bg

--red-tint

--red-cool-shift

--red-desaturated

--red-border

--red-lightest

--red-light

--red

--red-dark

--red-darker

--red-darkest

Green

--green-bg

--green-tint

--green-cool-shift

--green-desaturated

--green-border

--green-lightest

--green-light

--green

--green-dark

--green-darker

--green-darkest

Pink

--pink-bg

--pink-tint

--pink-cool-shift

--pink-desaturated

--pink-border

--pink-lightest

--pink-light

--pink

--pink-dark

--pink-darker

--pink-darkest

Purple

--purple-bg

--purple-tint

--purple-cool-shift

--purple-desaturated

--purple-border

--purple-lightest

--purple-light

--purple

--purple-dark

--purple-darker

--purple-darkest

Blue

--blue-bg

--blue-tint

--blue-cool-shift

--blue-desaturated

--blue-border

--blue-lightest

--blue-light

--blue

--blue-dark

--blue-darker

--blue-darkest

Cyan

--cyan-bg

--cyan-tint

--cyan-cool-shift

--cyan-desaturated

--cyan-border

--cyan-lightest

--cyan-light

--cyan

--cyan-dark

--cyan-darker

--cyan-darkest

Yellow

--yellow-bg

--yellow-tint

--yellow-cool-shift

--yellow-desaturated

--yellow-border

--yellow-lightest

--yellow-light

--yellow

--yellow-dark

--yellow-darker

--yellow-darkest

Indigo

--indigo-bg

--indigo-tint

--indigo-cool-shift

--indigo-desaturated

--indigo-border

--indigo-lightest

--indigo-light

--indigo

--indigo-dark

--indigo-darker

--indigo-darkest

Teal

--teal-bg

--teal-tint

--teal-cool-shift

--teal-desaturated

--teal-border

--teal-lightest

--teal-light

--teal

--teal-dark

--teal-darker

--teal-darkest

Border Colors

--border-color rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)

--border-hover-color rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2)

Usage

Import variables from @/styles/variables.css or use CSS custom properties directly in your styles.

Typography

Outfit, weights 100–800. Article typography is the baseline — hero uses oversized variants.

Headings

h1 --h2-size

Article Title

h2 clamp(24px, …, 30px)

Heading 2

h3 1.15em

Heading 3

h4 1em

Heading 4

Body

p --font-size · line-height: 1.7

Body text. Longer line-height for reading comfort, em-based margins between paragraphs.

subtitle --subtitle-size

Subtitle text

button --button-font-size

Hero (oversized)

The hero section uses larger heading sizes for the landing page. These override the defaults.

h1 --h1-size

Hero Title

h2 --h2-size

Section Title

h3 --h3-size

Card Title

Size Variables

Variable	Value	Min	Max
`--h1-size`	clamp(48px, 1.58rem + 5.05vw, 96px)	48px	96px
`--h2-size`	clamp(42px, 2.21rem + 1.47vw, 56px)	42px	56px
`--h3-size`	clamp(18px, 0.95rem + 0.63vw, 24px)	18px	24px
`--subtitle-size`	clamp(20px, 1.19rem + 0.21vw, 22px)	20px	22px
`--font-size-lg`	clamp(16px, 0.89rem + 0.42vw, 20px)	16px	20px
`--font-size`	clamp(16px, 0.89rem + 0.21vw, 18px)	16px	18px
`--font-size-sm`	clamp(14px, 0.78rem + 0.21vw, 16px)	14px	16px
`--font-size-xs`	clamp(13px, 0.69rem + 0.42vw, 17px)	13px	17px
`--font-size-2xs`	12px	12px	12px
`--font-size-3xs`	11px	11px	11px
`--button-font-size`	15px	15px	15px

Font Family

The website uses Outfit as the primary font family with weights from 100 to 800.

Borders

Border tokens and radius conventions.

Border Colors

--border-color rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1)

--border-hover-color rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2)

--border-ghost-color rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3)

accent-color 35% Focus state borders

Accent Border Scales

Each color scale includes a --{color}-border token at 35% opacity, used for chromatic borders.

