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Raindrop Gloss 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
Raindrop Gloss Minimalism is a cool, readable interface language for products that need freshness without childish sweetness: mist-white fields, restrained frosted elevation, crisp type, and one or two candy-gloss accents that behave like water droplets rather than decoration.
values
Air before ornament: large fields of cool white and mist neutral space carry the emotional tone before any color appears.Legibility under glass: translucent surfaces are always paired with strong text contrast, low blur, and calm hierarchy.Candy as punctuation: aqua and lychee accents appear in small glossy beads, active states, and one focal control only.Depth by surface physics: elevation comes from inner highlight, transparent border, and soft contact shadow instead of heavy panels.Youthful but not toy-like: rounded forms are precise, quiet, and optical; no sticker language, mascots, rainbow sets, or bubbly clutter.Clear operational hierarchy: every screen has one dominant readable task, then secondary panels, then small dew-sized metadata.
anti-values
×Rainbow glassmorphism, loud gradients, neon gamer glow, or evenly spaced pastel palettes.×Generic pastel SaaS cards with grey borders, identical three-card rows, and dashboard filler metrics.×Childish candy-shop cues such as confetti, toy blobs, squishy type, emoji decoration, or saturated bubblegum color.×Opaque clutter hidden behind blur; any frosted panel must remain readable and purposeful.
tokens
borders4 items
accent width
1.5px
character
Near-invisible acrylic rim: rgba(18,32,35,0.08) outside plus inset white highlight; accent borders only on active focus states.
default width
1px
style
solid
colors12 items
accent
#B8E7E5
background
#F7FAFA
border
#DCE8E8
error
#B85D66
info
#5C8FA8
muted
#667579
primary
#4FAFBC
secondary
#F2A7B8
success
#5D9A7B
surface
#FFFFFF
text
#122023
warning
#B68A4A
motion3 items
duration
180ms
easing
cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1)
philosophy
Motion is a short surface-settling shimmer: translateY(-2px), bead highlight shift, and shadow deepening only on interactive elements.
radii5 items
full
9999px
lg
32px
md
24px
none
0
sm
16px
shadows3 items
lg
0 36px 100px rgba(38, 94, 99, 0.16)
md
0 22px 60px rgba(18, 32, 35, 0.10)
sm
0 10px 28px rgba(18, 32, 35, 0.06)
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128
surfaces3 items
bg pattern
Static cool white with pale aqua radial washes at 8% opacity and no rainbow color stops.
card style
Rounded-24 or rounded-32 panes with inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.84), soft contact shadow, and one optional dew bead.
treatment
Frosted mist acrylic: rgba(255,255,255,0.68) over cool white with backdrop-filter blur(14px) saturate(1.06).
typography8 items
base size
16px
body font
Hanken Grotesk
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght,SOFT,WONK@9..144,500..750,35..85,0..1&family=Hanken+Grotesk:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Geist+Mono:wght@500;600&display=swap
heading font
Fraunces
letter spacing
-0.02em
line height
1.56
mono font
Geist Mono
scale ratio
1.25
rules
composition
Use asymmetric airy compositions: one dominant reading surface, one narrow utility rail, and small dew-sized metadata clusters. Avoid equal card trios. Let large blank mist fields separate unrelated groups while related controls sit within 4px to 12px clusters.
density

Overall density is low-to-medium: spacious page margins and a single hero moment, balanced by one denser control strip for product credibility.

hierarchy
Headlines use Fraunces at large optical sizes with -0.04em tracking and 1.08 line-height. Body copy uses Hanken Grotesk at 16px with -0.02em tracking and 1.56 line-height. Labels are tiny mono or semibold uppercase, spaced inside pills, and never compete with the main task.
signature patterns
Dew bead anchors: circular ::after elements attached to pane corners with translucent aqua or lychee fill, inner white glint, and soft refraction shadow.Frost rim panes: every major surface combines backdrop blur, rgba white fill, inset top highlight, and a 1px rgba border rather than solid grey chrome.Liquid pill rail: active filters and primary buttons use elongated pills with a clipped glossy crescent highlight that moves subtly on hover.Mist gap hierarchy: related controls compress to 4px to 12px while primary sections separate by 64px to 96px of uninterrupted cool white.Single-candy rule: each viewport shows one dominant aqua action and at most one lychee secondary signal, with all other elements neutral.
layout
breakpoints

