Paper

Warm off-white paper, near-black ink, and one terracotta accent. A serif display face over a system sans.

id paper · revision 9e029aa69c45 · catalogue 0.1.0

Colors

Light

canvas
Page background
#F5F1E8
15.2:1 on ink
surface
Cards and raised panels
#FFFDF8
1.1:1 on canvas
ink
Primary text
#1F1B16
15.2:1 on canvas
muted
Secondary text
#5E554A
6.5:1 on canvas
line
Borders and rules
#D9D0C1
1.4:1 on canvas
accent
Primary actions and highlights
#B4462C
4.8:1 on canvas
accent-ink
Text and icons on the accent color
#FFFFFF
5.5:1 on accent
focus
Keyboard focus outline
#1F5FBF
5.4:1 on canvas

Dark

canvas
Page background
#16130F
15.7:1 on ink
surface
Cards and raised panels
#211D18
1.1:1 on canvas
ink
Primary text
#F2ECE1
15.7:1 on canvas
muted
Secondary text
#B3A999
8.0:1 on canvas
line
Borders and rules
#3A342C
1.5:1 on canvas
accent
Primary actions and highlights
#E07A5F
6.3:1 on canvas
accent-ink
Text and icons on the accent color
#1A0F0B
6.4:1 on accent
focus
Keyboard focus outline
#8AB4F8
8.8:1 on canvas

Type

display
Fraunces
Weights 600
SIL Open Font License 1.1
Ship the update. We'll write it up.
sans
System sans
Weights 400, 500, 600
Operating system font. Nothing is downloaded or redistributed.
Drafts wait for a person to approve them. Nothing publishes on its own.
mono
System mono
Weights 400
Operating system font. Nothing is downloaded or redistributed.
v0.1.0 · 42 drafts · 3 min

Radius and spacing

Radius

6px

Base unit

4px

Section padding

96px

Section padding is drawn at half size.

Do

Use the terracotta accent for one primary action per view.
Set headings in Fraunces at 600 and keep body copy in the system sans.
Separate sections with the line color instead of shadows.

Don't

Don't put muted text on the surface color at sizes under 14px; use ink instead.
Don't add a second accent color. Use ink or muted for everything else.

Components in Paper

Provenance

Neat Labs, original, MIT. Written for this repository on 2026-09-25. Colors and rules are original. Fraunces is referenced, not bundled, and is licensed separately under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.