Dew Candy 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.
specification
philosophy
tokens
borders4 items
- accent width
- 2px
- character
- Cucumber-tint borders define surfaces; semantic accent borders appear only on selected cards or chips.
- default width
- 1px
- style
- solid
colors12 items
motion3 items
- duration
- 180ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1)
- philosophy
- Motion is a small dew-lift: controls rise 2px and brighten their inner highlight, never bounce or wobble.
radii5 items
- full
- 9999px
- lg
- 24px
- md
- 16px
- none
- 0
- sm
- 16px
shadows3 items
- lg
- 0 30px 80px rgba(24, 49, 47, 0.14)
- md
- 0 18px 48px rgba(34, 124, 115, 0.12)
- sm
- 0 8px 24px rgba(34, 124, 115, 0.08)
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96
surfaces3 items
- bg pattern
- Static pale mint and aqua radial glows on a cool off-white base, with no decorative texture over content.
- card style
- 24px rounded cards, 1px translucent border, inset 0 1px rgba(255,255,255,.86), and only low teal shadows.
- treatment
- Milk-glass white and cool off-white panels with backdrop-filter blur(18px), cucumber borders, and restrained dew highlights.
typography8 items
- base size
- 16px
- body font
- Atkinson Hyperlegible
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Atkinson+Hyperlegible:wght@400;700&family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,600;9..144,700&family=Space+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap
- heading font
- Fraunces
- letter spacing
- -0.02em
- line height
- 1.55
- mono font
- Space Mono
- scale ratio
- 1.25
rules
Use a twelve-column desktop grid with a slim navigation rail, a broad hero/status card, and smaller supporting cards arranged in calm rows. Keep one clear primary action per screen. Group metrics by learning or wellbeing intent rather than filling every grid cell. Align all card edges to the same rhythm, and let the pale background show between groups as active whitespace.
Default density is airy: 24px card padding, 24-32px gutters, and no more than four primary card clusters visible on desktop. Tablet collapses to two columns; mobile becomes a single-column feed with navigation converted to a horizontal chip bar.
Headlines use Fraunces for a soft editorial note, but all operational labels and body copy use Atkinson Hyperlegible. The most important number or task receives the largest type and a single coral or teal chip. Secondary content uses muted text, mono micro-labels, and thin dividers. Avoid more than one saturated focal point in a viewport.
layout
Mobile <= 640px single column; tablet 641-960px two flexible columns; desktop >= 961px twelve-column grid with left rail.
Airy dashboard density with intentional breathing room; generous gaps are part of the youth-friendly calm rather than unused space.
Desktop uses 12 columns, max-width 1240px, 32px gutters, and card spans of 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 columns to create dashboard rhythm.
Navigation becomes a horizontal scroll chip row on mobile, metrics stack by priority, and decorative glows remain fixed behind content.
Whitespace is measured in 24px and 32px steps around cards, with 48px between major sections and uncluttered card interiors.
guidance
- Use one candy accent per component and reserve saturated coral for the primary action or urgent learning cue.
- Keep card interiors calm with clear labels, large readable values, and short supportive copy.
- Apply dewline highlights consistently to every major container so the surface signature is recognizable.
- Use semantic status colors for success, warning, error, and info with accessible text contrast.
- Let mint and aqua live mostly in surfaces, glows, borders, and focus states rather than large text blocks.
- Maintain 44px minimum touch targets and visible focus rings for youthful accessibility.
- Use mono labels sparingly for times, streaks, and small metric captions.
- Do not create rainbow category systems or assign a different bright color to every card.
- Do not use neon gradients, glossy 3D candy, stickers, mascots, or toy-like blob geometry.
- Do not place pale text on frosted surfaces without checking contrast against the actual background.
- Do not crowd dashboards with dense tables or more than two competing primary actions.
- Do not mix arbitrary radii outside the 0, 16, 24, and pill scale.
- Do not use blur as a substitute for structure; borders, spacing, and hierarchy must define containers.