Mobile 360-639px, tablet 640-1023px, desktop 1024px and above, wide layouts capped at 1180px.

density

Low-to-medium density chosen to keep translucent materials readable; dense information is confined to a compact rail or list.

grid
Desktop uses a 12-column max-width 1180px grid with 24px gutters: 7 columns for the primary pane, 3 for the status rail, and 2 for breathing offsets. Tablet collapses to two stacked zones; mobile becomes a single column.
responsive

Preserve the dominant task first on small screens, push decorative beads behind content if space is tight, and reduce blur slightly for legibility.

whitespace

Use a deliberate 8:1 rhythm: 4px micro gaps inside badges, 12px related item gaps, 48px group gaps, and 96px section gaps on desktop.

guidance
do
  • Use cool whites, blue-grey text, and only aqua or lychee candy accents in small quantities.
  • Keep every frosted panel readable with dark text, low-opacity blur, and visible hierarchy above decoration.
  • Make one component dominant through scale and whitespace instead of showing equal cards.
  • Use circular dew beads as a named signature on key surfaces, never as scattered confetti.
  • Apply near-invisible borders and inset highlights to communicate glass without heavy outlines.
  • Test text contrast on translucent panels and fall back to more opaque white when content is dense.
  • Let the primary action be a glossy aqua pill and keep secondary actions quiet and neutral.
avoid
  • Do not use rainbow spreads, neon glows, loud gradients, or cyan-coral-mint triads.
  • Do not create childish candy cues such as gummies, stickers, mascots, confetti, or toy-like blobs.
  • Do not rely on blur to hide clutter; remove the clutter or make the panel opaque.
  • Do not use three equal cards in a row or generic SaaS analytics dashboards.
  • Do not use solid grey borders, default browser controls, or untracked body typography.
  • Do not add more than two accent colors or make every surface glossy.
  • Do not place low-contrast pastel text over translucent backgrounds.
katagami spec
# Raindrop Gloss Minimalism

## Philosophy

Raindrop Gloss Minimalism is a cool, readable interface language for products that need freshness without childish sweetness: mist-white fields, restrained frosted elevation, crisp type, and one or two candy-gloss accents that behave like water droplets rather than decoration.

### Values

- Air before ornament: large fields of cool white and mist neutral space carry the emotional tone before any color appears.
- Legibility under glass: translucent surfaces are always paired with strong text contrast, low blur, and calm hierarchy.
- Candy as punctuation: aqua and lychee accents appear in small glossy beads, active states, and one focal control only.
- Depth by surface physics: elevation comes from inner highlight, transparent border, and soft contact shadow instead of heavy panels.
- Youthful but not toy-like: rounded forms are precise, quiet, and optical; no sticker language, mascots, rainbow sets, or bubbly clutter.
- Clear operational hierarchy: every screen has one dominant readable task, then secondary panels, then small dew-sized metadata.

### Anti-Values

- Rainbow glassmorphism, loud gradients, neon gamer glow, or evenly spaced pastel palettes.
- Generic pastel SaaS cards with grey borders, identical three-card rows, and dashboard filler metrics.
- Childish candy-shop cues such as confetti, toy blobs, squishy type, emoji decoration, or saturated bubblegum color.
- Opaque clutter hidden behind blur; any frosted panel must remain readable and purposeful.

### Visual Character

- Use a mist-white page background with very subtle radial dew stains fixed behind content, never multi-color gradients or busy texture.
- Build cards as frosted acrylic panes using rgba white fills, 10px to 18px backdrop blur, inset white highlights, and near-invisible borders.
- Place translucent candy beads as small circular pseudo-elements on key panels and buttons, using aqua or lychee fill with glassy top highlights.
- Create hierarchy with one oversized editorial headline, compact uppercase labels, and spacious asymmetric grids rather than repeated equal cards.
- Use pill controls and rounded-24 containers with clipped glossy edge highlights so the system feels wet, precise, and touchable.

