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version	alpha
name	Replicate
description	\| Replicate's marketing surfaces pair the warm-cream developer-tools aesthetic of an indie ML playground with a confident hot-orange brand accent and a signature display typeface (rb-freigeist-neue) sized aggressively large at 72px+. The system reads as "AI lab notebook crossed with print magazine": cream and bone surfaces, dark ink type, monospace code wells, irregular hand-drawn-feeling diagrams, and a rich orange used scarcely on the most consequential CTA. Photography of contributors and example outputs is square-ish with mid-radius corners; everything else is borderless or hairline.
colors	primary: "#ea2804" primary-deep: "#c01f00" on-primary: "#ffffff" ink: "#202020" body: "#3a3a3a" charcoal: "#575757" mute: "#646464" ash: "#8d8d8d" stone: "#bbbbbb" on-dark: "#fcfcfc" on-dark-mute: "rgba(252,252,252,0.72)" canvas: "#f9f7f3" surface-bone: "#f3f0e8" surface-card: "#ffffff" surface-dark: "#202020" surface-deep: "#000000" hairline: "rgba(32,32,32,0.12)" hairline-strong: "#202020" divider-dark: "rgba(255,255,255,0.2)" hero-warm: "#ea2804" hero-glow: "#ff6a3d" hero-pink: "#f4a8a0" badge-success: "#2b9a66" link: "#ea2804" ring-focus: "rgba(59,130,246,0.5)" github-dark: "#24292e"
typography	display-xxl: fontFamily: rb-freigeist-neue fontSize: 128px fontWeight: 700 lineHeight: 1.0 letterSpacing: -3px display-xl: fontFamily: rb-freigeist-neue fontSize: 72px fontWeight: 700 lineHeight: 1.0 letterSpacing: -1.8px display-lg: fontFamily: rb-freigeist-neue fontSize: 48px fontWeight: 700 lineHeight: 1.0 letterSpacing: -1px display-md: fontFamily: rb-freigeist-neue fontSize: 30px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 1.2 letterSpacing: -0.5px heading-lg: fontFamily: basier-square fontSize: 38.4px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 0.83 letterSpacing: -0.5px heading-md: fontFamily: basier-square fontSize: 24px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 1.33 letterSpacing: -0.35px heading-sm: fontFamily: basier-square fontSize: 20px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 1.4 letterSpacing: -0.3px subtitle: fontFamily: rb-freigeist-neue fontSize: 18px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 1.56 letterSpacing: 0 body-lg: fontFamily: basier-square fontSize: 18px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 1.56 letterSpacing: 0 body-md: fontFamily: basier-square fontSize: 16px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 1.5 letterSpacing: 0 body-sm: fontFamily: basier-square fontSize: 14px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 1.43 letterSpacing: 0 button-md: fontFamily: basier-square fontSize: 16px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 1.0 letterSpacing: 0 button-sm: fontFamily: basier-square fontSize: 14px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 1.0 letterSpacing: 0 caption: fontFamily: basier-square fontSize: 12px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 1.33 letterSpacing: 0 caption-tight: fontFamily: basier-square fontSize: 14px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 1.43 letterSpacing: -0.35px code-md: fontFamily: jetbrains-mono fontSize: 14px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 1.43 letterSpacing: 0 code-sm: fontFamily: jetbrains-mono fontSize: 11px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 1.5 letterSpacing: 0
rounded	none: 0px xs: 4px sm: 6px md: 10px lg: 16px full: 9999px
spacing	xxs: 2px xs: 4px sm: 8px md: 12px lg: 16px xl: 24px xxl: 32px xxxl: 48px section: 96px band: 160px
components	button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.on-primary}" typography: "{typography.button-md}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" padding: 12px 24px height: 44px button-primary-pressed: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary-deep}" textColor: "{colors.on-primary}" typography: "{typography.button-md}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" button-dark: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-dark}" textColor: "{colors.on-dark}" typography: "{typography.button-md}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" padding: 12px 24px height: 44px button-outline: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-card}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.button-md}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" padding: 11px 23px height: 44px button-ghost: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.button-md}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" padding: 8px 16px height: 36px button-icon: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-card}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" size: 36px text-input: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-card}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.body-md}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" padding: 12px 20px height: 44px hero-band: backgroundColor: "{colors.hero-warm}" textColor: "{colors.on-dark}" typography: "{typography.display-xl}" rounded: "{rounded.none}" padding: 96px 32px model-card: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-card}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.body-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: 16px collection-tile: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.heading-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: 24px pricing-tier: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-card}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.body-md}" rounded: "{rounded.lg}" padding: 32px pricing-tier-featured: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-dark}" textColor: "{colors.on-dark}" typography: "{typography.body-md}" rounded: "{rounded.lg}" padding: 32px code-block: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-dark}" textColor: "{colors.on-dark}" typography: "{typography.code-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: 24px code-tab: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-deep}" textColor: "{colors.on-dark-mute}" typography: "{typography.code-sm}" rounded: "{rounded.xs}" padding: 6px 12px badge-status: backgroundColor: "{colors.badge-success}" textColor: "{colors.on-dark}" typography: "{typography.caption}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" padding: 4px 10px badge-tag: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.caption}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" padding: 4px 10px nav-bar: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.button-sm}" rounded: "{rounded.none}" height: 60px sub-nav-pill: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-card}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.button-sm}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" padding: 6px 14px contributor-avatar: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-card}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" rounded: "{rounded.full}" size: 40px footer: backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-deep}" textColor: "{colors.on-dark}" typography: "{typography.body-sm}" rounded: "{rounded.none}" padding: 64px 32px

