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Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism
A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Download DESIGN.md
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
the spec
specification
philosophy
summary
Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism is a fresh youth editorial interface language that treats translucent white surfaces like morning mist: readable first, softly glossy second, with melon, strawberry, lilac, and aqua used only as semantic micro-signals. It avoids toy-like pastel abundance by making white space, hairline hierarchy, and optical depth carry the identity.
values
Readability before glass: translucency must clarify grouping without lowering text contrast.Youthful softness through proportion, rounded editorial pacing, and kind language rather than childish decoration.Candy color as punctuation: each accent has a role, limited scale, and plenty of neutral air around it.Dew-fresh tactility through tiny gloss beads, blurred edge halos, and inset highlights that never become loud gradients.Editorial hierarchy with one dominant story, supporting notes, and caption-scale metadata instead of equal card grids.Systematic restraint: every surface, divider, pill, and state follows a small family of glass and hairline rules.
anti-values
×Rainbow pastel spreads, neon saturation, gamer glow, or high-chroma gradients that compete with content.×Generic SaaS dashboard layouts with interchangeable metric cards and decorative blobs.×Childish toy cues such as stickers, mascots, bubble letters, or novelty icon overload.×Low-contrast frosted glass that looks pretty in isolation but fails as a working interface.
tokens
borders4 items
- accent width
- 3px
- character
- Milky blue-gray hairlines separate groups; accent borders are short vertical ticks or tiny underlines, never full rainbow outlines.
- default width
- 1px
- style
- solid
colors12 items
accent
#F1A6B7
background
#F7FAF9
border
#DDE9E8
error
#C65F72
info
#6AAFC4
muted
#75858A
primary
#74B7B4
secondary
#C7B4E6
success
#78B99A
surface
#FFFFFF
text
#233238
warning
#E2A56A
motion3 items
- duration
- 180ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.7, 0.2, 1)
- philosophy
- Motion should feel like condensation settling: short opacity and translate changes, no bouncing, spinning, or liquid distortion.
radii6 items
- full
- 9999px
- lg
- 30px
- md
- 18px
- none
- 0
- sm
- 10px
- xl
- 42px
shadows3 items
- lg
- 0 36px 90px rgba(63, 96, 101, 0.16), 0 10px 28px rgba(63,96,101,0.08), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.94)
- md
- 0 18px 48px rgba(63, 96, 101, 0.10), 0 2px 6px rgba(63,96,101,0.05), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.92)
- sm
- 0 1px 2px rgba(50, 78, 82, 0.05), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.86)
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128
surfaces3 items
- bg pattern
- Background is a cool off-white field with very faint 1px editorial rulings and two low-opacity oval light wells in aqua and lilac.
- card style
- Cards are rounded editorial panes with restrained dew-bead corner pseudo-elements, a top inner highlight, and a single semantic accent marker when needed.
- treatment
- Translucent mist panels use rgba(255,255,255,.68) with blur(22px), a milky hairline border, and small opaque text islands for sustained reading.
typography8 items
- base size
- 16px
- body font
- Afacad
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Afacad:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Fraunces:opsz,wght,SOFT@9..144,500..800,80&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap
- heading font
- Fraunces
- letter spacing
- -0.02em
- line height
- 1.55
- mono font
- IBM Plex Mono
- scale ratio
- 1.25
rules
composition
Use a magazine-like application screen with one dominant feature surface, one slim navigation rail, one editorial caption rail, and clustered supporting modules that vary in width and density. Never present three equal cards; make the most important item visibly larger and quieter. Align content to soft hairline columns while allowing one inset panel to break the grid for freshness. Keep decorative color away from primary reading areas.
density
Overall density is airy, but it includes one dense editorial list to prove the system can handle real content. Tight chip gaps of 6px contrast with 96px hero breathing room, satisfying a large spacing rhythm without clutter.
hierarchy
Headlines use Fraunces with optical softness and tight tracking, body copy uses Afacad at comfortable 16px reading sizes, and metadata uses IBM Plex Mono in small uppercase labels. Hierarchy is created by scale, whitespace, opacity, and panel weight before color. Candy accents only identify state, priority, or selected moments; they do not become general decoration.
signature patterns
Dew-bead panel corners: selected glass containers render one or two small radial-gradient droplets on the top edge, offset from corners and clipped with soft shadows.Milky readable glass: every translucent pane has a semi-opaque inner reading strip or text block so blur supports depth without sacrificing contrast.Candy semantic ticks: state color appears as 3px vertical ticks, tiny dot leaders, or capsule fills tied to ready, urgent, reflect, and info roles only.Editorial mist rulings: faint vertical and horizontal hairlines create a page-grid feel behind the app, with one full-height rule intentionally broken by the feature pane.
layout
breakpoints
Desktop >= 1100px keeps asymmetric editorial grid; tablet 700-1099px becomes two columns with the rail as a top strip; mobile < 700px stacks surfaces and turns side rails into horizontal chips.