## Tokens

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 1.5px
- **Character**: Near-invisible acrylic rim: rgba(18,32,35,0.08) outside plus inset white highlight; accent borders only on active focus states.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| accent | `#B8E7E5` |
| background | `#F7FAFA` |
| border | `#DCE8E8` |
| error | `#B85D66` |
| info | `#5C8FA8` |
| muted | `#667579` |
| primary | `#4FAFBC` |
| secondary | `#F2A7B8` |
| success | `#5D9A7B` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#122023` |
| warning | `#B68A4A` |

### Motion

- **Duration**: 180ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(.2,.8,.2,1)
- **Philosophy**: Motion is a short surface-settling shimmer: translateY(-2px), bead highlight shift, and shadow deepening only on interactive elements.

### Radii

- **Full**: 9999px
- **Lg**: 32px
- **Md**: 24px
- **None**: 0
- **Sm**: 16px

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 36px 100px rgba(38, 94, 99, 0.16)
- **Md**: 0 22px 60px rgba(18, 32, 35, 0.10)
- **Sm**: 0 10px 28px rgba(18, 32, 35, 0.06)

### Spacing

- **Base**: 8px
- **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64,96,128]

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: Static cool white with pale aqua radial washes at 8% opacity and no rainbow color stops.
- **Card Style**: Rounded-24 or rounded-32 panes with inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.84), soft contact shadow, and one optional dew bead.
- **Treatment**: Frosted mist acrylic: rgba(255,255,255,0.68) over cool white with backdrop-filter blur(14px) saturate(1.06).

### Typography

- **Base Size**: 16px
- **Body Font**: Hanken Grotesk
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght,SOFT,WONK@9..144,500..750,35..85,0..1&family=Hanken+Grotesk:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Geist+Mono:wght@500;600&display=swap
- **Heading Font**: Fraunces
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em
- **Line Height**: 1.56
- **Mono Font**: Geist Mono
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.25

## Rules

### Composition

Use asymmetric airy compositions: one dominant reading surface, one narrow utility rail, and small dew-sized metadata clusters. Avoid equal card trios. Let large blank mist fields separate unrelated groups while related controls sit within 4px to 12px clusters.

### Density

Overall density is low-to-medium: spacious page margins and a single hero moment, balanced by one denser control strip for product credibility.

### Hierarchy

Headlines use Fraunces at large optical sizes with -0.04em tracking and 1.08 line-height. Body copy uses Hanken Grotesk at 16px with -0.02em tracking and 1.56 line-height. Labels are tiny mono or semibold uppercase, spaced inside pills, and never compete with the main task.

### Signature Patterns

- Dew bead anchors: circular ::after elements attached to pane corners with translucent aqua or lychee fill, inner white glint, and soft refraction shadow.
- Frost rim panes: every major surface combines backdrop blur, rgba white fill, inset top highlight, and a 1px rgba border rather than solid grey chrome.
- Liquid pill rail: active filters and primary buttons use elongated pills with a clipped glossy crescent highlight that moves subtly on hover.
- Mist gap hierarchy: related controls compress to 4px to 12px while primary sections separate by 64px to 96px of uninterrupted cool white.
- Single-candy rule: each viewport shows one dominant aqua action and at most one lychee secondary signal, with all other elements neutral.

## Layout

### Breakpoints

Mobile 360-639px, tablet 640-1023px, desktop 1024px and above, wide layouts capped at 1180px.

### Density

Low-to-medium density chosen to keep translucent materials readable; dense information is confined to a compact rail or list.

### Grid

Desktop uses a 12-column max-width 1180px grid with 24px gutters: 7 columns for the primary pane, 3 for the status rail, and 2 for breathing offsets. Tablet collapses to two stacked zones; mobile becomes a single column.

### Responsive

Preserve the dominant task first on small screens, push decorative beads behind content if space is tight, and reduce blur slightly for legibility.

### Whitespace

Use a deliberate 8:1 rhythm: 4px micro gaps inside badges, 12px related item gaps, 48px group gaps, and 96px section gaps on desktop.