Overview

Replicate is a developer-tools platform with the soul of an art zine. The public marketing surfaces sit on a warm cream canvas ({colors.canvas} — #f9f7f3) rather than the white-or-near-black default of typical AI infrastructure sites, and that single decision colours everything else: photography reads as editorial, code wells read as printed pull-quotes, and the brand orange ({colors.primary} — #ea2804) feels like a stamp rather than a notification.

The typography is the load-bearing decoration. rb-freigeist-neue — a heavy, slightly condensed grotesque — appears at sizes up to 128px in hero bands, with a tight lineHeight: 1.0 and negative letter-spacing that lets multi-line headlines pack into geometric blocks. The companion family, basier-square, takes care of body, button labels, and metadata in the 14–18px range. JetBrains Mono carries every code well, command, and example. Three families, three jobs, no overlap.

Page rhythm cycles between a default cream canvas, a bold full-bleed orange hero band, and a {colors.surface-dark} (#202020) section that hosts the code stories — the "how it works" walkthrough. Curves are intentional and soft: every interactive surface (buttons, inputs, tags, avatars) uses {rounded.full}, while content cards and code wells step up to {rounded.md} or {rounded.lg}. There are no sharp corners on Replicate; the system reads as friendly precision.

Key Characteristics:

A warm cream canvas ({colors.canvas} — #f9f7f3) replaces the typical white background, paired with {colors.surface-bone} for inset cards.
Hot orange ({colors.primary} — #ea2804) is reserved for the primary CTA, the hero band, and inline link colour. Never decorative.
Display headlines run massive — {typography.display-xxl} at 128px in hero bands and {typography.display-xl} at 72px on section openers — with tight lineHeight: 1.0 and negative letter-spacing.
Three-family typography stack: rb-freigeist-neue for display, basier-square for UI/body, jetbrains-mono for code.
Every interactive element is fully rounded ({rounded.full} 9999px) — buttons, inputs, badges, avatars — while content cards step to {rounded.md} 10px.
Dark code wells ({colors.surface-dark} background) sit inside the cream canvas as full-bleed reading surfaces, mimicking print pull-quotes.
Section rhythm: cream → orange hero → cream → dark code-story band → cream → black footer.

Colors

Brand & Accent

Replicate Orange ({colors.primary} — #ea2804): the brand accent. Reserved for the primary CTA, hero band background, and inline link colour. Treat as a stamp — one orange element per viewport at most.
Orange Pressed ({colors.primary-deep} — #c01f00): the active/pressed state of {colors.primary} — used on {component.button-primary-pressed}.
Hero Glow ({colors.hero-glow} — #ff6a3d): the lighter orange that appears in the radial atmospheric mesh behind the hero copy.
Hero Pink ({colors.hero-pink} — #f4a8a0): a warm pink wash that softens the bottom edge of the hero band before it transitions to cream.
On-Primary ({colors.on-primary} — #ffffff): label colour on top of {colors.primary} surfaces.