density
Use low-density hero and medium-density support zones; include one compact schedule/list region but keep row height at least 44px for touch and readability.
grid
Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with 24px gutters inside a max 1320px shell; the main feature spans seven columns, side modules span three to five, and a slim rail occupies a fixed 92px lane.
responsive
At small widths, remove decorative background rulings that reduce clarity, keep droplet accents only on the hero card, and preserve text contrast by increasing panel opacity.
whitespace
Whitespace is intentionally uneven: 96px opening air around the hero headline, 48px section separations, 16px card internals, and 6px chip clusters create clear grouping and editorial calm.
guidance
- Use translucent neutral surfaces only where the content remains legible at WCAG AA contrast.
- Assign each candy accent a semantic role and repeat that role consistently across pills, ticks, and status dots.
- Let one editorial feature panel dominate the screen and make supporting panels visibly secondary.
- Keep color pops small: a 3px edge marker, a dot, a tiny pill, or a selected tab is enough.
- Use Fraunces display settings for soft editorial headlines and Afacad for friendly readable interface text.
- Pair every glass panel with a milky border and inner highlight so depth feels systematic.
- Use large empty zones of mist white to make youthfulness feel fresh rather than busy.
- Do not use rainbow palettes, full-spectrum gradients, neon glow, or saturated gamer contrast.
- Do not rely on glass blur behind small text without an opaque reading backing.
- Do not add stickers, mascots, toy icons, childish bubbles, or scrapbook clutter.
- Do not build generic analytics dashboards, equal metric cards, or corporate SaaS hero blocks.
- Do not let decorative droplets multiply across every component; reserve them for signature emphasis.
- Do not use color as the only indicator for state; pair it with labels, ticks, or position.
- Do not center every section or make spacing uniform; editorial rhythm needs asymmetry.
katagami spec
# Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism ## Philosophy Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism is a fresh youth editorial interface language that treats translucent white surfaces like morning mist: readable first, softly glossy second, with melon, strawberry, lilac, and aqua used only as semantic micro-signals. It avoids toy-like pastel abundance by making white space, hairline hierarchy, and optical depth carry the identity. ### Values - Readability before glass: translucency must clarify grouping without lowering text contrast. - Youthful softness through proportion, rounded editorial pacing, and kind language rather than childish decoration. - Candy color as punctuation: each accent has a role, limited scale, and plenty of neutral air around it. - Dew-fresh tactility through tiny gloss beads, blurred edge halos, and inset highlights that never become loud gradients. - Editorial hierarchy with one dominant story, supporting notes, and caption-scale metadata instead of equal card grids. - Systematic restraint: every surface, divider, pill, and state follows a small family of glass and hairline rules. ### Anti-Values - Rainbow pastel spreads, neon saturation, gamer glow, or high-chroma gradients that compete with content. - Generic SaaS dashboard layouts with interchangeable metric cards and decorative blobs. - Childish toy cues such as stickers, mascots, bubble letters, or novelty icon overload. - Low-contrast frosted glass that looks pretty in isolation but fails as a working interface. ### Visual Character - Use layered translucent white panels with backdrop-filter blur, a 1px milky border, and an inset top highlight to create optical depth while keeping content on opaque inner text zones. - Place tiny droplet beads as pseudo-elements on selected panel corners using radial-gradient circles, never more than two beads per composition so gloss reads as dew rather than decoration. - Build hierarchy with an asymmetric editorial grid: one oversized feature pane, narrow caption rails, and small state chips aligned to hairline rules instead of three equal cards. - Restrict candy accents to semantic micro-surfaces: melon for ready, strawberry for urgent, lilac for reflection, and aqua for info, each appearing as small pills, ticks, or 3px edge markers. - Use mist-white backgrounds with faint vertical editorial rulings and soft oval light wells, avoiding saturated full-panel gradients and preserving large calm negative space. ## Tokens ### Borders - **Accent Width**: 3px - **Character**: Milky blue-gray hairlines separate groups; accent borders are short vertical ticks or tiny underlines, never full rainbow outlines. - **Default Width**: 1px - **Style**: solid ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | accent | `#F1A6B7` | | background | `#F7FAF9` | | border | `#DDE9E8` | | error | `#C65F72` | | info | `#6AAFC4` | | muted | `#75858A` | | primary | `#74B7B4` | | secondary | `#C7B4E6` | | success | `#78B99A` | | surface | `#FFFFFF` | | text | `#233238` | | warning | `#E2A56A` | ### Motion - **Duration**: 180ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.7, 0.2, 1) - **Philosophy**: Motion should feel like condensation settling: short opacity and translate changes, no bouncing, spinning, or liquid distortion. ### Radii - **Full**: 9999px - **Lg**: 30px - **Md**: 18px - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 10px - **Xl**: 42px ### Shadows - **Lg**: 0 36px 90px rgba(63, 96, 101, 0.16), 0 10px 28px rgba(63,96,101,0.08), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.94) - **Md**: 0 18px 48px rgba(63, 96, 101, 0.10), 0 2px 6px rgba(63,96,101,0.05), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.92) - **Sm**: 0 1px 2px rgba(50, 78, 82, 0.05), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.86) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64,96,128] ### Surfaces - **Bg Pattern**: Background is a cool off-white field with very faint 1px editorial rulings and two low-opacity oval light wells in aqua and lilac. - **Card Style**: Cards are rounded editorial panes with restrained dew-bead corner pseudo-elements, a top inner highlight, and a single semantic accent marker when needed. - **Treatment**: Translucent mist panels use rgba(255,255,255,.68) with blur(22px), a milky hairline border, and small opaque text islands for sustained reading. ### Typography - **Base