## Guidance

### Do

- Use cool whites, blue-grey text, and only aqua or lychee candy accents in small quantities.
- Keep every frosted panel readable with dark text, low-opacity blur, and visible hierarchy above decoration.
- Make one component dominant through scale and whitespace instead of showing equal cards.
- Use circular dew beads as a named signature on key surfaces, never as scattered confetti.
- Apply near-invisible borders and inset highlights to communicate glass without heavy outlines.
- Test text contrast on translucent panels and fall back to more opaque white when content is dense.
- Let the primary action be a glossy aqua pill and keep secondary actions quiet and neutral.

### Don't

- Do not use rainbow spreads, neon glows, loud gradients, or cyan-coral-mint triads.
- Do not create childish candy cues such as gummies, stickers, mascots, confetti, or toy-like blobs.
- Do not rely on blur to hide clutter; remove the clutter or make the panel opaque.
- Do not use three equal cards in a row or generic SaaS analytics dashboards.
- Do not use solid grey borders, default browser controls, or untracked body typography.
- Do not add more than two accent colors or make every surface glossy.
- Do not place low-contrast pastel text over translucent backgrounds.

### Accessibility

Body text must meet 4.5:1 against effective panel color, large headings meet 3:1, focus states use a visible aqua ring, and backdrop blur never replaces contrast.

### Usage Context

Best for wellness tools, climate notes, beauty formulation, sensory journaling, and calm creator utilities that need freshness, precision, and trust.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Raindrop Gloss Minimalism"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  accent: "#B8E7E5"
  background: "#F7FAFA"
  border: "#DCE8E8"
  error: "#B85D66"
  info: "#5C8FA8"
  muted: "#667579"
  primary: "#4FAFBC"
  secondary: "#F2A7B8"
  success: "#5D9A7B"
  surface: "#FFFFFF"
  text: "#122023"
  warning: "#B68A4A"
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: "Hanken Grotesk"
    fontSize: "16px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.56
    letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "Geist Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  full: "9999px"
  lg: "32px"
  md: "24px"
  none: "0px"
  sm: "16px"
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"
---

# Raindrop Gloss Minimalism

## Overview

Raindrop Gloss Minimalism is a cool, readable interface language for products that need freshness without childish sweetness: mist-white fields, restrained frosted elevation, crisp type, and one or two candy-gloss accents that behave like water droplets rather than decoration.

### Values

- Air before ornament: large fields of cool white and mist neutral space carry the emotional tone before any color appears.
- Legibility under glass: translucent surfaces are always paired with strong text contrast, low blur, and calm hierarchy.
- Candy as punctuation: aqua and lychee accents appear in small glossy beads, active states, and one focal control only.
- Depth by surface physics: elevation comes from inner highlight, transparent border, and soft contact shadow instead of heavy panels.
- Youthful but not toy-like: rounded forms are precise, quiet, and optical; no sticker language, mascots, rainbow sets, or bubbly clutter.
- Clear operational hierarchy: every screen has one dominant readable task, then secondary panels, then small dew-sized metadata.

### Anti-Values

- Rainbow glassmorphism, loud gradients, neon gamer glow, or evenly spaced pastel palettes.
- Generic pastel SaaS cards with grey borders, identical three-card rows, and dashboard filler metrics.
- Childish candy-shop cues such as confetti, toy blobs, squishy type, emoji decoration, or saturated bubblegum color.
- Opaque clutter hidden behind blur; any frosted panel must remain readable and purposeful.

### Visual Character

- Use a mist-white page background with very subtle radial dew stains fixed behind content, never multi-color gradients or busy texture.
- Build cards as frosted acrylic panes using rgba white fills, 10px to 18px backdrop blur, inset white highlights, and near-invisible borders.
- Place translucent candy beads as small circular pseudo-elements on key panels and buttons, using aqua or lychee fill with glassy top highlights.
- Create hierarchy with one oversized editorial headline, compact uppercase labels, and spacious asymmetric grids rather than repeated equal cards.
- Use pill controls and rounded-24 containers with clipped glossy edge highlights so the system feels wet, precise, and touchable.