Surface

Canvas ({colors.canvas} — #f9f7f3): the default page background. Warm cream, never pure white.
Surface Bone ({colors.surface-bone} — #f3f0e8): a half-step deeper cream used for inset card groups and feature bands.
Surface Card ({colors.surface-card} — #ffffff): pure white for individual model cards, search inputs, and pricing tiers — the only place white appears.
Surface Dark ({colors.surface-dark} — #202020): code wells, featured pricing tier, and the "how it works" walkthrough band.
Surface Deep ({colors.surface-deep} — #000000): footer canvas and the inset code-tab strip inside {component.code-block}.
Hairline ({colors.hairline} — rgba(32,32,32,0.12)): low-contrast 1px dividers on cream surfaces.
Hairline Strong ({colors.hairline-strong} — #202020): button outlines, focused inputs, and structural separators.

Text

Ink ({colors.ink} — #202020): primary text colour. Notably warmer than #000000, matching the cream canvas.
Body ({colors.body} — #3a3a3a): long-form body copy where ink would feel too heavy at 18px+ line lengths.
Charcoal ({colors.charcoal} — #575757): captions, metadata, secondary nav.
Mute ({colors.mute} — #646464): supporting text and inactive labels.
Ash ({colors.ash} — #8d8d8d): tertiary text, placeholder copy.
Stone ({colors.stone} — #bbbbbb): disabled foreground, neutral icon outlines.
On-Dark ({colors.on-dark} — #fcfcfc): primary text on {colors.surface-dark} and {colors.surface-deep}.
On-Dark Mute ({colors.on-dark-mute} — rgba(252,252,252,0.72)): secondary text in dark regions; preserves the off-white feel without pure white pop.

Semantic

Success ({colors.badge-success} — #2b9a66): inline success badges and "running" status pills on model cards.
Link ({colors.link} — #ea2804): inline link colour — same as primary orange, intentionally pulling links into the brand accent.
Focus Ring ({colors.ring-focus} — rgba(59,130,246,0.5)): the default focus ring on interactive elements.
GitHub Dark ({colors.github-dark} — #24292e): the GitHub-branded button surface (kept off-brand-on-purpose to match GitHub's own tokens).

Typography

Font Family

Replicate ships a deliberate three-family stack:

rb-freigeist-neue — proprietary heavy grotesque used for all display sizes (30px+). Carries the editorial-magazine personality through tight lineHeight: 1.0 and negative letter-spacing.
basier-square — proprietary humanist sans-serif used for body, button labels, captions, and metadata.
jetbrains-mono — open-source monospace used in every code well and inline command.

When proprietary families cannot be licensed, Bricolage Grotesque or Migra are credible substitutes for rb-freigeist-neue, and Geist or Inter can stand in for basier-square. JetBrains Mono is open-source and should always be used directly.

Hierarchy

Token	Size	Weight	Line Height	Letter Spacing	Use
`{typography.display-xxl}`	128px	700	1.0	-3px	The single hero "Run AI" / "Imagine what you can build" headline. One per page.
`{typography.display-xl}`	72px	700	1.0	-1.8px	Section openers ("How it works", "Scale on Replicate").
`{typography.display-lg}`	48px	700	1.0	-1px	Sub-section titles, pricing tier names.
`{typography.display-md}`	30px	600	1.2	-0.5px	Feature card titles.
`{typography.heading-lg}`	38.4px	600	0.83	-0.5px	Tightly-stacked basier-square headlines, used in pricing and enterprise hero.
`{typography.heading-md}`	24px	600	1.33	-0.35px	Card titles, model detail headers.
`{typography.heading-sm}`	20px	600	1.4	-0.3px	List section headers.
`{typography.subtitle}`	18px	600	1.56	0	Lead paragraphs in display sections.
`{typography.body-lg}`	18px	400	1.56	0	Marketing prose.
`{typography.body-md}`	16px	400	1.5	0	Default body.
`{typography.body-sm}`	14px	400	1.43	0	Captions, metadata.
`{typography.button-md}`	16px	600	1.0	0	Default button label.
`{typography.button-sm}`	14px	600	1.0	0	Compact button label, sub-nav pills.
`{typography.caption}`	12px	400	1.33	0	Footer disclosure, copyright.
`{typography.caption-tight}`	14px	600	1.43	-0.35px	Emphatic small caption used in pricing tier rows.
`{typography.code-md}`	14px	400	1.43	0	Code blocks and inline code.
`{typography.code-sm}`	11px	400	1.5	0	Code-tab labels and small inline tokens.

