Notion design specSaaS

Warm editorial-minimal: paper-white canvas, warm-black ink, one calm blue, huge tight headlines, hand-drawn doodles.

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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: notion.com (live DOM, computed styles + color census), 2026-07-06; motion/effects/responsive re-capture 2026-07-07. Coverage: marketing site + embedded workspace mock. Full dashboard: needs-dashboard (web app opens via app-link). Responsive: breakpoints captured; mobile rendering not verified.

Visual Theme & Atmosphere

Warm, friendly, and editorial-minimal: a near-white paper canvas carrying warm-black ink, with one calm blue accent doing all the interactive work. Huge, tightly-tracked display headlines sit over hand-drawn doodles and illustrated avatars, giving the page a hand-made, human character. Playful multi-color highlight pops appear only in small doses — a tinted pill behind a single word, a doodle, an avatar — never as UI chrome. The overall effect is quietly premium and content-first: a document, not a dashboard. Feels: approachable, human, calm, quietly premium.

Color Palette & Roles

Ink & neutrals (warm)

TokenHexRole / usage
ink-strongrgba(0,0,0,.95)Headings, high-emphasis text
inkrgba(0,0,0,.898)Body text, nav (the default ink)
ink-mutedrgba(0,0,0,.54)Secondary text
warm-gray#615d59Captions, warm secondary text
borderrgba(0,0,0,.1)Hairline dividers, panel borders
paper#f6f5f4Warm off-white section bg (signature)
white#ffffffPage bg, cards

Accent (calm blue)

TokenHexRole / usage
blue#0075dePrimary button, links, active states
blue-hover#005babHover / pressed
blue-bright#097fe8Brighter links
blue-tint#eaf1f8Secondary-button fill

Playful highlight pops (sparing, on words / doodles only)

TokenHex
amber#ffb110
lavender-hl#e9ddfb (bg) + purple dot #8b5cf6
green-hl#d7efdb (bg) + green dot #2eae4e
sky#62aef0

Rule: chrome is warm-black on white/paper with a single blue accent. Bright hues appear only as highlight backgrounds behind a word, in illustrated avatars, or in hand-drawn doodles — never as UI fills.

Typography Rules

Font stack: NotionInter, Inter, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, sans-serif. NotionInter is Notion's tuned Inter; fall back to Inter.

RoleSize/LineWeightTracking
Hero (h1)96 / 100600-4.6px (≈ -4.8%)
Section (h2)40–48600-2 to -3%
Subhead20–24400-1%
Body16 / 244000
UI / nav16400–5000
Caption144000

Patterns: display is huge and VERY tightly tracked — the Notion signature. Display weight is 600 (never 700+) with dramatic negative tracking; body stays a comfortable 16px/24 weight 400 in rgba(0,0,0,.898). Headlines often embed a highlighted word (colored pill + dot) that cycles color.

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.