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Clerk — Design System

light · modern · medium · tailwind · confidence 92%

Clerk reads like a component library that grew a marketing site: a porcelain #F7F7F8 canvas dotted with blueprint grid marks, violet #6C47FF spent only on the primary CTA, and the product itself — live sign-in cards, user buttons, org switchers — doing the illustration work at real fidelity. Suisse Intl runs tight and small (13px body under a 64px/700 hero), eyebrow labels whisper in 13px caps, and long dark bento interludes flip the palette to show auth features as jewel cases. It feels engineered rather than art-directed — the design system selling itself by simply being rendered.

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Tokens

Clerk's decoded design system: background #F7F7F8, text #131316, accent #6C47FF, link #6C47FF, primary #747686; type scale h1 64px / h2 32px / body 13px; 4px spacing base; 0px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #6C47FF — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

RoleValue
bg#F7F7F8
surface#E9E9EA
border#D4D4D6
text#131316
text_muted#69696B
primary#747686
accent#6C47FF
link#6C47FF
secondary#5E5F6E
button_bg#6C47FF
button_text#FFFFFF

Using these colors

Typography

Spacing

Radii

Shadow

rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgb(108, 71, 255) 0px 0px 0px 0.5px, oklab(0.999994 0.0000455678 0.0000200868 / 0.07) 0px 1px 0px 0px inset, oklab(0.249859 0.00254738 -0.00901626 / 0.2) 0px 1px 3px 0px

Per-section tokens (21)

Export: DESIGN.md

# Clerk — Design System

> light, modern, medium, tailwind

Clerk reads like a component library that grew a marketing site: a porcelain #F7F7F8 canvas dotted with blueprint grid marks, violet #6C47FF spent only on the primary CTA, and the product itself — live sign-in cards, user buttons, org switchers — doing the illustration work at real fidelity. Suisse Intl runs tight and small (13px body under a 64px/700 hero), eyebrow labels whisper in 13px caps, and long dark bento interludes flip the palette to show auth features as jewel cases. It feels engineered rather than art-directed — the design system selling itself by simply being rendered.

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#F7F7F8` |
| surface | `#E9E9EA` |
| border | `#D4D4D6` |
| text | `#131316` |
| text_muted | `#69696B` |
| primary | `#747686` |
| accent | `#6C47FF` |
| link | `#6C47FF` |
| secondary | `#5E5F6E` |
| button_bg | `#6C47FF` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#6C47FF` — 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`, `button_bg` are all `#6C47FF` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#6C47FF` — 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** `#747686` — a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #6C47FF).
- **secondary** `#5E5F6E` — 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: **Suisse Intl** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **Suisse Intl** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- h1: 64px
- h2: 32px
- body: 13px

> **Fonts —** Suisse Intl may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px
- scale: 2px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 24px, 32px

## Radius
- base: 0px
- button: 6px

## Primary button
- bg `#6C47FF` · text `#FFFFFF` · radius 6px

## 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 #6C47FF — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --color-bg: #F7F7F8;
  --color-surface: #E9E9EA;
  --color-border: #D4D4D6;
  --color-text: #131316;
  --color-text-muted: #69696B;
  --color-primary: #747686;  /* a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #6C47FF). */
  --color-accent: #6C47FF;  /* 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: #6C47FF;  /* inline text links — shares the action color. */
  --color-secondary: #5E5F6E;  /* 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: #6C47FF;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --color-button-text: #FFFFFF;
  /* fonts: Suisse Intl may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). */
  --font-heading: "Suisse Intl", "Newsreader", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Suisse Intl", "Newsreader", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --text-h1: 64px;
  --text-h2: 32px;
  --text-body: 13px;
  --radius-base: 0px;
  --radius-button: 6px;
  --spacing-1: 2px;
  --spacing-2: 4px;
  --spacing-3: 6px;
  --spacing-4: 8px;
  --spacing-5: 12px;
  --spacing-6: 16px;
  --spacing-7: 24px;
  --spacing-8: 32px;
}

Export: CSS variables

:root {
  /* action color #6C47FF — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --bg: #F7F7F8;
  --surface: #E9E9EA;
  --border: #D4D4D6;
  --text: #131316;
  --text-muted: #69696B;
  --primary: #747686;  /* a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #6C47FF). */
  --accent: #6C47FF;  /* 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: #6C47FF;  /* inline text links — shares the action color. */
  --secondary: #5E5F6E;  /* 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: #6C47FF;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --button-text: #FFFFFF;
  --font-heading: "Suisse Intl", "Newsreader", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Suisse Intl", "Newsreader", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --radius: 0px;
  --radius-button: 6px;
}
/* fonts: Suisse Intl may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). */