Principles

Display sizes hold lineHeight: 1.0 (or 0.83 on {typography.heading-lg}) so multi-line stacks read as single typographic blocks.
Negative letter-spacing scales with size — bigger types tighten more (-3px at 128px down to -0.3px at 20px). Body type stays at 0.
Body weight sits at 400 across {typography.body-lg} and {typography.body-md} — never bumped to 500 for emphasis. Emphasis comes from family change (basier-square → rb-freigeist-neue) rather than weight.
Code is never set in basier-square, even at small sizes — JetBrains Mono carries every literal command, every model slug, every API call.

Note on Font Substitutes

When the proprietary families are unavailable, clamp display lineHeight to 1.0 explicitly and apply a -3% letter-spacing on display-xxl / display-xl to match the original tightness. Substitutes typically render with looser tracking by default.

Layout

Spacing System

Base unit: 4px, with the working scale on multiples of 4 / 8 / 16.
Tokens: {spacing.xxs} 2px · {spacing.xs} 4px · {spacing.sm} 8px · {spacing.md} 12px · {spacing.lg} 16px · {spacing.xl} 24px · {spacing.xxl} 32px · {spacing.xxxl} 48px · {spacing.section} 96px · {spacing.band} 160px.
Section padding: {spacing.section} (96px) vertical between full-width bands; {spacing.band} (160px) when a band needs extra editorial breathing room (the hero, the closing "Imagine what you can build" stripe).
Card internal padding: {spacing.lg} (16px) on {component.model-card}, {spacing.xxl} (32px) on {component.pricing-tier}.

Grid & Container

Max content width ≈ 1280px on body sections, 1440px on hero bands which run full-bleed.
Model grid on collections: 4 columns at desktop, 3 at tablet large, 2 at tablet, 1 at mobile.
Pricing: 3-tier grid centred at desktop, stacking vertically below 1024px; the centre tier flips to {component.pricing-tier-featured} (dark inversion) as the recommended option.
Code-story sections: a 2-up split — narrative copy left, code well right — collapsing to stacked at < 1024px.

Whitespace Philosophy

Whitespace on cream is generous and editorial — sections breathe at 96px and key bands open at 160px so the typography can scale up without feeling cramped.
Inside cards, the system tightens to 16–32px so model thumbnails, statuses, and metadata sit in a compact list-of-cards rhythm.
Hairline {colors.hairline} dividers replace shadow on cream surfaces; on dark surfaces, {colors.divider-dark} carries the equivalent role.

Elevation & Depth

Level	Treatment	Use
0 — flat	No shadow, no border	Default cream canvas, full-bleed bands.
1 — outline	1px solid `{colors.hairline}` or `{colors.hairline-strong}`	Model cards, pricing tiers, collection tiles.
2 — bone inset	Surface colour shift to `{colors.surface-bone}` inside a `{colors.canvas}` band	Feature group containers, "How it works" walkthrough.
3 — dark inversion	Card swaps to `{colors.surface-dark}` against cream	Code wells, featured pricing tier, "Scale on Replicate" hero card.
4 — soft drop	`0 8px 24px rgba(32,32,32,0.08)`	Hover-anchored model thumbnails (visual only — not interaction-state-documented).

Drop shadows exist in the extracted tokens but are restrained — used sparingly to lift photography thumbnails one step off the cream canvas. The dominant elevation language is colour-blocking.

Decorative Depth

Hero atmospheric mesh — the orange-to-pink gradient backing the home hero is a layered radial mesh: {colors.primary} core → {colors.hero-glow} mid-stop → {colors.hero-pink} outer wash. Reserved for the home hero band only.
Code-story dark band — the "How it works" section uses {colors.surface-dark} full-bleed with a single hairline {colors.divider-dark} separating narrative copy and code well.
Contributor mosaic — the home page features a horizontally-scrolling band of circular avatars ({component.contributor-avatar}) over a textured cream canvas; this is the only place avatars appear at the brand level.

