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Design System — Light Mode Color Palette

Light-mode counterpart to design-system.md. Only color tokens differ between themes — typography, spacing, radius, shadows, and layout are identical.


Color palette

Token Light Dark Usage
--color-paper #F7F5F2 #1A1814 Page background
--color-canvas #FFFFFF #22201B Card surfaces, form backgrounds
--color-ink #17171A #EDE8DF Primary text
--color-ink-2 #4A4850 #B8B0A4 Body text — muted
--color-ink-muted #9896A0 #90887E Labels, timestamps, captions
--color-border #E8E6E3 #2E2B25 Standard dividers
--color-border-soft #F0EDEA #252219 Subtle dividers
--color-accent #1F6B5A #2E9880 Teal — brand color, links, CTAs
--color-accent-hover #185647 #287A68 Hover/pressed teal
--color-accent-light #EBF5F2 #1A2E29 Pale teal tint backgrounds
--color-accent-on #FFFFFF #FFFFFF Text on accent surfaces
--color-surface-raised #F0EDE9 #2A2720 Elevated surfaces: tooltips, hover
--color-ink-inverse #FFFFFF #17171A Text on accent-coloured buttons

Notes on accent values

The dark accent is #2E9880 — a lightened version of the original #1F6B5A to maintain contrast against near-black backgrounds.

Notes on the two added tokens

  • --color-surface-raised (#F0EDE9): warm off-white, slightly darker than --color-canvas (#FFFFFF) to suggest elevation — mirrors the dark mode pattern of #2A2720 sitting just above #22201B.
  • --color-ink-inverse (#FFFFFF): white text on the dark teal accent (#1F6B5A). Inverse of dark mode where the lightened accent (#2E9880) is bright enough to carry dark text (#17171A).