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Better Stack — Design System

dark · professional · medium · tailwind · confidence 90%

Better Stack runs incident response in a midnight control room: Helvetica Now Display at 53px/500 over #0B0C14, zero-radius buttons, and dashboard screenshots glowing like monitoring walls. The Helvetica pairing gives ops tooling a crisp modernist spine while status greens and alert reds are the only color story — reliability engineering styled as a night shift that never blinks.

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Tokens

Better Stack's decoded design system: background #0B0C14, text #C9D3EE, accent #939DB8, link #939DB8, primary #171926; type scale h1 53px / h2 40px / body 20px; 8px spacing base; 6px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #939DB8 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

RoleValue
bg#0B0C14
surface#161721
border#272934
text#C9D3EE
text_muted#80879B
primary#171926
accent#939DB8
link#939DB8
secondary#C9D3EE
button_bgtransparent
button_text#FFFFFF

Using these colors

Typography

Spacing

Radii

Shadow

rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25) 0px 1px 3px 0px inset

Per-section tokens (15)

Export: DESIGN.md

# Better Stack — Design System

> dark, professional, medium, tailwind

Better Stack runs incident response in a midnight control room: Helvetica Now Display at 53px/500 over #0B0C14, zero-radius buttons, and dashboard screenshots glowing like monitoring walls. The Helvetica pairing gives ops tooling a crisp modernist spine while status greens and alert reds are the only color story — reliability engineering styled as a night shift that never blinks.

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#0B0C14` |
| surface | `#161721` |
| border | `#272934` |
| text | `#C9D3EE` |
| text_muted | `#80879B` |
| primary | `#171926` |
| accent | `#939DB8` |
| link | `#939DB8` |
| secondary | `#C9D3EE` |
| button_bg | `transparent` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#939DB8` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `accent`, `link` are all `#939DB8` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#939DB8` — THE accent / action color — interactive & must-notice only (buttons, links, focus, one key highlight); never large fills or backgrounds. Scarcity is what makes it read as designed.
- **primary** `#171926` — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #939DB8, not this.
- **secondary** `#C9D3EE` — optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two.

## Typography

- Heading: **Roboto**
- Body: **Roboto**
- h1: 53px
- h2: 40px
- body: 20px

> **Fonts —** Roboto — free, on Google.

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px
- scale: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 24px, 32px, 48px, 64px

## Radius
- base: 6px
- button: 10px

## Primary button
- bg `transparent` · text `#FFFFFF` · radius 10px

## How to apply
Paste the Tailwind `@theme` (or CSS variables) as your base, then build each
section to its spec — verify every color, radius, and font against these tokens.

Export: Tailwind v4 (@theme)

@theme {
  /* action color #939DB8 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --color-bg: #0B0C14;
  --color-surface: #161721;
  --color-border: #272934;
  --color-text: #C9D3EE;
  --color-text-muted: #80879B;
  --color-primary: #171926;  /* a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #939DB8, not this. */
  --color-accent: #939DB8;  /* THE accent / action color — interactive & must-notice only (buttons, links, focus, one key highlight); never large fills or backgrounds. Scarcity is what makes it read as designed. */
  --color-link: #939DB8;  /* inline text links — shares the action color. */
  --color-secondary: #C9D3EE;  /* optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two. */
  --color-button-bg: transparent;
  --color-button-text: #FFFFFF;
  /* fonts: Roboto — free, on Google. */
  --font-heading: "Roboto", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Roboto", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --text-h1: 53px;
  --text-h2: 40px;
  --text-body: 20px;
  --radius-base: 6px;
  --radius-button: 10px;
  --spacing-1: 4px;
  --spacing-2: 8px;
  --spacing-3: 12px;
  --spacing-4: 16px;
  --spacing-5: 24px;
  --spacing-6: 32px;
  --spacing-7: 48px;
  --spacing-8: 64px;
}

Export: CSS variables

:root {
  /* action color #939DB8 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --bg: #0B0C14;
  --surface: #161721;
  --border: #272934;
  --text: #C9D3EE;
  --text-muted: #80879B;
  --primary: #171926;  /* a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #939DB8, not this. */
  --accent: #939DB8;  /* THE accent / action color — interactive & must-notice only (buttons, links, focus, one key highlight); never large fills or backgrounds. Scarcity is what makes it read as designed. */
  --link: #939DB8;  /* inline text links — shares the action color. */
  --secondary: #C9D3EE;  /* optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two. */
  --button-bg: transparent;
  --button-text: #FFFFFF;
  --font-heading: "Roboto", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Roboto", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --radius: 6px;
  --radius-button: 10px;
}
/* fonts: Roboto — free, on Google. */