--orange-border

--red-border

--green-border

--pink-border

--purple-border

--blue-border

--cyan-border

Radius Scale

--radius-xs 4px — Code blocks, diagram badges

--radius-sm 6px — Badges, tooltips, ghost links

--radius-md 8px — Small buttons, logo boxes, sidebar items

--radius-lg 12px — Buttons, tags, icon buttons, nav cards, form fields

--radius-xl 32px — Cards, spotlight

9999px 9999px — Full circle (spotlight glow)

Common Patterns

Pattern	Border	Radius
Card / Spotlight	`1px solid var(--border-color)`	`var(--radius-xl)`
Button / Tag	`1px solid transparent`	`var(--radius-lg)`
Form field	`2px solid var(--border-color)`	`var(--radius-lg)`
Small button	none	`var(--radius-md)`
Badge / Ghost link	`1px solid var(--border-ghost-color)`	`var(--radius-sm)`

Interactions

Tokens for interactive states — transitions, opacity, borders, and shared patterns.

Transitions

Hover me

--transition-base 0.3s ease — general hover/focus

Hover me

--transition-fast 0.2s ease — subtle interactions

Click me

--transition-snap 200ms — active/press states

Token	Value	Used by
`--transition-base`	`0.3s ease`	Button, Link, IconButton, BadgeLink, IconLink, .anime
`--transition-fast`	`0.2s ease`	NavCard, ArrowLink icons, tooltips
`--transition-snap`	`200ms`	Active/press state on buttons and links

Opacity

0.8

--opacity-idle Interactive elements at rest

0.6

--opacity-muted Secondary content, subtitles

1.0

1 Hover state (full opacity)

Token	Value	Used by
`--opacity-idle`	`0.8`	Link, BadgeLink, Button ghost
`--opacity-muted`	`0.6`	NavCard subtitle, IconLink icon

Letter Spacing

Normal spacing letter-spacing: 0

Wide spacing --letter-spacing-wide: 0.5px

Used on ghost-styled elements — badges, ghost buttons — where bold + wide tracking gives a label-like feel without uppercase.

Ghost Pattern

Shared mixin from _ghost.scss — border, weight, spacing, hover accent

BadgeLink External

@use "@/styles/ghost" as *;

.my-element {
  @include ghost;
  // adds: transparent bg, ghost border, 700 weight,
  //       wide tracking, idle opacity, accent hover
}

The mixin provides the visual identity. Layout (display, padding, height, radius) stays in the component.

All Tokens

Token	Value	Category
`--transition-base`	`0.3s ease`	Transition
`--transition-fast`	`0.2s ease`	Transition
`--transition-snap`	`200ms`	Transition
`--opacity-idle`	`0.8`	Opacity
`--opacity-muted`	`0.6`	Opacity
`--border-ghost-color`	`rgba(255,255,255,0.3)`	Border
`--letter-spacing-wide`	`0.5px`	Typography
`--radius-xs`	`4px`	Radius
`--radius-sm`	`6px`	Radius
`--radius-md`	`8px`	Radius
`--radius-lg`	`12px`	Radius
`--radius-xl`	`32px`	Radius

Breakpoints

SCSS mixins from _breakpoints.scss. All mobile-first, triggered at max-width.

Scale

Mobile

600px

Tablet

900px

Desktop

1100px

Wide

1200px

Ultrawide

1368px

Mixins

Mixin	Max Width	Typical Use
`@include mobile`	600px	Single column, compact spacing
`@include tablet`	900px	Stacked layouts, smaller typography
`@include desktop`	1100px	Sidebar collapse, grid adjustments
`@include wide`	1200px	Minor width tweaks
`@include ultrawide`	1368px	Max content width boundary

Usage

@use "@/styles/breakpoints" as *;

.component {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;

  @include tablet {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  @include mobile {
    padding: 16px;
  }
}

Import with @use "@/styles/breakpoints" as * to use mixins without a namespace prefix.