--- name: Industrial Precision colors: surface: '#131313' surface-dim: '#131313' surface-bright: '#3a3939' surface-container-lowest: '#0e0e0e' surface-container-low: '#1c1b1b' surface-container: '#201f1f' surface-container-high: '#2a2a2a' surface-container-highest: '#353534' on-surface: '#e5e2e1' on-surface-variant: '#ddc1af' inverse-surface: '#e5e2e1' inverse-on-surface: '#313030' outline: '#a48c7c' outline-variant: '#564335' surface-tint: '#ffb781' primary: '#ffb781' on-primary: '#4e2600' primary-container: '#f58618' on-primary-container: '#5b2d00' inverse-primary: '#924c00' secondary: '#c8c6c5' on-secondary: '#303030' secondary-container: '#474746' on-secondary-container: '#b7b5b4' tertiary: '#00e639' on-tertiary: '#003907' tertiary-container: '#00bd2d' on-tertiary-container: '#00440a' error: '#ffb4ab' on-error: '#690005' error-container: '#93000a' on-error-container: '#ffdad6' primary-fixed: '#ffdcc4' primary-fixed-dim: '#ffb781' on-primary-fixed: '#2f1400' on-primary-fixed-variant: '#6f3800' secondary-fixed: '#e5e2e1' secondary-fixed-dim: '#c8c6c5' on-secondary-fixed: '#1b1c1c' on-secondary-fixed-variant: '#474746' tertiary-fixed: '#72ff70' tertiary-fixed-dim: '#00e639' on-tertiary-fixed: '#002203' on-tertiary-fixed-variant: '#00530e' background: '#131313' on-background: '#e5e2e1' surface-variant: '#353534' typography: headline-lg: fontFamily: Space Grotesk fontSize: 48px fontWeight: '700' lineHeight: '1.1' letterSpacing: -0.02em headline-md: fontFamily: Space Grotesk fontSize: 32px fontWeight: '600' lineHeight: '1.2' letterSpacing: -0.01em headline-sm: fontFamily: Space Grotesk fontSize: 24px fontWeight: '600' lineHeight: '1.2' body-lg: fontFamily: Space Grotesk fontSize: 18px fontWeight: '400' lineHeight: '1.5' body-md: fontFamily: Space Grotesk fontSize: 16px fontWeight: '400' lineHeight: '1.5' label-md: fontFamily: Space Grotesk fontSize: 14px fontWeight: '500' lineHeight: '1' letterSpacing: 0.05em mono-data: fontFamily: Space Grotesk fontSize: 14px fontWeight: '700' lineHeight: '1' letterSpacing: 0.02em spacing: unit: 4px gutter: 16px margin: 32px container-gap: 24px stack-sm: 8px stack-md: 16px --- ## Brand & Style This design system is engineered for the high-stakes environment of a datacenter, where speed of comprehension and operational uptime are paramount. The brand personality is technical, authoritative, and unapologetically utilitarian. It draws heavily from **Minimalist Industrialism** and **Brutalism**, stripping away decorative flourishes in favor of structural clarity and high-contrast signaling. The emotional response is one of controlled intensity—evoking the feeling of a high-end command center. It prioritizes "glanceability," ensuring that critical status changes are immediately perceptible against a void-like backdrop. The aesthetic mimics physical hardware interfaces: rack-mounted servers, heavy-duty machinery, and tactical displays. ## Colors The palette is anchored by a deep charcoal and true black foundation to minimize eye strain in low-light environments and maximize contrast. - **Primary (#FFBA81):** "Warm Orange" is used exclusively for primary actions, critical state indicators, and highlighting active technical paths. - **Primary Container (#F58618):** Darker orange for secondary emphasis and container highlights. - **Surface Palette:** Backgrounds utilize a tiered system from `#0E0E0E` (darkest) to `#353534` (lighter surfaces). - **Functional Accents:** A terminal-inspired green (`#00E639`) is used for "Healthy" status, while light grey (`#E5E2E1`) and mid-grey (`#C8C6C5`) handle content hierarchy. - **Contrast:** Maintain a minimum 7:1 contrast ratio for all status-critical text against the dark backgrounds. ## Typography The typography utilizes **Space Grotesk** across all levels to maintain a technical, geometric rigour. Its idiosyncratic letterforms provide a futuristic "code-like" feel while remaining highly legible at small sizes. - **Headlines:** Use tight tracking and heavy weights to create a sense of structural density. - **Labels:** Small caps or all-caps are preferred for metadata and technical specs to differentiate them from prose. - **Numeric Data:** Ensure tabular figures are used for metrics, alignment of IP addresses, and throughput values to facilitate easy vertical scanning of logs and tables. ## Layout & Spacing This design system employs a **fixed grid** model for primary dashboards to ensure telemetry data remains in a predictable location. A 12-column system is used for high-level layouts, but interior modules utilize a strict 4px baseline grid. Spacing is compressed to increase information density, reflecting the "glass cockpit" philosophy where more data is preferable to excessive whitespace. Use heavy 24px-32px margins for the primary viewport to frame the content, but keep internal component padding tight (8px-12px) to maximize screen real estate for logs and graphs. ## Elevation & Depth Depth is conveyed through **Bold Borders** and **Tonal Layers** rather than shadows. In a datacenter environment, shadows can muddy the interface; instead, we use high-contrast outlines to define hierarchy. - **Level 0 (Base):** `#131313` (surface) - **Level 1 (Cards/Panels):** `#201F1F` (surface-container) with a 1px solid border of `#564335` (outline-variant). - **Level 2 (Modals/Popovers):** `#2A2A2A` (surface-container-high) with a 2px solid border of `#FFBA81` (primary). - **Active State:** Elements in focus or active operation receive a 1px solid `#FFBA81` (primary) border to immediately draw the eye. No blurs or gradients are permitted. ## Shapes The shape language is strictly **Sharp (0px)**. 90-degree angles reinforce the industrial, hardware-centric aesthetic. This lack of rounding suggests precision and eliminates the "friendly" softness typical of consumer SaaS. Every button, input, and container must maintain a hard edge to align with the rigid grid of a server rack. ## Components - **Buttons:** Rectangular with no radius. Primary buttons are solid `#FFBA81` (primary) with black text. Secondary buttons are transparent with a 1px grey border and grey text. - **Input Fields:** Background is `#0E0E0E` (surface-container-lowest). Use a 1px border with `#A48C7C` (outline) color, changing to `#FFBA81` (primary) on focus. - **Status Chips:** High-contrast blocks. "Success" is solid `#00E639` (tertiary) with dark text; "Alert" is solid `#FFBA81` (primary) with dark text. No rounded corners. - **Data Tables:** Zebra-striping is prohibited. Use 1px horizontal dividers only. Header cells use `#201F1F` background with `#C8C6C5` text (secondary). - **Telemetry Charts:** Lines should be 2px thick with no smoothing (stair-step/linear interpolation only) to represent raw data accuracy. - **Log Viewers:** Use the `mono-data` type style. Background should be `#0E0E0E` (surface-container-lowest) with `#A48C7C` (outline) border to separate the feed from the management UI.