Size**: 16px - **Body Font**: Afacad - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Afacad:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Fraunces:opsz,wght,SOFT@9..144,500..800,80&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap - **Heading Font**: Fraunces - **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em - **Line Height**: 1.55 - **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono - **Scale Ratio**: 1.25 ## Rules ### Composition Use a magazine-like application screen with one dominant feature surface, one slim navigation rail, one editorial caption rail, and clustered supporting modules that vary in width and density. Never present three equal cards; make the most important item visibly larger and quieter. Align content to soft hairline columns while allowing one inset panel to break the grid for freshness. Keep decorative color away from primary reading areas. ### Density Overall density is airy, but it includes one dense editorial list to prove the system can handle real content. Tight chip gaps of 6px contrast with 96px hero breathing room, satisfying a large spacing rhythm without clutter. ### Hierarchy Headlines use Fraunces with optical softness and tight tracking, body copy uses Afacad at comfortable 16px reading sizes, and metadata uses IBM Plex Mono in small uppercase labels. Hierarchy is created by scale, whitespace, opacity, and panel weight before color. Candy accents only identify state, priority, or selected moments; they do not become general decoration. ### Signature Patterns - Dew-bead panel corners: selected glass containers render one or two small radial-gradient droplets on the top edge, offset from corners and clipped with soft shadows. - Milky readable glass: every translucent pane has a semi-opaque inner reading strip or text block so blur supports depth without sacrificing contrast. - Candy semantic ticks: state color appears as 3px vertical ticks, tiny dot leaders, or capsule fills tied to ready, urgent, reflect, and info roles only. - Editorial mist rulings: faint vertical and horizontal hairlines create a page-grid feel behind the app, with one full-height rule intentionally broken by the feature pane. ## Layout ### Breakpoints Desktop >= 1100px keeps asymmetric editorial grid; tablet 700-1099px becomes two columns with the rail as a top strip; mobile < 700px stacks surfaces and turns side rails into horizontal chips. ### Density Use low-density hero and medium-density support zones; include one compact schedule/list region but keep row height at least 44px for touch and readability. ### Grid Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with 24px gutters inside a max 1320px shell; the main feature spans seven columns, side modules span three to five, and a slim rail occupies a fixed 92px lane. ### Responsive At small widths, remove decorative background rulings that reduce clarity, keep droplet accents only on the hero card, and preserve text contrast by increasing panel opacity. ### Whitespace Whitespace is intentionally uneven: 96px opening air around the hero headline, 48px section separations, 16px card internals, and 6px chip clusters create clear grouping and editorial calm. ## Guidance ### Do - Use translucent neutral surfaces only where the content remains legible at WCAG AA contrast. - Assign each candy accent a semantic role and repeat that role consistently across pills, ticks, and status dots. - Let one editorial feature panel dominate the screen and make supporting panels visibly secondary. - Keep color pops small: a 3px edge marker, a dot, a tiny pill, or a selected tab is enough. - Use Fraunces display settings for soft editorial headlines and Afacad for friendly readable interface text. - Pair every glass panel with a milky border and inner highlight so depth feels systematic. - Use large empty zones of mist white to make youthfulness feel fresh rather than busy. ### Don't - Do not use rainbow palettes, full-spectrum gradients, neon glow, or saturated gamer contrast. - Do not rely on glass blur behind small text without an opaque reading backing. - Do not add stickers, mascots, toy icons, childish bubbles, or scrapbook clutter. - Do not build generic analytics dashboards, equal metric cards, or corporate SaaS hero blocks. - Do not let decorative droplets multiply across every component; reserve them for signature emphasis. - Do not use color as the only indicator for state; pair it with labels, ticks, or position. - Do not center every section or make spacing uniform; editorial rhythm needs asymmetry. ### Accessibility Core text sits on near-opaque white or high-opacity mist surfaces with #233238 text. State chips include text labels and shape cues. Focus states use a visible aqua outline plus offset, and mobile hit targets remain at least 44px. ### Usage Context Best for youth lifestyle planning, teen editorial communities, gentle wellness check-ins, study rituals, lightweight creative journaling, and consumer apps that need softness without infantilizing users.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#F1A6B7"
background: "#F7FAF9"
border: "#DDE9E8"
error: "#C65F72"
info: "#6AAFC4"
muted: "#75858A"
primary: "#74B7B4"
secondary: "#C7B4E6"
success: "#78B99A"
surface: "#FFFFFF"
text: "#233238"
warning: "#E2A56A"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Fraunces"
fontSize: "1.953rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Fraunces"
fontSize: "1.563rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Afacad"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.55
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
full: "9999px"
lg: "30px"
md: "18px"
none: "0px"
sm: "10px"
xl: "42px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "24px"
2xl: "32px"
3xl: "48px"
4xl: "64px"
step-8: "96px"
step-9: "128px"
components:
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
color-reference-secondary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
textColor: "#000000"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
height: "44px"
---
# Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism
## Overview
Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism is a fresh youth editorial interface language that treats translucent white surfaces like morning mist: readable first, softly glossy second, with melon, strawberry, lilac, and aqua used only as semantic micro-signals. It avoids toy-like pastel abundance by making white space, hairline hierarchy, and optical depth carry the identity.
