Design System
The visual vocabulary behind the site. Every value flows from styles/tokens.css through Tailwind's @theme inline into every component. Toggle the theme in the header to see how tokens shift between light and dark.
Color
Accent — Cool Blue
Hue 260, step 9 anchored at oklch(0.487 0.220 260). Chroma peaks at 0.220 — above sRGB at most steps so wide-gamut P3 displays render the full color; sRGB displays receive a gamut-mapped clamp (step 9 → #0051d8). Dark mode inverts L and uses the same hue.
Gray — Warm
Hue 80, near-neutral with a hint of warmth. Powers surfaces, body text, borders. Dark mode follows shadcn's Neutral lightness anchors (bg 0.145 → muted 0.27).
Semantic Tokens
Aliases that map intent (background, accent, border) to scale steps. Components only reference these — never the raw scale — so dark mode and brand retunes propagate automatically.
Typography
Font Families
Four families with distinct roles. Geist (sans + mono) handles the bulk; serif and script appear sparingly for personality.
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
const accent = oklch(0.487 0.220 260);
Invisible details that feel alive.
Zephyr
Line Height
Three rhythms — tight for display, normal for UI, relaxed for long-form prose.
Scale
Default Tailwind type scale. Body copy never goes below 14px (text-sm). Page titles are text-[1.1875rem] (19px). Labels and dates use text-xs (12px).
Spacing
Scale
Twelve steps from 4px to 96px. Used for padding, margins, and gap-* utilities.
Radius
sm
0.375rem
md
0.5rem
lg
0.75rem
xl
1rem
full
9999px
Shadow
shadow-sm
1px lift
shadow-md
2px + 8px stack
shadow-lg
8px + 24px stack
Shadows are translucent black layers (4-8% in light, 30-50% in dark). They hint at lift without competing with the soft palette.
Motion
Tokens
Durations and line-heights live alongside motion as one rhythm system. Animations only ever transition transform, opacity, or filter — never layout.
Components
Avatar
The brand mark — a layered multi-blob orb rendered entirely in CSS. One source scales fluidly via --avatar-size from a 20px header logo to a 128px feature element, with blur radii proportional to size.
<Avatar size={64} />Inline Link
Subtle underline that intensifies on hover. Used inside body prose.
I worked at Spatial Topology on indoor mapping, and OfferLand on a student community platform.
Sketchy Underline
Marker-style highlighter using accent-9 with a slight gradient sweep. Use sparingly to call out a single phrase per paragraph.
I care about the invisible details that make interfaces feel alive.
Dim Siblings
On hover within a .dim-siblings group, all non-hovered children fade to 30% opacity (benji.org pattern). Try hovering one of the items below.
- First item
- Second item
- Third item
- Fourth item