- Do not add decorative shadows if a fine border and dewline highlight already explain the surface.
katagami spec
# Dew Candy Minimalism ## Philosophy Dew Candy Minimalism is a youth-oriented dashboard language that treats productivity as fresh, calm, and readable rather than childish or loud. Its identity comes from milk-glass cards, dew-frosted edge highlights, generous white space, disciplined semantic color, and a small set of translucent candy chips that make emphasis feel tactile without turning the interface into a rainbow. The language is built for learning platforms, wellness trackers, teen finance, student planning, and creator dashboards where young users need encouragement, but the content still deserves adult-grade clarity, accessibility, and hierarchy. ### Values - Content-first freshness: surfaces should feel clean and breathable while keeping numbers, labels, and next actions immediately legible. - Semantic candy restraint: coral, grape, and blue-raspberry accents are reserved for meaning, emphasis, and state rather than decoration. - Dew-frosted tactility: translucent surfaces use fine borders, inner highlights, and subtle blur to feel touchable without heavy skeuomorphism. - Rounded but not toy-like geometry: radii stay disciplined at 16px, 24px, and pill shapes, avoiding blob forms and arbitrary curves. - Airy dashboard rhythm: cards align to a measured grid with comfortable gaps, clear groups, and enough negative space for scanning. - Accessible optimism: the palette may be pale and youthful, but text, controls, and status messages must maintain reliable contrast. - Calm hierarchy: the interface should feel encouraging and organized, with one dominant action and a small number of secondary signals. ### Anti-Values - Rainbow decoration, multicolor category overload, or accent colors that are not tied to a semantic role. - Neon saturation, loud gradients, dark arcade aesthetics, or toy-like bubble components. - Glassmorphism that sacrifices contrast, legibility, or clear click targets. - Dense enterprise dashboards with cramped tables, tiny labels, and competing panels. - Generic white cards with default gray borders and no nameable surface signature. ### Visual Character - Cards use a milky rgba surface with backdrop-filter blur, a 1px cucumber-tint border, and an inset top dew highlight for a consistent frosted edge. - The layout is a wide twelve-column dashboard grid with 32px desktop gutters, 24px card padding, and deliberate blank space between analytical groups. - Accent elements appear as translucent pill chips with one semantic color at a time, white inner shine, and compact uppercase labels for scan cues. - Primary cards use 24px radii while small controls use 16px radii and pills, creating softness without irregular blobs or novelty shapes. - Background depth comes from pale mint and aqua radial glows fixed behind the grid, never from loud gradients inside content containers. ## Tokens ### Borders - **Accent Width**: 2px - **Character**: Cucumber-tint borders define surfaces; semantic accent borders appear only on selected cards or chips. - **Default Width**: 1px - **Style**: solid ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | accent | `#FF6F7D` | | background | `#F7FCFA` | | border | `#D8EEE8` | | error | `#C83F5A` | | info | `#287BB8` | | muted | `#6D8580` | | primary | `#227C73` | | secondary | `#A7E8D6` | | success | `#2E8B6F` | | surface | `#FFFFFF` | | text | `#18312F` | | warning | `#B7791F` | ### Motion - **Duration**: 180ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.8, 0.2, 1) - **Philosophy**: Motion is a small dew-lift: controls rise 2px and brighten their inner highlight, never bounce or wobble. ### Radii - **Full**: 9999px - **Lg**: 24px - **Md**: 16px - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 16px ### Shadows - **Lg**: 0 30px 80px rgba(24, 49, 47, 0.14) - **Md**: 0 18px 48px rgba(34, 124, 115, 0.12) - **Sm**: 0 8px 24px rgba(34, 124, 115, 0.08) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64,96] ### Surfaces - **Bg Pattern**: Static pale mint and aqua radial glows on a cool off-white base, with no decorative texture over content. - **Card Style**: 24px rounded cards, 1px translucent border, inset 0 1px rgba(255,255,255,.86), and only low teal shadows. - **Treatment**: Milk-glass white and cool off-white panels with backdrop-filter blur(18px), cucumber borders, and restrained dew highlights. ### Typography - **Base Size**: 16px - **Body Font**: Atkinson Hyperlegible - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Atkinson+Hyperlegible:wght@400;700&family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,600;9..144,700&family=Space+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap - **Heading Font**: Fraunces - **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em - **Line Height**: 1.55 - **Mono Font**: Space Mono - **Scale Ratio**: 1.25 ## Rules ### Composition Use a twelve-column desktop grid with a slim navigation rail, a broad hero/status card, and smaller supporting cards arranged in calm rows. Keep one clear primary action per screen. Group metrics by learning or wellbeing intent rather than filling every grid cell. Align all card edges to the same rhythm, and let the pale background show between groups as active whitespace. ### Density Default density is airy: 24px card padding, 24-32px gutters, and no more than four primary card clusters visible on desktop. Tablet collapses to two columns; mobile becomes a single-column feed with navigation converted to a horizontal chip bar. ### Hierarchy Headlines use Fraunces for a soft editorial note, but all operational labels and body copy use Atkinson Hyperlegible. The