Netlify design specDev Tools

Dark developer-platform brand: a deep blue-black canvas lit by one electric mint-teal #32e6e2 that carries every CTA, link and the star mascot, heavy Figtree-800 headlines, uppercase Martian Mono eyebrows over Instrument Sans, full-radius teal pill buttons, hand-drawn white line illustration, and Night-Owl code syntax as the only secondary colour.

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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: netlify.com (live DOM, computed styles), 2026-07-16 (desktop 1512px). Coverage: home / marketing. Dashboard: pending login (needs-dashboard). Responsive: breakpoints from tokens only; mobile rendering not verified.

Visual Theme & Atmosphere

Confident dark developer-platform brand: a deep blue-black canvas lit by one electric mint-teal, with a big, friendly Figtree headline set at an unusually heavy 800 weight. The chrome is grayscale navy; nearly all colour is the single teal accent, which paints CTAs, links, borders and the star mascot, while a warm hand-drawn white line-illustration (a phone in a shopping cart, clouds, trees, a smiling star) keeps the mood playful rather than austere. Code and product cards borrow a Night-Owl editor palette (sky-blue, lilac, cornflower) so the syntax itself supplies secondary colour. Elevation is nearly flat — thin navy hairlines do the structural work, with soft shadows reserved for floating cards. Full-radius pill CTAs, uppercase Martian Mono eyebrows and Instrument Sans body round out a system that feels engineered but approachable. Feels: dark, electric, friendly, developer-native.

Color Palette & Roles

Surfaces (dark)

TokenHexRole / usage
bg-deep#060b10Deepest sections, footer
bg#12181fPrimary page canvas, dark button bg
surface#1e242cRaised panels / cards
surface-2#181a1cInsets, code-card chrome
teal-panel#0c2a2aTeal-tinted feature panels/tabs
teal-wash#0a282833Low-alpha teal inset

Text

TokenHexRole / usage
text#defffePrimary body text (mint-white)
white#ffffffHeadings, high-contrast text
text-soft#e4f0fb / #e6ecf2Secondary headings/copy
muted#7e8792Eyebrows, captions, secondary text
faint#4d565fTertiary / disabled
ink-on-teal#014847Dark text on teal fills/chips

Accent & code

TokenHexRole / usage
teal#32e6e2Signature accent: CTAs, links, borders, mascot
blue#316bf4Secondary accent / occasional link
green#32ae88Success borders
code-blue#89ddffNight-Owl syntax (strings/keys)
code-lilac#c792eaNight-Owl syntax (keywords)
code-sky#add7ff / #5fb3ffNight-Owl syntax (vars/functions)

Borders

TokenHexRole / usage
border#272f38Default hairline on dark
border-2#3b434cStronger control border
border-teal#32e6e2Active/selected outline
border-faint#ffffff33Low-alpha divider on dark

Rule: teal #32e6e2 is the only brand colour on chrome — CTAs, links, active borders, mascot. Secondary colour comes only from code syntax.

Typography Rules

RoleSize/LineWeightTracking
Display (h1)64 / 70800normal, Figtree
Section (h2)49 / 54800normal, Figtree
Eyebrow (h3)12 / 13500uppercase, Martian Mono, #7e8792
Body16 / 24400normal, Instrument Sans
UI / button16700Figtree (13px on compact)
Small label14 / 21600Instrument Sans

Patterns: headline weight is unusually heavy (800); eyebrows are always uppercase monospace. Button labels are Figtree 700.

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.