### Values
- Readability before glass: translucency must clarify grouping without lowering text contrast.
- Youthful softness through proportion, rounded editorial pacing, and kind language rather than childish decoration.
- Candy color as punctuation: each accent has a role, limited scale, and plenty of neutral air around it.
- Dew-fresh tactility through tiny gloss beads, blurred edge halos, and inset highlights that never become loud gradients.
- Editorial hierarchy with one dominant story, supporting notes, and caption-scale metadata instead of equal card grids.
- Systematic restraint: every surface, divider, pill, and state follows a small family of glass and hairline rules.
### Anti-Values
- Rainbow pastel spreads, neon saturation, gamer glow, or high-chroma gradients that compete with content.
- Generic SaaS dashboard layouts with interchangeable metric cards and decorative blobs.
- Childish toy cues such as stickers, mascots, bubble letters, or novelty icon overload.
- Low-contrast frosted glass that looks pretty in isolation but fails as a working interface.
### Visual Character
- Use layered translucent white panels with backdrop-filter blur, a 1px milky border, and an inset top highlight to create optical depth while keeping content on opaque inner text zones.
- Place tiny droplet beads as pseudo-elements on selected panel corners using radial-gradient circles, never more than two beads per composition so gloss reads as dew rather than decoration.
- Build hierarchy with an asymmetric editorial grid: one oversized feature pane, narrow caption rails, and small state chips aligned to hairline rules instead of three equal cards.
- Restrict candy accents to semantic micro-surfaces: melon for ready, strawberry for urgent, lilac for reflection, and aqua for info, each appearing as small pills, ticks, or 3px edge markers.
- Use mist-white backgrounds with faint vertical editorial rulings and soft oval light wells, avoiding saturated full-panel gradients and preserving large calm negative space.
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| accent | `#F1A6B7` |
| background | `#F7FAF9` |
| border | `#DDE9E8` |
| error | `#C65F72` |
| info | `#6AAFC4` |
| muted | `#75858A` |
| primary | `#74B7B4` |
| secondary | `#C7B4E6` |
| success | `#78B99A` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#233238` |
| warning | `#E2A56A` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Fraunces, 1.953rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Fraunces, 1.563rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Afacad, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.55.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.
## Layout
### Spacing Tokens
- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `24px`
- **2xl**: `32px`
- **3xl**: `48px`
- **4xl**: `64px`
- **Step-8**: `96px`
- **Step-9**: `128px`
### Breakpoints
Desktop >= 1100px keeps asymmetric editorial grid; tablet 700-1099px becomes two columns with the rail as a top strip; mobile < 700px stacks surfaces and turns side rails into horizontal chips.
### Density
Use low-density hero and medium-density support zones; include one compact schedule/list region but keep row height at least 44px for touch and readability.
### Grid
Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with 24px gutters inside a max 1320px shell; the main feature spans seven columns, side modules span three to five, and a slim rail occupies a fixed 92px lane.
### Responsive
At small widths, remove decorative background rulings that reduce clarity, keep droplet accents only on the hero card, and preserve text contrast by increasing panel opacity.
### Whitespace
Whitespace is intentionally uneven: 96px opening air around the hero headline, 48px section separations, 16px card internals, and 6px chip clusters create clear grouping and editorial calm.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 0 36px 90px rgba(63, 96, 101, 0.16), 0 10px 28px rgba(63,96,101,0.08), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.94)
- **Md**: 0 18px 48px rgba(63, 96, 101, 0.10), 0 2px 6px rgba(63,96,101,0.05), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.92)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 2px rgba(50, 78, 82, 0.05), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.86)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `30px`
- **Md**: `18px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `10px`
- **Xl**: `42px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: Background is a cool off-white field with very faint 1px editorial rulings and two low-opacity oval light wells in aqua and lilac.