## 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 | `#B8E7E5` |
| background | `#F7FAFA` |
| border | `#DCE8E8` |
| error | `#B85D66` |
| info | `#5C8FA8` |
| muted | `#667579` |
| primary | `#4FAFBC` |
| secondary | `#F2A7B8` |
| success | `#5D9A7B` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#122023` |
| warning | `#B68A4A` |

## 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**: Hanken Grotesk, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.56.
- **Label-Md**: Geist 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

Mobile 360-639px, tablet 640-1023px, desktop 1024px and above, wide layouts capped at 1180px.

### Density

Low-to-medium density chosen to keep translucent materials readable; dense information is confined to a compact rail or list.

### Grid

Desktop uses a 12-column max-width 1180px grid with 24px gutters: 7 columns for the primary pane, 3 for the status rail, and 2 for breathing offsets. Tablet collapses to two stacked zones; mobile becomes a single column.

### Responsive

Preserve the dominant task first on small screens, push decorative beads behind content if space is tight, and reduce blur slightly for legibility.

### Whitespace

Use a deliberate 8:1 rhythm: 4px micro gaps inside badges, 12px related item gaps, 48px group gaps, and 96px section gaps on desktop.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Lg**: 0 36px 100px rgba(38, 94, 99, 0.16)
- **Md**: 0 22px 60px rgba(18, 32, 35, 0.10)
- **Sm**: 0 10px 28px rgba(18, 32, 35, 0.06)

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `32px`
- **Md**: `24px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `16px`

### Surfaces

- **Bg Pattern**: Static cool white with pale aqua radial washes at 8% opacity and no rainbow color stops.
- **Card Style**: Rounded-24 or rounded-32 panes with inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.84), soft contact shadow, and one optional dew bead.
- **Treatment**: Frosted mist acrylic: rgba(255,255,255,0.68) over cool white with backdrop-filter blur(14px) saturate(1.06).

### Borders

- **Accent Width**: 1.5px
- **Character**: Near-invisible acrylic rim: rgba(18,32,35,0.08) outside plus inset white highlight; accent borders only on active focus states.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid

## Components

### Composition

Use asymmetric airy compositions: one dominant reading surface, one narrow utility rail, and small dew-sized metadata clusters. Avoid equal card trios. Let large blank mist fields separate unrelated groups while related controls sit within 4px to 12px clusters.

### Density

Overall density is low-to-medium: spacious page margins and a single hero moment, balanced by one denser control strip for product credibility.

### Hierarchy

Headlines use Fraunces at large optical sizes with -0.04em tracking and 1.08 line-height. Body copy uses Hanken Grotesk at 16px with -0.02em tracking and 1.56 line-height. Labels are tiny mono or semibold uppercase, spaced inside pills, and never compete with the main task.

### Signature Patterns

- Dew bead anchors: circular ::after elements attached to pane corners with translucent aqua or lychee fill, inner white glint, and soft refraction shadow.
- Frost rim panes: every major surface combines backdrop blur, rgba white fill, inset top highlight, and a 1px rgba border rather than solid grey chrome.
- Liquid pill rail: active filters and primary buttons use elongated pills with a clipped glossy crescent highlight that moves subtly on hover.
- Mist gap hierarchy: related controls compress to 4px to 12px while primary sections separate by 64px to 96px of uninterrupted cool white.
- Single-candy rule: each viewport shows one dominant aqua action and at most one lychee secondary signal, with all other elements neutral.

## 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-019e0a56-4c77-7350-8eed-e6577c3a2b33/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 cool whites, blue-grey text, and only aqua or lychee candy accents in small quantities.
- Do Keep every frosted panel readable with dark text, low-opacity blur, and visible hierarchy above decoration.
- Do Make one component dominant through scale and whitespace instead of showing equal cards.
- Do Use circular dew beads as a named signature on key surfaces, never as scattered confetti.
- Do Apply near-invisible borders and inset highlights to communicate glass without heavy outlines.
- Do Test text contrast on translucent panels and fall back to more opaque white when content is dense.
- Do Let the primary action be a glossy aqua pill and keep secondary actions quiet and neutral.
- Don't Do not use rainbow spreads, neon glows, loud gradients, or cyan-coral-mint triads.
- Don't Do not create childish candy cues such as gummies, stickers, mascots, confetti, or toy-like blobs.
- Don't Do not rely on blur to hide clutter; remove the clutter or make the panel opaque.
- Don't Do not use three equal cards in a row or generic SaaS analytics dashboards.
- Don't Do not use solid grey borders, default browser controls, or untracked body typography.
- Don't Do not add more than two accent colors or make every surface glossy.
- Don't Do not place low-contrast pastel text over translucent backgrounds.