Shapes

Border Radius Scale

Token	Value	Use
`{rounded.none}`	0px	Hero bands, full-bleed sections, footer.
`{rounded.xs}`	4px	Code tabs, inline tags inside code wells.
`{rounded.sm}`	6px	Mid-radius callouts, small inset chips.
`{rounded.md}`	10px	Model cards, collection tiles, code wells.
`{rounded.lg}`	16px	Pricing tiers, larger feature cards.
`{rounded.full}`	9999px	Buttons, inputs, badges, avatars, pills.

Photography Geometry

Model thumbnails: square (1:1) with {rounded.md} corners, full-bleed image to the card edge.
Hero example outputs: 4:3 or 16:9 with {rounded.md} corners.
Contributor avatars: circular ({rounded.full}), 40px on home, 32px in card metadata.
The hero band uses a stylised black-ink illustration (the "tinkerer at the workbench") as its photography stand-in — kept inside the orange band rather than overlaid on cream.

Components

Buttons

button-primary — orange CTA

Background {colors.primary}, label {colors.on-primary}, type {typography.button-md}, padding 12px 24px, rounded: {rounded.full}, height 44px.
The single most important action on a page (e.g. "Sign in with GitHub", "Try a model").
Pressed state lives in button-primary-pressed (background {colors.primary-deep}).

button-dark — dark CTA

Background {colors.surface-dark}, label {colors.on-dark}, type {typography.button-md}, rounded: {rounded.full}.
Equal-weight secondary action paired with {component.button-primary}, or the primary action on cream when orange would be too loud.

button-outline — outlined CTA

Background {colors.surface-card}, label {colors.ink}, 1px solid {colors.hairline-strong}, type {typography.button-md}, rounded: {rounded.full}.
Tertiary action; appears alongside primary/dark for "View docs", "Read more".

button-ghost — inline button

Background {colors.canvas}, label {colors.ink}, no border, type {typography.button-md}, rounded: {rounded.full}, padding 8px 16px.
Sub-actions inside cards and inline with body copy.

button-icon — icon button

Background {colors.surface-card}, label {colors.ink}, 1px solid {colors.hairline}, rounded: {rounded.full}, 36×36px circular.
Carousel arrows, copy-to-clipboard, GitHub link icon.

Cards & Containers

model-card — model listing card

Background {colors.surface-card}, text {colors.ink}, type {typography.body-md}, rounded: {rounded.md}, padding {spacing.lg} (16px).
Square thumbnail on top, model owner + name beneath in {typography.body-sm}, single-line description in {colors.charcoal}, status pill {component.badge-status} bottom-left.

collection-tile — collection-of-models tile

Background {colors.canvas}, text {colors.ink}, type {typography.heading-md}, rounded: {rounded.md}, padding {spacing.xl} (24px).
Cream-on-cream tile inside a {colors.surface-bone} band, used for browsing model categories.

pricing-tier — pricing tier card

Background {colors.surface-card}, text {colors.ink}, type {typography.body-md}, rounded: {rounded.lg}, padding {spacing.xxl} (32px).
3-up grid; tier name in {typography.display-lg} ("Free", "Pro", "Enterprise"), price in {typography.display-md}.

pricing-tier-featured — featured pricing tier

Background {colors.surface-dark}, text {colors.on-dark}, type {typography.body-md}, rounded: {rounded.lg}, padding {spacing.xxl}.
Centre tier flipped to dark inversion to mark "recommended".

code-block — code well

Background {colors.surface-dark}, text {colors.on-dark}, type {typography.code-md}, rounded: {rounded.md}, padding {spacing.xl} (24px).
Tab strip on top using {component.code-tab} for switching between languages (Python, Node.js, cURL, HTTP).

code-tab — code tab chip

Background {colors.surface-deep}, text {colors.on-dark-mute}, type {typography.code-sm}, rounded: {rounded.xs}, padding 6px 12px.
Active tab swaps text colour to {colors.on-dark} and adds a 2px bottom underline in {colors.primary}.

hero-band — full-bleed hero

Background {colors.hero-warm} with the atmospheric mesh detailed in Elevation, text {colors.on-dark}, type {typography.display-xxl} for the title.
Used only on the home page; secondary pages open with cream + {typography.display-xl}.