- **Card Style**: Cards are rounded editorial panes with restrained dew-bead corner pseudo-elements, a top inner highlight, and a single semantic accent marker when needed.
- **Treatment**: Translucent mist panels use rgba(255,255,255,.68) with blur(22px), a milky hairline border, and small opaque text islands for sustained reading.
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 3px
- **Character**: Milky blue-gray hairlines separate groups; accent borders are short vertical ticks or tiny underlines, never full rainbow outlines.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid
## Components
### Composition
Use a magazine-like application screen with one dominant feature surface, one slim navigation rail, one editorial caption rail, and clustered supporting modules that vary in width and density. Never present three equal cards; make the most important item visibly larger and quieter. Align content to soft hairline columns while allowing one inset panel to break the grid for freshness. Keep decorative color away from primary reading areas.
### Density
Overall density is airy, but it includes one dense editorial list to prove the system can handle real content. Tight chip gaps of 6px contrast with 96px hero breathing room, satisfying a large spacing rhythm without clutter.
### Hierarchy
Headlines use Fraunces with optical softness and tight tracking, body copy uses Afacad at comfortable 16px reading sizes, and metadata uses IBM Plex Mono in small uppercase labels. Hierarchy is created by scale, whitespace, opacity, and panel weight before color. Candy accents only identify state, priority, or selected moments; they do not become general decoration.
### Signature Patterns
- Dew-bead panel corners: selected glass containers render one or two small radial-gradient droplets on the top edge, offset from corners and clipped with soft shadows.
- Milky readable glass: every translucent pane has a semi-opaque inner reading strip or text block so blur supports depth without sacrificing contrast.
- Candy semantic ticks: state color appears as 3px vertical ticks, tiny dot leaders, or capsule fills tied to ready, urgent, reflect, and info roles only.
- Editorial mist rulings: faint vertical and horizontal hairlines create a page-grid feel behind the app, with one full-height rule intentionally broken by the feature pane.
## shadcn/ui Usage
When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.
DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/en-019e0a55-ffad-7f50-9050-c78ba6dd30d4/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.
The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.
Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.
## Do's and Don'ts
- Do Use translucent neutral surfaces only where the content remains legible at WCAG AA contrast.
- Do Assign each candy accent a semantic role and repeat that role consistently across pills, ticks, and status dots.
- Do Let one editorial feature panel dominate the screen and make supporting panels visibly secondary.
- Do Keep color pops small: a 3px edge marker, a dot, a tiny pill, or a selected tab is enough.
- Do Use Fraunces display settings for soft editorial headlines and Afacad for friendly readable interface text.
- Do Pair every glass panel with a milky border and inner highlight so depth feels systematic.
- Do Use large empty zones of mist white to make youthfulness feel fresh rather than busy.
- Don't Do not use rainbow palettes, full-spectrum gradients, neon glow, or saturated gamer contrast.
- Don't Do not rely on glass blur behind small text without an opaque reading backing.
- Don't Do not add stickers, mascots, toy icons, childish bubbles, or scrapbook clutter.
- Don't Do not build generic analytics dashboards, equal metric cards, or corporate SaaS hero blocks.
- Don't Do not let decorative droplets multiply across every component; reserve them for signature emphasis.
- Don't Do not use color as the only indicator for state; pair it with labels, ticks, or position.
- Don't Do not center every section or make spacing uniform; editorial rhythm needs asymmetry.
### Accessibility
Core text sits on near-opaque white or high-opacity mist surfaces with #233238 text. State chips include text labels and shape cues. Focus states use a visible aqua outline plus offset, and mobile hit targets remain at least 44px.
