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Bright observability brand: a clean white canvas opened by a soft pastel gradient hero wash (peach to lilac to sky), black Poppins-600 headlines with tight negative tracking, one cobalt-blue #1b55f5 CTA, a rounded white Ask-AI composer, and a multi-brand orange/yellow/cyan palette reserved for the flame logo and flat illustrations.

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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: grafana.com (live DOM, computed styles), 2026-07-16 (desktop 1568px). Coverage: home / marketing. Dashboard: pending login (needs-dashboard). Responsive: breakpoints from tokens only; mobile rendering not verified.

Visual Theme & Atmosphere

Bright, optimistic observability brand: a clean white canvas opened by a soft pastel gradient wash (peach → pink → lavender → sky-blue) behind a big black Poppins headline, with a full multi-colour brand system (Grafana orange, cobalt blue, sunflower yellow, cyan) that appears in the logo flame, geometric illustrations and category accents. The chrome itself is restrained — black text on white, a cobalt-blue primary button, and thin gray hairlines — so the colour lives in the hero gradient and playful illustration blocks rather than the UI. A rounded white "Ask AI" composer sits under the hero, and a dark event bar anchors the bottom. The feel is friendly and modern-technical: generous whitespace, tight-tracked geometric headlines, soft rounded controls. Feels: bright, friendly, colorful, modern-technical.

Color Palette & Roles

Surfaces

TokenHexRole / usage
canvas#ffffffPrimary page background, cards
surface#f4f4f6Section tint, inset panels
surface-2#e6e6eaHover fills
dark#2e2e38Dark event/footer bar

Hero gradient (pastels)

TokenHexRole / usage
peach#f4d6bb / #f3d5bbGradient start (warm)
lilac#eaaafdGradient mid (pink-lilac)
periwinkle#eaf0ff / #d1e3f7Gradient toward blue
sky#8ec0ffGradient end (cool)

Text

TokenHexRole / usage
text#000000Primary text, headings
ink-2#2e2e38 / #454554Strong secondary text
muted#67677eBody / subhead
muted-2#505062Tertiary text
faint#bcbcc8Captions, placeholder

Accent (brand multi-colour)

TokenHexRole / usage
blue#1b55f5Primary CTA, links, active (also #2a68fb)
orange#ff671dGrafana brand/logo flame, illustration accent
yellow#fbe136Illustration / category accent
cyan#3fc6ebIllustration / category accent

Borders

TokenHexRole / usage
border#e5e5e9Default hairline (most used)
border-2#d8d8dfStronger dividers
border-strong#aeaebc / #bcbcc8Control borders
border-black#000000Outline-button border

Rule: UI chrome stays black-on-white with a single cobalt-blue action colour; the orange/yellow/cyan multi-brand palette appears only in the logo, hero gradient and illustrations.

Typography Rules

RoleSize/LineWeightTracking
Display (h1)60 / 75600-1.5px
Section (h2)48 / 54600-1.2px
Subsection (h3)30 / 37.5600-0.75px
Body16 / 24400normal, Inter
Small / caption13 / 19.5500normal, Inter, #67677e
UI / button14500normal, Inter

Patterns: Poppins headings carry consistent negative tracking (~-2.5%); body is Inter. Weight tops at 600 for display, 500 for UI.

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.