Cursor design specAI Products

Warm-dark, editorial, restrained: near-black with olive warmth, pill buttons, pastel accents only in the logo gradient.

⚠ native app, site only

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Captured from the live site's computed styles into a prompt-ready DESIGN.md you can paste into Cursor, v0, Lovable, Bolt or Claude Code. Below is a summary of each captured surface.

Marketing site

Source: cursor.com (live DOM, computed styles + color census 2026-07-06; motion/effects/responsive census 2026-07-07). Coverage: marketing site + embedded product mockup (Cursor Desktop shell). Native app; no web dashboard (site only).

Visual Theme & Atmosphere

Warm-dark, editorial, restrained. A near-black canvas with a faint olive/brown warmth carries a near-white monochrome UI: fully-rounded pill buttons and modest weight-400 display type. Pastel brand accents (pink / lavender / teal / amber) appear only in the logo gradient and highlights — the UI itself stays warm-dark monochrome, near-flat, separated by translucent hairlines rather than shadows. The product mockup, not the copy, is the hero; motion is subtle and mechanical, communicating the agent working rather than decorating. Feels: precise, calm, engineer's-tool premium.

Color Palette & Roles

Warm-dark neutral ladder

TokenHexRole / usage
bg#14120bPage canvas (near-black, faint warm/olive tint)
surface-1#1b1913Panels, cards, inputs
surface-2#201e18Raised surface
surface-3#26241eSecondary button, hover
surface-4#2b2923Pressed / higher
borderrgba(237,236,236,.1)Hairline (10% warm white)
border-strongrgba(237,236,236,.2)Outline-button border

Text (warm white)

TokenValueRole / usage
text#edececPrimary text (near-white)
text-2#d6d6ddSecondary
text-mutedrgba(237,236,236,.6)Tertiary / labels
text-faintrgba(237,236,236,.4)Disabled, hints

Brand accent pastels (gradient / highlights only)

TokenHex
pink#e394dc
lavender#aaa0fa
teal#83d6c5
amber#c08532

Rule: the entire UI is warm-dark monochrome (near-black + near-white). The pastel quartet appears only in the brand logo gradient, a subtle hero glow, or diff/status accents — never as button or surface fills.

Typography Rules

RoleSize/LineWeightTracking
Hero (h1)~40 / 1.05 (26 at narrow)400-0.02em
Section (h2)20–28400–700-0.01em
App heading207000
Body16 / 1.54000
UI / nav144000
Label / meta13–14400–6000
Code (mono)134000

Pattern: marketing headings stay weight 400 and modest in size; in-app section titles jump to 600–700. Editorial serif is occasionally used inside product mockups for document copy.

Also documented in the full DESIGN.md: Component Stylings, Layout Principles, Depth & Elevation, Motion, Backgrounds, Effects & WebGL, Do's and Don'ts, Responsive Behavior, Agent Prompt Guide.