### Usage Context
Best for youth lifestyle planning, teen editorial communities, gentle wellness check-ins, study rituals, lightweight creative journaling, and consumer apps that need softness without infantilizing users.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "dew-candy-editorial-minimalism",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F7FAF9",
"foreground": "#233238",
"card": "#FFFFFF",
"card-foreground": "#233238",
"popover": "#FFFFFF",
"popover-foreground": "#233238",
"primary": "#74B7B4",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#C7B4E6",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#75858A",
"muted-foreground": "#233238",
"accent": "#F1A6B7",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#C65F72",
"border": "#DDE9E8",
"input": "#DDE9E8",
"ring": "#F1A6B7",
"chart-1": "#74B7B4",
"chart-2": "#C7B4E6",
"chart-3": "#F1A6B7",
"chart-4": "#78B99A",
"chart-5": "#E2A56A",
"sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
"sidebar-foreground": "#233238",
"sidebar-primary": "#74B7B4",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#6AAFC4",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#DDE9E8",
"sidebar-ring": "#F1A6B7",
"radius": "18px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#74B7B4",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#F1A6B7",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#C65F72",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#F1A6B7",
"chart-1": "#74B7B4",
"chart-2": "#C7B4E6",
"chart-3": "#F1A6B7",
"chart-4": "#78B99A",
"chart-5": "#E2A56A",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#74B7B4",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#F1A6B7",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#F1A6B7",
"radius": "18px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019e0a55-ffad-7f50-9050-c78ba6dd30d4",
"slug": "dew-candy-editorial-minimalism",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm",
"xl"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
```in the wild
embodiments
the full element showcase
embodiment · dew-candy-editorial-minimalism
DESIGN.md
at a glance
Typography
headline-lgFraunces · 31px · 700
The quick brown fox jumps
headline-mdFraunces · 25px · 600
The quick brown fox jumps
body-mdAfacad · 16px · 400
The quick brown fox jumps
label-mdIBM Plex Mono · 12px · 600
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
New
Card title
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl24px
- 2xl32px
- 3xl48px
- 4xl64px
- step-896px
- step-9128px
Shape
full9999px
lg30px
md18px
none0px
sm10px
xl42px
shadcn/ui
implementation kit
recommendedcompatibility fallback
DESIGN.md with shadcn
Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.
advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
shadcn add
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu tabletheme css
:root {
--background: #F7FAF9;
--foreground: #233238;
--card: #FFFFFF;
--card-foreground: #233238;
--popover: #FFFFFF;
--popover-foreground: #233238;
--primary: #74B7B4;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #C7B4E6;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #75858A;
--muted-foreground: #233238;
--accent: #F1A6B7;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #C65F72;
--border: #DDE9E8;
--input: #DDE9E8;
--ring: #F1A6B7;
--chart-1: #74B7B4;
--chart-2: #C7B4E6;
--chart-3: #F1A6B7;
--chart-4: #78B99A;
--chart-5: #E2A56A;
--sidebar: #FFFFFF;
--sidebar-foreground: #233238;
--sidebar-primary: #74B7B4;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #6AAFC4;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #DDE9E8;
--sidebar-ring: #F1A6B7;
--radius: 18px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #74B7B4;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #F1A6B7;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #C65F72;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #F1A6B7;
--chart-1: #74B7B4;
--chart-2: #C7B4E6;
--chart-3: #F1A6B7;
--chart-4: #78B99A;
--chart-5: #E2A56A;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #74B7B4;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #F1A6B7;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #F1A6B7;
--radius: 18px;
}
tsx starter
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function DewCandyEditorialMinimalismShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
theme JSONstored + verified
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"cssVars": {
"dark": {
"accent": "#F1A6B7",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"background": "#0f1115",
"border": "#303642",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"chart-1": "#74B7B4",
"chart-2": "#C7B4E6",
"chart-3": "#F1A6B7",
"chart-4": "#78B99A",
"chart-5": "#E2A56A",
"destructive": "#C65F72",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"input": "#303642",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#74B7B4",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"radius": "18px",
"ring": "#F1A6B7",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-accent": "#F1A6B7",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#74B7B4",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-ring": "#F1A6B7"
},
"light": {
"accent": "#F1A6B7",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"background": "#F7FAF9",
"border": "#DDE9E8",
"card": "#FFFFFF",
"card-foreground": "#233238",
"chart-1": "#74B7B4",
"chart-2": "#C7B4E6",
"chart-3": "#F1A6B7",
"chart-4": "#78B99A",
"chart-5": "#E2A56A",
"destructive": "#C65F72",
"foreground": "#233238",
"input": "#DDE9E8",
"muted": "#75858A",
"muted-foreground": "#233238",
"popover": "#FFFFFF",
"popover-foreground": "#233238",
"primary": "#74B7B4",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"radius": "18px",
"ring": "#F1A6B7",
"secondary": "#C7B4E6",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
"sidebar-accent": "#6AAFC4",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#DDE9E8",
"sidebar-foreground": "#233238",
"sidebar-primary": "#74B7B4",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-ring": "#F1A6B7"
},
"theme": {}
},
"meta": {
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"languageId": "en-019e0a55-ffad-7f50-9050-c78ba6dd30d4",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm",
"xl"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
},
"slug": "dew-candy-editorial-minimalism",
"source": "katagami"
},
"name": "dew-candy-editorial-minimalism",
"title": "Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism shadcn Theme",
"type": "registry:theme"
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019e0a55-ffad-7f50-9050-c78ba6dd30d4`
Slug: `dew-candy-editorial-minimalism`
## Intent
Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism is a fresh youth editorial interface language that treats translucent white surfaces like morning mist: readable first, softly glossy second, with melon, strawberry, lilac, and aqua used only as semantic micro-signals. It avoids toy-like pastel abundance by making white space, hairline hierarchy, and optical depth carry the identity.