### Accessibility

Body text must meet 4.5:1 against effective panel color, large headings meet 3:1, focus states use a visible aqua ring, and backdrop blur never replaces contrast.

### Usage Context

Best for wellness tools, climate notes, beauty formulation, sensory journaling, and calm creator utilities that need freshness, precision, and trust.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "raindrop-gloss-minimalism",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Raindrop Gloss Minimalism shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F7FAFA",
      "foreground": "#122023",
      "card": "#FFFFFF",
      "card-foreground": "#122023",
      "popover": "#FFFFFF",
      "popover-foreground": "#122023",
      "primary": "#4FAFBC",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#F2A7B8",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#667579",
      "muted-foreground": "#122023",
      "accent": "#B8E7E5",
      "accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "destructive": "#B85D66",
      "border": "#DCE8E8",
      "input": "#DCE8E8",
      "ring": "#B8E7E5",
      "chart-1": "#4FAFBC",
      "chart-2": "#F2A7B8",
      "chart-3": "#B8E7E5",
      "chart-4": "#5D9A7B",
      "chart-5": "#B68A4A",
      "sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#122023",
      "sidebar-primary": "#4FAFBC",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#5C8FA8",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#DCE8E8",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B8E7E5",
      "radius": "24px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#4FAFBC",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#B8E7E5",
      "accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "destructive": "#B85D66",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#B8E7E5",
      "chart-1": "#4FAFBC",
      "chart-2": "#F2A7B8",
      "chart-3": "#B8E7E5",
      "chart-4": "#5D9A7B",
      "chart-5": "#B68A4A",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#4FAFBC",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#B8E7E5",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B8E7E5",
      "radius": "24px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019e0a56-4c77-7350-8eed-e6577c3a2b33",
    "slug": "raindrop-gloss-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"
      ],
      "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 · raindrop-gloss-minimalism
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgFraunces · 31px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdFraunces · 25px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdHanken Grotesk · 16px · 400

The quick brown fox jumps

label-mdGeist 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
lg32px
md24px
none0px
sm16px
shadcn/ui

