Gitpod — Design System

Name: Gitpod design system
Creator: Mozaika
Keywords: design system, design tokens, Gitpod, light, tailwind

light · professional · medium · tailwind · confidence 92%

Gitpod pairs a book serif with a Swiss grotesk: Martina Plantijn at 64px/300 gives 'The platform for...' an editorial gravitas, while ABC Diatype handles 16px body and translucent-white 8px-radius buttons. Ink #0A0E19 on soft paper, code panels framed like plates — cloud dev environments positioned as considered infrastructure, not another CI tool.

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Tokens

Gitpod's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #0A0E19, accent #C41E3A, link #0A0E19, primary #397554; type scale h1 18px / h2 31px / body 17px; 4px spacing base; 4px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #C41E3A — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Role	Value
bg	`#FFFFFF`
surface	`#F0F0F1`
border	`#DADADC`
text	`#0A0E19`
text_muted	`#676970`
primary	`#397554`
accent	`#C41E3A`
link	`#0A0E19`
secondary	`#C41E3A`
button_bg	`#C41E3A`
button_text	`#FFFFFF`

Using these colors

Action color #C41E3A — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
accent, secondary, button_bg are all #C41E3A — one role, not several (the action color).
accent #C41E3A — 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 #397554 — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #C41E3A, not this.
link #0A0E19 — inline text links and link-styled controls.

Typography

h1: 18px
h2: 31px
body: 17px

Spacing

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

Radii

base: 4px
button: 6px

Per-section tokens (12)

Export: DESIGN.md

# Gitpod — Design System

> light, professional, medium, tailwind

Gitpod pairs a book serif with a Swiss grotesk: Martina Plantijn at 64px/300 gives 'The platform for...' an editorial gravitas, while ABC Diatype handles 16px body and translucent-white 8px-radius buttons. Ink #0A0E19 on soft paper, code panels framed like plates — cloud dev environments positioned as considered infrastructure, not another CI tool.

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#F0F0F1` |
| border | `#DADADC` |
| text | `#0A0E19` |
| text_muted | `#676970` |
| primary | `#397554` |
| accent | `#C41E3A` |
| link | `#0A0E19` |
| secondary | `#C41E3A` |
| button_bg | `#C41E3A` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#C41E3A` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `accent`, `secondary`, `button_bg` are all `#C41E3A` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#C41E3A` — 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** `#397554` — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #C41E3A, not this.
- **link** `#0A0E19` — inline text links and link-styled controls.

## Typography

- h1: 18px
- h2: 31px
- body: 17px

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

## Radius
- base: 4px
- button: 6px

## Primary button
- bg `#C41E3A` · 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 #C41E3A — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --color-bg: #FFFFFF;
  --color-surface: #F0F0F1;
  --color-border: #DADADC;
  --color-text: #0A0E19;
  --color-text-muted: #676970;
  --color-primary: #397554;  /* a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #C41E3A, not this. */
  --color-accent: #C41E3A;  /* 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: #0A0E19;  /* inline text links and link-styled controls. */
  --color-secondary: #C41E3A;  /* same color as the action (see accent). */
  --color-button-bg: #C41E3A;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --color-button-text: #FFFFFF;
  --text-h1: 18px;
  --text-h2: 31px;
  --text-body: 17px;
  --radius-base: 4px;
  --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 #C41E3A — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --bg: #FFFFFF;
  --surface: #F0F0F1;
  --border: #DADADC;
  --text: #0A0E19;
  --text-muted: #676970;
  --primary: #397554;  /* a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #C41E3A, not this. */
  --accent: #C41E3A;  /* 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: #0A0E19;  /* inline text links and link-styled controls. */
  --secondary: #C41E3A;  /* same color as the action (see accent). */
  --button-bg: #C41E3A;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --button-text: #FFFFFF;
  --radius: 4px;
  --radius-button: 6px;
}