## Required primitives
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
## Token cues
Colors:
{
"accent": "#F1A6B7",
"background": "#F7FAF9",
"border": "#DDE9E8",
"error": "#C65F72",
"info": "#6AAFC4",
"muted": "#75858A",
"primary": "#74B7B4",
"secondary": "#C7B4E6",
"success": "#78B99A",
"surface": "#FFFFFF",
"text": "#233238",
"warning": "#E2A56A"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "16px",
"body_font": "Afacad",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Afacad:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Fraunces:opsz,wght,SOFT@9..144,500..800,80&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Fraunces",
"letter_spacing": "-0.02em",
"line_height": 1.55,
"mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
"scale_ratio": 1.25
}
## Visual character to preserve
- Use layered translucent white panels with backdrop-filter blur, a 1px milky border, and an inset top highlight to create optical depth while keeping content on opaque inner text zones.
- Place tiny droplet beads as pseudo-elements on selected panel corners using radial-gradient circles, never more than two beads per composition so gloss reads as dew rather than decoration.
- Build hierarchy with an asymmetric editorial grid: one oversized feature pane, narrow caption rails, and small state chips aligned to hairline rules instead of three equal cards.
- Restrict candy accents to semantic micro-surfaces: melon for ready, strawberry for urgent, lilac for reflection, and aqua for info, each appearing as small pills, ticks, or 3px edge markers.
- Use mist-white backgrounds with faint vertical editorial rulings and soft oval light wells, avoiding saturated full-panel gradients and preserving large calm negative space.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "editorial",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "pebble",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": false,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "still",
"density": "balanced",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
}
## Signature component recipes
### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.
### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.
### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.
### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.
### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.
## Preview shots
- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.
## Implementation contract
- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/dew-candy-editorial-minimalism/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: Use translucent neutral surfaces only where the content remains legible at WCAG AA contrast.; Assign each candy accent a semantic role and repeat that role consistently across pills, ticks, and status dots.; Let one editorial feature panel dominate the screen and make supporting panels visibly secondary.; Keep color pops small: a 3px edge marker, a dot, a tiny pill, or a selected tab is enough.; Use Fraunces display settings for soft editorial headlines and Afacad for friendly readable interface text.; Pair every glass panel with a milky border and inner highlight so depth feels systematic.; Use large empty zones of mist white to make youthfulness feel fresh rather than busy.
- Do not: Do not use rainbow palettes, full-spectrum gradients, neon glow, or saturated gamer contrast.; Do not rely on glass blur behind small text without an opaque reading backing.; Do not add stickers, mascots, toy icons, childish bubbles, or scrapbook clutter.; Do not build generic analytics dashboards, equal metric cards, or corporate SaaS hero blocks.; Do not let decorative droplets multiply across every component; reserve them for signature emphasis.; Do not use color as the only indicator for state; pair it with labels, ticks, or position.; Do not center every section or make spacing uniform; editorial rhythm needs asymmetry.
## Copy-paste component example
This generated starter proves the import shape. Production Katagami agents should replace it with a language-specific product composition.
```tsx
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function DewCandyEditorialMinimalismShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
```
## Layout notes
{
"breakpoints": "Desktop >= 1100px keeps asymmetric editorial grid; tablet 700-1099px becomes two columns with the rail as a top strip; mobile < 700px stacks surfaces and turns side rails into horizontal chips.",
"density": "Use low-density hero and medium-density support zones; include one compact schedule/list region but keep row height at least 44px for touch and readability.",
"grid": "Desktop uses a 12-column editorial grid with 24px gutters inside a max 1320px shell; the main feature spans seven columns, side modules span three to five, and a slim rail occupies a fixed 92px lane.",
"responsive": "At small widths, remove decorative background rulings that reduce clarity, keep droplet accents only on the hero card, and preserve text contrast by increasing panel opacity.",
"whitespace": "Whitespace is intentionally uneven: 96px opening air around the hero headline, 48px section separations, 16px card internals, and 6px chip clusters create clear grouping and editorial calm."