implementation kit

needs agent-authored kitcompatibility fallback
shadcn compatibility only
The generated theme variables are available, but the polished shadcn component recipes and shots have not been authored by the Katagami agent yet.
fallbackprimitives render
Compatibility proof
Local shadcn-style primitives accept the generated theme variables.
primaryaccentsurfacemutedwarningerror
table rhythm
buttonok
cardok
inputok
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 table
theme css
:root {
  --background: #F7FAFA;
  --foreground: #122023;
  --card: #FFFFFF;
  --card-foreground: #122023;
  --popover: #FFFFFF;
  --popover-foreground: #122023;
  --primary: #4FAFBC;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #F2A7B8;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #667579;
  --muted-foreground: #122023;
  --accent: #B8E7E5;
  --accent-foreground: #111111;
  --destructive: #B85D66;
  --border: #DCE8E8;
  --input: #DCE8E8;
  --ring: #B8E7E5;
  --chart-1: #4FAFBC;
  --chart-2: #F2A7B8;
  --chart-3: #B8E7E5;
  --chart-4: #5D9A7B;
  --chart-5: #B68A4A;
  --sidebar: #FFFFFF;
  --sidebar-foreground: #122023;
  --sidebar-primary: #4FAFBC;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #5C8FA8;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #DCE8E8;
  --sidebar-ring: #B8E7E5;
  --radius: 24px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #4FAFBC;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #B8E7E5;
  --accent-foreground: #111111;
  --destructive: #B85D66;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #B8E7E5;
  --chart-1: #4FAFBC;
  --chart-2: #F2A7B8;
  --chart-3: #B8E7E5;
  --chart-4: #5D9A7B;
  --chart-5: #B68A4A;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #4FAFBC;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #B8E7E5;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #111111;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #B8E7E5;
  --radius: 24px;
}
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 RaindropGlossMinimalismShadcnKit() {
  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">Raindrop Gloss 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 JSONcompatibility fallback
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "raindrop-gloss-minimalism",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Raindrop Gloss Minimalism shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#F7FAFA",
      "foreground": "#122023",
      "card": "#FFFFFF",
      "card-foreground": "#122023",
      "popover": "#FFFFFF",
      "popover-foreground": "#122023",
      "primary": "#4FAFBC",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#F2A7B8",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#667579",
      "muted-foreground": "#122023",
      "accent": "#B8E7E5",
      "accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "destructive": "#B85D66",
      "border": "#DCE8E8",
      "input": "#DCE8E8",
      "ring": "#B8E7E5",
      "chart-1": "#4FAFBC",
      "chart-2": "#F2A7B8",
      "chart-3": "#B8E7E5",
      "chart-4": "#5D9A7B",
      "chart-5": "#B68A4A",
      "sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#122023",
      "sidebar-primary": "#4FAFBC",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#5C8FA8",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#DCE8E8",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B8E7E5",
      "radius": "24px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#4FAFBC",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#B8E7E5",
      "accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "destructive": "#B85D66",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#B8E7E5",
      "chart-1": "#4FAFBC",
      "chart-2": "#F2A7B8",
      "chart-3": "#B8E7E5",
      "chart-4": "#5D9A7B",
      "chart-5": "#B68A4A",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#4FAFBC",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#B8E7E5",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#111111",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#B8E7E5",
      "radius": "24px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019e0a56-4c77-7350-8eed-e6577c3a2b33",
    "slug": "raindrop-gloss-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"
      ],
      "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"
      ]
    }
  }
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Raindrop Gloss Minimalism shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019e0a56-4c77-7350-8eed-e6577c3a2b33`
Slug: `raindrop-gloss-minimalism`

## Intent

Raindrop Gloss Minimalism is a cool, readable interface language for products that need freshness without childish sweetness: mist-white fields, restrained frosted elevation, crisp type, and one or two candy-gloss accents that behave like water droplets rather than decoration.

## 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": "#B8E7E5",
  "background": "#F7FAFA",
  "border": "#DCE8E8",
  "error": "#B85D66",
  "info": "#5C8FA8",
  "muted": "#667579",
  "primary": "#4FAFBC",
  "secondary": "#F2A7B8",
  "success": "#5D9A7B",
  "surface": "#FFFFFF",
  "text": "#122023",
  "warning": "#B68A4A"
}

Typography:

{
  "base_size": "16px",
  "body_font": "Hanken Grotesk",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght,SOFT,WONK@9..144,500..750,35..85,0..1&family=Hanken+Grotesk:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Geist+Mono:wght@500;600&display=swap",
  "heading_font": "Fraunces",
  "letter_spacing": "-0.02em",
  "line_height": 1.56,
  "mono_font": "Geist Mono",
  "scale_ratio": 1.25
}

## Visual character to preserve

- Use a mist-white page background with very subtle radial dew stains fixed behind content, never multi-color gradients or busy texture.
- Build cards as frosted acrylic panes using rgba white fills, 10px to 18px backdrop blur, inset white highlights, and near-invisible borders.
- Place translucent candy beads as small circular pseudo-elements on key panels and buttons, using aqua or lychee fill with glassy top highlights.
- Create hierarchy with one oversized editorial headline, compact uppercase labels, and spacious asymmetric grids rather than repeated equal cards.
- Use pill controls and rounded-24 containers with clipped glossy edge highlights so the system feels wet, precise, and touchable.

