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Superhuman

Cinematic cockpit behind warm parchment — a productivity instrument panel where atmospheric photography meets structured cream-toned UI surfaces.

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Colors

Parchment Canvas #f2f0eb

Primary page background below the hero; the warm, slightly toasted off-white that distinguishes this from sterile white SaaS canvases

Ink #292827

Primary text, borders, nav labels — near-black with a warm brown undertone instead of pure black

Bone #ffffff

Card surfaces, hero text, button text on dark backgrounds

Fog #e3e3e2

Subtle UI dividers, light button borders, tab backgrounds

Driftwood #dcd7d3

Secondary dividers and section rule lines

Graphite #666666

Secondary body text — feature descriptions and supporting copy beneath headings

Aubergine #421d24

Announcement banner background, footer background — deep muted red that brackets the page top and bottom

Aubergine Deep #4e242c

SVG icon fills and border accents within dark brand surfaces

Iris #714cb6

Ghost/outlined action borders, link text, focus rings — the only chromatic accent across light UI surfaces; outlined ghost 'Get the suite' button uses this as its border and text

Indigo Glow #353088

Focus shadow on primary CTA links (inset ring depth cue)

Lavender Chip #d4c7ff

Sign-up button fill on dark hero — soft violet chip against dark photography

Hero Dusk Gradient #a8a4d8

Full-viewport hero background gradient overlaying the dusk photography; pastel violet-to-blue-to-purple sweep

Do

  • Use #f2f0eb as the page canvas for all content sections below the hero — never plain white (#ffffff) as the canvas background.
  • Apply Super Sans VF at weight 600–700 for all headings with letter-spacing -0.022em to -0.028em at sizes 28px and above.
  • Use #714cb6 exclusively as outlined ghost button borders and link colors on light surfaces — never as a filled button background.
  • Reserve #421d24 only for the announcement banner and footer — it must bracket the page without appearing in content sections.
  • Set border-radius 8px for inline buttons and badges, 16px for cards, 999px for pill tabs and floating UI chips.
  • Use backdrop-filter: blur(12px) on any UI panel that overlaps the hero photography to maintain the glassmorphic depth effect.
  • Pair display headlines (64px) with line-height 0.96 — sub-1.0 line-height at display sizes is the signature compression of this system.

Don't

  • Don't use a pure white (#ffffff) page background for content sections — the parchment (#f2f0eb) canvas is what separates this from generic SaaS.
  • Don't apply #714cb6 as a filled button background — evidence shows it appears only as outlined borders and link text, never as a button fill.
  • Don't use letter-spacing at 0 or positive values for headings — all heading sizes use negative tracking; flat tracking breaks the compressed headline aesthetic.
  • Don't introduce additional typefaces — Super Sans VF handles every text role; mixing in system fonts or other typefaces breaks the typographic cohesion.
  • Don't use standard box-shadow elevation for cards — depth is achieved through overlapping layout and backdrop-blur, not drop shadows.
  • Don't place the aubergine (#421d24) in mid-page content sections, feature cards, or UI components — its role is structural framing (banner + footer) only.
  • Don't use rounded corners smaller than 8px on interactive elements — the minimum radius in this system is 8px; sharp 0px borders only appear on flat content containers and logo bars.