Inputs & Forms

text-input — default input

Background {colors.surface-card}, text {colors.ink}, type {typography.body-md}, 1px solid {colors.hairline}, rounded: {rounded.full}, padding 12px 20px, height 44px.
Pill-shaped search and email fields. Focus state adds a {colors.ring-focus} 3px ring.

Navigation

nav-bar — top nav (desktop)

Background {colors.canvas}, type {typography.button-sm}, height 60px, single hairline {colors.hairline} bottom border.
Left: wordmark logo. Centre: top-level nav ("Explore", "Pricing", "Docs", "Blog"). Right: GitHub icon + "Sign in" link + {component.button-primary}.

nav-bar (mobile)

Same height 60px, collapses centre nav into a hamburger icon. Logo stays left, sign-in CTA stays right.

sub-nav-pill — sub-nav chip

Pill chips set in a horizontal row above content (e.g. "All", "Featured", "Image generation", "Audio"), {component.sub-nav-pill} styling.

Signature Components

badge-status — model status badge

Background {colors.badge-success}, label {colors.on-dark}, type {typography.caption}, rounded: {rounded.full}, padding 4px 10px.
Anchored on the bottom-left of model cards to indicate "running" or "deployed".

badge-tag — neutral tag

Background {colors.canvas}, label {colors.ink}, 1px solid {colors.hairline}, type {typography.caption}, rounded: {rounded.full}, padding 4px 10px.
Capability tags ("text-to-image", "video", "audio") on model cards.

contributor-avatar — community contributor

Background {colors.surface-card} placeholder behind 1:1 photography, rounded: {rounded.full}, 40×40px (32px in metadata contexts).
Used in the home-page contributor mosaic.

footer — global footer

Background {colors.surface-deep}, text {colors.on-dark}, type {typography.body-sm}, rounded: {rounded.none}, padding 64px 32px.
Multi-column quick-links grid above a copyright row separated by {colors.divider-dark}.

Do's and Don'ts

Do

Use {colors.canvas} (cream) as the default page background. White ({colors.surface-card}) appears only on individual cards, inputs, and the hero illustration backdrop.
Reserve {colors.primary} for the primary CTA, the home hero band, and inline links — three roles, nothing else.
Set every interactive element to {rounded.full} — buttons, inputs, badges, avatars, pills.
Step content cards up to {rounded.md} (10px) or {rounded.lg} (16px) — never sharp corners.
Open hero bands with {typography.display-xxl} (128px) and {typography.display-xl} (72px) at lineHeight: 1.0 with negative letter-spacing.
Use rb-freigeist-neue for all display, basier-square for UI/body, jetbrains-mono for code. Keep the lanes strict.
Render code in {component.code-block} with a {colors.surface-dark} background — code is print, not an inline grey box.
Pair photography with {rounded.md} corners and full-bleed crop inside cards.

Don't

Don't replace cream with pure white at the page level. The brand temperature comes from {colors.canvas}.
Don't introduce a secondary brand colour. Orange is the only accent; semantic green and focus blue are functional, not decorative.
Don't loosen display lineHeight past 1.0. Tight stacking is structural.
Don't bump body weight to 500 for emphasis — change family (basier-square → rb-freigeist-neue) instead.
Don't apply {rounded.full} to content cards. Pill-shaped cards break the rhythm.
Don't put code in a light grey box. Code wells are always {colors.surface-dark} or {colors.surface-deep}.
Don't use orange on body text or large surfaces — it loses its stamp quality immediately.
Don't add drop shadows on cream surfaces. Elevation is colour-blocking; shadows are reserved for floating thumbnails.

Responsive Behavior

Breakpoints

Name	Width	Key Changes
Desktop XL	≥ 1440px	Full max-width 1280 body, hero band runs full-bleed, 4-up model grid.
Desktop	1280–1439px	Container shrinks; padding `{spacing.xl}` (24px) sides.
Tablet Large	1024–1279px	Model grid 3-up, code-story splits remain 2-up.
Tablet	768–1023px	Model grid 2-up, code-story stacks (narrative on top, code below), pricing stacks vertically.
Mobile Large	426–767px	Model grid 1-up at 480px+, nav collapses to hamburger, hero `{typography.display-xxl}` clamps to 64px.
Mobile	≤ 425px	All grids 1-up, hero clamps to 48px, section padding `{spacing.section}` collapses to 64px.

