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PlanetScale — Design System

light · professional · medium · tailwind · confidence 92%

PlanetScale strips database marketing down to a terminal session: system monospace at a flat 16px for everything — hero, headings, body — with hierarchy carried by weight, dotted rules and whitespace alone. No brand color, no gradients; a nine-row customer logo grid and dense benchmark tables are the spectacle, and inline quotes from CTOs read like commit messages. It is the most radical typographic position in the dev-tool space: credibility through total restraint, as if the docs were the brand.

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PlanetScale's decoded design system: background #FAFAFA, text #414141, accent #F35815, link #F35815, primary #0B6EC5; type scale h1 16px / h2 16px / body 16px; 4px spacing base; 0px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #F35815 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

RoleValue
bg#FAFAFA
surface#EEEEEE
border#DEDEDE
text#414141
text_muted#878787
primary#0B6EC5
accent#F35815
link#F35815
secondary#F2B600
button_bg#F35815
button_text#FFFFFF

Using these colors

Typography

Spacing

Radii

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Export: DESIGN.md

# PlanetScale — Design System

> light, professional, medium, tailwind

PlanetScale strips database marketing down to a terminal session: system monospace at a flat 16px for everything — hero, headings, body — with hierarchy carried by weight, dotted rules and whitespace alone. No brand color, no gradients; a nine-row customer logo grid and dense benchmark tables are the spectacle, and inline quotes from CTOs read like commit messages. It is the most radical typographic position in the dev-tool space: credibility through total restraint, as if the docs were the brand.

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FAFAFA` |
| surface | `#EEEEEE` |
| border | `#DEDEDE` |
| text | `#414141` |
| text_muted | `#878787` |
| primary | `#0B6EC5` |
| accent | `#F35815` |
| link | `#F35815` |
| secondary | `#F2B600` |
| button_bg | `#F35815` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#F35815` — 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 `#F35815` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#F35815` — 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** `#0B6EC5` — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #F35815, not this.
- **secondary** `#F2B600` — 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: **SF Mono** _(free fallback: JetBrains Mono)_
- Body: **SF Mono** _(free fallback: JetBrains Mono)_
- h1: 16px
- h2: 16px
- body: 16px

> **Fonts —** SF Mono may be proprietary — safe free fallback: JetBrains Mono (Google Fonts).

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

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

## Primary button
- bg `#F35815` · text `#FFFFFF` · radius 0px

## 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 #F35815 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --color-bg: #FAFAFA;
  --color-surface: #EEEEEE;
  --color-border: #DEDEDE;
  --color-text: #414141;
  --color-text-muted: #878787;
  --color-primary: #0B6EC5;  /* a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #F35815, not this. */
  --color-accent: #F35815;  /* 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: #F35815;  /* inline text links — shares the action color. */
  --color-secondary: #F2B600;  /* 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: #F35815;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --color-button-text: #FFFFFF;
  /* fonts: SF Mono may be proprietary — safe free fallback: JetBrains Mono (Google Fonts). */
  --font-heading: "SF Mono", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
  --font-body: "SF Mono", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
  --text-h1: 16px;
  --text-h2: 16px;
  --text-body: 16px;
  --radius-base: 0px;
  --radius-button: 0px;
  --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 #F35815 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --bg: #FAFAFA;
  --surface: #EEEEEE;
  --border: #DEDEDE;
  --text: #414141;
  --text-muted: #878787;
  --primary: #0B6EC5;  /* a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #F35815, not this. */
  --accent: #F35815;  /* 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: #F35815;  /* inline text links — shares the action color. */
  --secondary: #F2B600;  /* 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: #F35815;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --button-text: #FFFFFF;
  --font-heading: "SF Mono", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
  --font-body: "SF Mono", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
  --radius: 0px;
  --radius-button: 0px;
}
/* fonts: SF Mono may be proprietary — safe free fallback: JetBrains Mono (Google Fonts). */