the system

One file generates a Hyprland desktop, its terminal, editor, login screen, Spotify and a Figma export — 45 colours, one source. This page is one of them, styled by the tokens it documents.

the wave field

Three approaches missed the reference. The one that worked is a bright core wrapped in a wide halo — and the first version rendered zero changed pixels over 30 seconds.

accessibility

An audit wired into the build found a token that had failed AA on every light surface since the palette was inverted.

the bridge

The same tokens drive the desktop, Figma Variables and a typed TypeScript module. A wrong name becomes a type error.

surfaces

bg-0#eef1f8
bg-1#f8fbff
bg-2#dceaf8
border#bed7eb

ink

text-1#1b4c78
text-2#466a9d
shade#1f466b

accent — three places, system-wide

Active workspace indicator, focused window border, cursor. Nowhere else. Selection, hover and urgency are carried by elevation, ink and opacity instead.

accent#3478c4
accent-dim#2e68a8
accent-ink#ffffff
glow#4a8cd033

wave field

field-base#7cb8e8
field-mid#a8d3f2
field-high#eef1f8
field-edge#edf6ff
field-line#e6f4ff

terminal — ansi

Surfaces you work in are dark; chrome you work with is light. The editor and Spotify derive from this block.

type

caption · 11px — The quick brown fox

body · 13px — The quick brown fox

title · 15px — The quick brown fox

light · 300 — Weight never exceeds 400

regular · 400 — Weight never exceeds 400

space — 4px grid

xs4px
sm8px
md12px
lg16px
xl24px
xxl32px

radius

sm8px
md12px
lg16px
xl24px
full999px

motion — one curve

cubic-bezier(0.22, 1.0, 0.36, 1.0), shared by the shell, the compositor's window animations and the lock screen.

fast150ms
base250ms
slow400ms