Inngest design specDev Tools

A dark, technical, slightly cinematic developer brand. The canvas is a warm near-black #0c0a09 overlaid with fine grain and a scattered field of tiny orange-and-grey particles, so the page reads like a dark control surface. The hero pairs two treatments of the Whyte Inktrap display face — a solid white uppercase headline ("UNBREAKABLE AGENTS.") stacked above a hollow, outline-only one ("INVISIBLE INFRA.") drawn with a text stroke. Everything technical is uppercase Whyte Mono: buttons, labels, taglines ("NO WORKERS. NO QUEUES.") and code-step lists (step.run()) with small orange square markers. One hot orange #fb5536 is the single accent — the primary button, the particles and the code markers; section headings soften into the plain Whyte face (32/40, weight 400) and body/UI runs in geometric CircularXX. Buttons are small at a crisp 6px radius (WhyteMono 12/600) — an orange primary, a white outline and a white solid; cards are dark #1c1c1c/#212121. Depth is the grainy particle field and subtle surface steps, not grey drop shadows.

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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: inngest.com (live DOM, computed styles), 2026-07-25 (desktop 1512px). Coverage: home. Dashboard: behind login (needs-dashboard). Responsive: breakpoints not captured. Motion: not captured in detail.

Visual Theme & Atmosphere

Inngest is a dark, technical, slightly cinematic developer brand. The canvas is a warm near-black #0c0a09 overlaid with a fine grain and a scattered field of tiny orange-and-grey particles, so the page feels like a dark control surface humming with activity. The hero pairs two treatments of the same Whyte Inktrap display face: a SOLID white uppercase headline ("UNBREAKABLE AGENTS.") stacked directly above a HOLLOW, outline-only one ("INVISIBLE INFRA.") drawn with a text stroke — a striking signature. Everything technical is monospace: buttons, labels, code snippets and the "NO WORKERS. NO QUEUES." line all use Whyte Mono in uppercase. One hot orange #fb5536 is the single accent — the primary button, the particles, and the little square markers beside code steps. Section headings soften into the plain Whyte face, and body/UI runs in the geometric CircularXX. Controls are small with a crisp 6px radius. Feels: dark, technical, cinematic, precise.

Color Palette & Roles

Surfaces

TokenHexRole / usage
canvas#0c0a09Warm near-black background
black#000000Pure-black moments
ink-020#020202Deepest panel
surface#1c1c1cRaised surface
surface-2#212121Card / panel
white-alphargba(255,255,255,.08)Subtle inset fill

Text

TokenHexRole / usage
heading#ffffffWhite display / headings
body#f6f6f6Primary body text
gray-300#b3b3b3Secondary text
gray-500#7a7a7aMuted

Accent

TokenHexRole / usage
orange#fb5536Primary button, particles, code markers
orange-2#f76246Orange hover / variant
green#0bdd48Rare success accent

Rule: dark warm-black surfaces; one hot orange #fb5536 accent; colour otherwise from the particle field, not decorative UI.

Typography Rules

RoleFamilySize/LineWeightTrackingCase
Hero displayWhyte Inktrap~110pxboldtightUPPERCASE
Section headingWhyteV132 / 40400-0.32pxsentence
Body / UICircularXX16 / 24400normalsentence
Button / labelWhyteMonoV112600normalUPPERCASE
Code / mono lineWhyteMonoV114–16400normal

Patterns: the hero pairs solid + outlined Whyte Inktrap in uppercase; all chrome (buttons, labels, taglines, code) is uppercase Whyte Mono; sections and body soften into Whyte / CircularXX.

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.