Color palette
The colours below should cover all your colour needs. If they don’t, please don’t add your own custom colours, contact us so we can add it to the theme!
These colours are based on but not identical to the branding colours. See the branding guidelines for more information.
General usage
Colours should be applied purposefully and create distinction between elements, with sufficient contrast between them.
You will find more information about the specifics on colours for different elements on their pages. Here are some general guidelines:
For light mode, use:
500
as the primary shade.- Plain white and the shade of
50
for backgrounds.
For dark mode, use:
700
as the primary shade.900
and800
for backgrounds.
Full colour palette
Using these colours
These colours are designed to work with tailwind. Each of the colours above can be used as a background, foreground, or border.
What to avoid
- Using the shades
50
-400
for text in light mode - Using the shades
600
-900
for text in dark mode
Examples:
Accessibility
We try to adhere to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) specifying the contrast ratios of the visual presentation of text and images of text.
W3C rating | Contrast ratio |
---|---|
AA | 4.5:1 |
AAA | 7:1 |