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Style guide

The colours, type, shapes and pictures of Vela in one place.

Brand

Vela
On a light page
Vela
On a dark page

SaaS & Software - Modern and focused: indigo, violet and blue, the product on screen.

Palette Clear Sky · Editorial style · pictures: Dot grid with saas & software subjects · fonts Crimson Pro and Work Sans

Colours

Every colour is a token in assets/css/theme.css (--wt-primary ...). The contrast of the text colours is shown against the page; WCAG AA needs 4.5:1 for text.

Light mode

Primary
#0277b4
text on it 4.9:1
Secondary
#38bdf8
 
Accent
#f472b6
text on it 6.7:1
Page
#f3faff
 
Surface
#ffffff
 
Surface 2
#ebf5fc
 
Text
#1e2430
14.8:1 on the page
Muted text
#4f5867
6.8:1 on the page
Border
#d7e0e8
 
Links and brand text
#025c8b
6.9:1 on the page

Dark mode

Primary
#0277b4
text on it 4.9:1
Secondary
#38bdf8
 
Accent
#f472b6
text on it 6.7:1
Page
#06111a
 
Surface
#0c1d2b
 
Surface 2
#182836
 
Text
#e5e9f0
15.6:1 on the page
Muted text
#9aa4b5
7.6:1 on the page
Border
#2e3d49
 
Links and brand text
#89bfdb
9.6:1 on the page

Type

Crimson Pro

Headings

Work Sans

Text, buttons and forms (Google Fonts)

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Corners and depth

Corners
0.125rem
Large corners
0.25rem
Pills
50rem
Shadow --wt-shadow
Large shadow --wt-shadow-lg

Components

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Every detail is handled by people who care about getting it right.

Pictures

Dot grid in the template colours, with saas & software subjects. Every product picture shows its product. Replace them with your own photos of the same size (see PHOTOS.md for the photos of the live demo).

SaaS & Software picture 1
SaaS & Software picture 2
SaaS & Software picture 3
Starter plan
Starter plan
Team plan
Team plan
Business plan
Business plan
Enterprise suite
Enterprise suite

Design files

  • design-tokens/tokens.json - every token in the W3C Design Tokens format: in Figma, install the Tokens Studio plugin and load the file; Style Dictionary turns it into code for other platforms.
  • design-tokens/style-guide.svg - this page as a board: drag it into Figma, Sketch or Illustrator and every swatch, text and shape stays editable.
  • design-tokens/tokens.css - the same values as CSS variables for other projects in the brand.