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "editorial",
  "material": "flat",
  "contour": "pebble",
  "border": "solid",
  "underlay": false,
  "grain": true,
  "stickerBadges": false,
  "motion": "still",
  "density": "dense",
  "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/raindrop-gloss-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 cool whites, blue-grey text, and only aqua or lychee candy accents in small quantities.; Keep every frosted panel readable with dark text, low-opacity blur, and visible hierarchy above decoration.; Make one component dominant through scale and whitespace instead of showing equal cards.; Use circular dew beads as a named signature on key surfaces, never as scattered confetti.; Apply near-invisible borders and inset highlights to communicate glass without heavy outlines.; Test text contrast on translucent panels and fall back to more opaque white when content is dense.; Let the primary action be a glossy aqua pill and keep secondary actions quiet and neutral.
- Do not: Do not use rainbow spreads, neon glows, loud gradients, or cyan-coral-mint triads.; Do not create childish candy cues such as gummies, stickers, mascots, confetti, or toy-like blobs.; Do not rely on blur to hide clutter; remove the clutter or make the panel opaque.; Do not use three equal cards in a row or generic SaaS analytics dashboards.; Do not use solid grey borders, default browser controls, or untracked body typography.; Do not add more than two accent colors or make every surface glossy.; Do not place low-contrast pastel text over translucent backgrounds.

## 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 RaindropGlossMinimalismShadcnKit() {
  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">Raindrop Gloss 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": "Mobile 360-639px, tablet 640-1023px, desktop 1024px and above, wide layouts capped at 1180px.",
  "density": "Low-to-medium density chosen to keep translucent materials readable; dense information is confined to a compact rail or list.",
  "grid": "Desktop uses a 12-column max-width 1180px grid with 24px gutters: 7 columns for the primary pane, 3 for the status rail, and 2 for breathing offsets. Tablet collapses to two stacked zones; mobile becomes a single column.",
  "responsive": "Preserve the dominant task first on small screens, push decorative beads behind content if space is tight, and reduce blur slightly for legibility.",
  "whitespace": "Use a deliberate 8:1 rhythm: 4px micro gaps inside badges, 12px related item gaps, 48px group gaps, and 96px section gaps on desktop."
}
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-019e0a56-4c77-7350-8eed-e6577c3a2b33",
    "name": "Raindrop Gloss Minimalism",
    "slug": "raindrop-gloss-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 a mist-white page background with very subtle radial dew stains fixed behind content, never multi-color gradients or busy texture.",
    "Build cards as frosted acrylic panes using rgba white fills, 10px to 18px backdrop blur, inset white highlights, and near-invisible borders.",
    "Place translucent candy beads as small circular pseudo-elements on key panels and buttons, using aqua or lychee fill with glassy top highlights.",
    "Create hierarchy with one oversized editorial headline, compact uppercase labels, and spacious asymmetric grids rather than repeated equal cards.",
    "Use pill controls and rounded-24 containers with clipped glossy edge highlights so the system feels wet, precise, and touchable."
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "editorial",
    "material": "flat",
    "contour": "pebble",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": false,
    "grain": true,
    "stickerBadges": false,
    "motion": "still",
    "density": "dense",
    "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": "Raindrop Gloss 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 cool whites, blue-grey text, and only aqua or lychee candy accents in small quantities.",
      "Keep every frosted panel readable with dark text, low-opacity blur, and visible hierarchy above decoration.",
      "Make one component dominant through scale and whitespace instead of showing equal cards.",
      "Use circular dew beads as a named signature on key surfaces, never as scattered confetti.",
      "Apply near-invisible borders and inset highlights to communicate glass without heavy outlines.",
      "Test text contrast on translucent panels and fall back to more opaque white when content is dense.",
      "Let the primary action be a glossy aqua pill and keep secondary actions quiet and neutral."
    ],
    "dont": [
      "Do not use rainbow spreads, neon glows, loud gradients, or cyan-coral-mint triads.",
      "Do not create childish candy cues such as gummies, stickers, mascots, confetti, or toy-like blobs.",
      "Do not rely on blur to hide clutter; remove the clutter or make the panel opaque.",
      "Do not use three equal cards in a row or generic SaaS analytics dashboards.",
      "Do not use solid grey borders, default browser controls, or untracked body typography.",
      "Do not add more than two accent colors or make every surface glossy.",
      "Do not place low-contrast pastel text over translucent backgrounds."
    ]
  }
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