}
preview shotscompatibility fallback
{
"artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
"version": "preview-shots-v1",
"generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
"generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
"requiresVisualProfile": true,
"schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
"renderable": true,
"language": {
"id": "en-019e0a55-ffad-7f50-9050-c78ba6dd30d4",
"name": "Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism",
"slug": "dew-candy-editorial-minimalism"
},
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"identityNotes": [
"Use layered translucent white panels with backdrop-filter blur, a 1px milky border, and an inset top highlight to create optical depth while keeping content on opaque inner text zones.",
"Place tiny droplet beads as pseudo-elements on selected panel corners using radial-gradient circles, never more than two beads per composition so gloss reads as dew rather than decoration.",
"Build hierarchy with an asymmetric editorial grid: one oversized feature pane, narrow caption rails, and small state chips aligned to hairline rules instead of three equal cards.",
"Restrict candy accents to semantic micro-surfaces: melon for ready, strawberry for urgent, lilac for reflection, and aqua for info, each appearing as small pills, ticks, or 3px edge markers.",
"Use mist-white backgrounds with faint vertical editorial rulings and soft oval light wells, avoiding saturated full-panel gradients and preserving large calm negative space."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "editorial",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "pebble",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": false,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "still",
"density": "balanced",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
},
"shots": [
{
"id": "application-shell",
"title": "Application shell",
"viewport": "desktop",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"select",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"table"
],
"composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
"mustShow": [
"primary and secondary actions",
"card hierarchy",
"filterable state",
"table or list density"
],
"avoid": [
"component inventory walls",
"placeholder-only content",
"generic rounded SaaS chrome"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "workspace spread",
"headline": "Dew Candy Editorial Minimalism launch room",
"description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
"primaryAction": "Apply theme",
"secondaryAction": "Review states",
"stats": [
{
"label": "components",
"value": "16",
"tone": "accent"
},
{
"label": "states",
"value": "ready"
},
{
"label": "density",
"value": "balanced",
"tone": "warning"
}
],
"rows": [
{
"label": "Primary flow",
"value": "mapped",
"status": "active"
},
{
"label": "Token coverage",
"value": "semantic",
"status": "synced"
},
{
"label": "Responsive proof",
"value": "queued",
"status": "review"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Active",
"Synced",
"Draft"
]
}
},
{
"id": "detail-editor",
"title": "Detail editor",
"viewport": "tablet",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"dialog",
"sheet"
],
"composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
"mustShow": [
"focus ring",
"error or destructive state",
"dialog or sheet treatment",
"written guidance content"
],
"avoid": [
"unstyled browser controls",
"floating cards inside cards",
"missing labels"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "editing flow",
"headline": "Language recipe editor",
"description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
"primaryAction": "Save recipe",
"secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
"fields": [
{
"label": "Component family",
"value": "Narrative cards"
},
{
"label": "State treatment",
"value": "Visible focus + validation"
},
{
"label": "Motion",
"value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Focus",
"Invalid",
"Confirmed"
]
}
},
{
"id": "data-operations",
"title": "Data operations",
"viewport": "mobile",
"primitives": [
"button",
"tabs",
"badge",
"dropdown-menu",
"table",
"tooltip",
"separator"
],
"composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
"mustShow": [
"responsive reflow",
"dense row styling",
"menu affordance",
"status badge system"
],
"avoid": [
"desktop-only tables",
"text overflow",
"default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "operations",
"headline": "Compact review queue",
"description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
"primaryAction": "Resolve",
"secondaryAction": "Filter",
"rows": [
{
"label": "Button hierarchy",
"value": "approved",
"status": "ok"
},
{
"label": "Table rhythm",
"value": "needs pass",
"status": "watch"
},
{
"label": "Empty state",
"value": "designed",
"status": "done"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Queued",
"Blocked",
"Done"
]
}
}
],
"componentRecipes": [
{
"primitive": "button",
"intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
},
{
"primitive": "card",
"intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
},
{
"primitive": "input",
"intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
},
{
"primitive": "textarea",
"intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
},
{
"primitive": "select",
"intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
},
{
"primitive": "dialog",
"intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
},
{
"primitive": "sheet",
"intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
},
{
"primitive": "tabs",
"intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "badge",
"intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
},
{
"primitive": "separator",
"intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
},
{
"primitive": "checkbox",
"intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
},
{
"primitive": "switch",
"intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "slider",
"intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
},
{
"primitive": "tooltip",
"intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
},
{
"primitive": "dropdown-menu",
"intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
},
{
"primitive": "table",
"intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
}
],
"qualityRules": {
"do": [
"Use translucent neutral surfaces only where the content remains legible at WCAG AA contrast.",
"Assign each candy accent a semantic role and repeat that role consistently across pills, ticks, and status dots.",
"Let one editorial feature panel dominate the screen and make supporting panels visibly secondary.",
"Keep color pops small: a 3px edge marker, a dot, a tiny pill, or a selected tab is enough.",
"Use Fraunces display settings for soft editorial headlines and Afacad for friendly readable interface text.",
"Pair every glass panel with a milky border and inner highlight so depth feels systematic.",
"Use large empty zones of mist white to make youthfulness feel fresh rather than busy."
],
"dont": [
"Do not use rainbow palettes, full-spectrum gradients, neon glow, or saturated gamer contrast.",
"Do not rely on glass blur behind small text without an opaque reading backing.",
"Do not add stickers, mascots, toy icons, childish bubbles, or scrapbook clutter.",
"Do not build generic analytics dashboards, equal metric cards, or corporate SaaS hero blocks.",
"Do not let decorative droplets multiply across every component; reserve them for signature emphasis.",
"Do not use color as the only indicator for state; pair it with labels, ticks, or position.",
"Do not center every section or make spacing uniform; editorial rhythm needs asymmetry."
]
}
}
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