Touch Targets

All buttons ship at minimum 44px tall on mobile; default {component.button-primary} is 44px tall — comfortably clearing WCAG AAA.
{component.button-icon} (36px) is bumped to 44px on mobile via increased padding.
{component.sub-nav-pill} stays at 36px on desktop and grows to 40px on mobile via vertical padding adjustment.

Collapsing Strategy

Top-level nav collapses to hamburger at < 1024px; the wordmark and {component.button-primary} stay anchored.
Hero {typography.display-xxl} clamps: 128px → 96px → 64px → 48px across the breakpoint ladder.
Pricing 3-up grid stacks vertically at < 1024px with the featured tier remaining centre-stacked.
Code-story splits switch from side-by-side to stacked at < 1024px, code well always second.
Sub-nav pills convert from a wrap row to a horizontal scroll-rail at < 768px.

Image Behavior

Model thumbnails serve at 1.5× and 2× DPR; below 768px the system swaps to a 600×600 export instead of 1200×1200.
Hero atmospheric mesh is rendered as a CSS gradient — no asset cost, no breakpoint variation.
Code-block contents wrap softly at < 1024px (no horizontal scroll); long lines break with a continuation marker.

Iteration Guide

Focus on ONE component at a time. Most interactive elements share {rounded.full} and the {colors.canvas} / {colors.surface-card} pair — only the role-specific tokens ({colors.primary}, {component.code-block}) shift between variants.
Reference component names and tokens directly ({colors.primary}, {component.button-primary-pressed}, {rounded.lg}) — do not paraphrase.
Run npx @google/design.md lint DESIGN.md after edits; orphaned-tokens warnings will catch unused entries.
Add new variants as separate entries (-pressed, -disabled, -featured) — do not bury them in prose.
Default body type to {typography.body-md}; reach for {typography.subtitle} only on hero subtitles.
Keep {colors.primary} scarce — if more than one orange element appears per viewport, ask whether one should drop to {colors.surface-dark} instead.

Known Gaps

Active/pressed visual states are documented for button-primary-pressed only; other components rely on the focus-ring ({colors.ring-focus}) for interactive feedback, which is not extracted as a per-component variant.
The model playground / try-this-model interactive surfaces (logged-in feature) are out of scope; only the public marketing canvas is documented.
Dashboard / billing / API key management surfaces are not extracted — those live behind authentication.
The home hero illustration ("the tinkerer at the workbench") is treated as decorative artwork, not a system component; replicating it requires bespoke illustration rather than tokens.

Usage

Copy DESIGN.md into your project or paste it into your IDE agent chat.
Ask your assistant to follow the tokens for color, typography, spacing, and component styling.
When collaborating, share the file directly—or tap “Copy page link” below so teammates open the same snapshot.

Common questions

What is Replicate on explainx.ai?: ### Replicate - Run ML models via API. - Clean white canvas, code-forward - Replicate's marketing surfaces pair the warm-cream developer-tools aesthetic Listed under category “AI & LLM Platforms”. explainx.ai mirrors the full DESIGN.md document so assistants can cite stable tokens and prose in one place.
What is DESIGN.md?: DESIGN.md blends YAML design tokens—colors, typography, spacing, radii—with markdown that explains intent. Google documents this pattern for agent-driven UI work under Stitch (stitch.withgoogle.com).
How do I use this with ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, or another IDE agent?: Paste the DESIGN.md into your repo root or attach it to the agent conversation, then ask explicitly for layouts, spacing, palette, type scale, and component tone that follow the document. Refresh from this listing when upstream authors publish changes.
Where is the source repo?: Maintainers link to github.com/VoltAgent/awesome-design-md. Community listings on explainx.ai may reference popular aesthetic names for inspiration; that does not imply official endorsement by any trademark holder.
How current is this DESIGN.md?: Explainx snapshots the file at import time. Recorded last update on this listing: May 4, 2026.
Need a fresh DESIGN.md from scratch?: Use the explainx.ai DESIGN.md generator to describe your product and audience; it returns Stitch-style YAML plus narrative guidance you can publish or submit to the registry afterward.

Still exploring the format? Browse the full DESIGN.md registry or draft a new system with our DESIGN.md generator.

Community listing for AI design workflows—not necessarily affiliated with any brand referenced in the name or summary. For context on the format, see Google Stitch.

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