most important number or task receives the largest type and a single coral or teal chip. Secondary content uses muted text, mono micro-labels, and thin dividers. Avoid more than one saturated focal point in a viewport. ### Signature Patterns - Dewline cards: each card has a ::before top-edge gradient from transparent to mint-white to transparent, forming a subtle condensation highlight. - Candy semantic chips: status and emphasis badges use translucent coral, grape, teal, or blue fills with matching text and a white inset shine. - Frost stack layering: important cards sit on a faint offset pseudo-layer underneath, suggesting glass panes without adding extra colored panels. - Cucumber focus ring: interactive elements use a 2px teal outline plus a 4px pale mint halo, preserving accessibility while matching the palette. - Glow-field background: the page background uses two oversized fixed radial glows outside the content grid, creating freshness without gradients inside cards. ## Layout ### Breakpoints Mobile <= 640px single column; tablet 641-960px two flexible columns; desktop >= 961px twelve-column grid with left rail. ### Density Airy dashboard density with intentional breathing room; generous gaps are part of the youth-friendly calm rather than unused space. ### Grid Desktop uses 12 columns, max-width 1240px, 32px gutters, and card spans of 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 columns to create dashboard rhythm. ### Responsive Navigation becomes a horizontal scroll chip row on mobile, metrics stack by priority, and decorative glows remain fixed behind content. ### Whitespace Whitespace is measured in 24px and 32px steps around cards, with 48px between major sections and uncluttered card interiors. ## Guidance ### Do - Use one candy accent per component and reserve saturated coral for the primary action or urgent learning cue. - Keep card interiors calm with clear labels, large readable values, and short supportive copy. - Apply dewline highlights consistently to every major container so the surface signature is recognizable. - Use semantic status colors for success, warning, error, and info with accessible text contrast. - Let mint and aqua live mostly in surfaces, glows, borders, and focus states rather than large text blocks. - Maintain 44px minimum touch targets and visible focus rings for youthful accessibility. - Use mono labels sparingly for times, streaks, and small metric captions. ### Don't - Do not create rainbow category systems or assign a different bright color to every card. - Do not use neon gradients, glossy 3D candy, stickers, mascots, or toy-like blob geometry. - Do not place pale text on frosted surfaces without checking contrast against the actual background. - Do not crowd dashboards with dense tables or more than two competing primary actions. - Do not mix arbitrary radii outside the 0, 16, 24, and pill scale. - Do not use blur as a substitute for structure; borders, spacing, and hierarchy must define containers. - Do not add decorative shadows if a fine border and dewline highlight already explain the surface. ### Accessibility Text must meet WCAG contrast on milk-glass surfaces; chips require dark colored text, focus states use teal halo rings, and status cannot be communicated by color alone. ### Usage Context Best for youth learning dashboards, teen wellness, student planning, lightweight finance, creator progress tools, and onboarding screens that need freshness plus trust.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Dew Candy Minimalism"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#FF6F7D"
background: "#F7FCFA"
border: "#D8EEE8"
error: "#C83F5A"
info: "#287BB8"
muted: "#6D8580"
primary: "#227C73"
secondary: "#A7E8D6"
success: "#2E8B6F"
surface: "#FFFFFF"
text: "#18312F"
warning: "#B7791F"
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: "Atkinson Hyperlegible"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.55
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "Space Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
full: "9999px"
lg: "24px"
md: "16px"
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"
components:
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backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
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color-reference-border:
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color-reference-error:
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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: "#ffffff"
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 Minimalism
## Overview
Dew Candy Minimalism is a youth-oriented dashboard language that treats productivity as fresh, calm, and readable rather than childish or loud. Its identity comes from milk-glass cards, dew-frosted edge highlights, generous white space, disciplined semantic color, and a small set of translucent candy chips that make emphasis feel tactile without turning the interface into a rainbow. The language is built for learning platforms, wellness trackers, teen finance, student planning, and creator dashboards where young users need encouragement, but the content still deserves adult-grade clarity, accessibility, and hierarchy.
### Values
- Content-first freshness: surfaces should feel clean and breathable while keeping numbers, labels, and next actions immediately legible.
- Semantic candy restraint: coral, grape, and blue-raspberry accents are reserved for meaning, emphasis, and state rather than decoration.
- Dew-frosted tactility: translucent surfaces use fine borders, inner highlights, and subtle blur to feel touchable without heavy skeuomorphism.
- Rounded but not toy-like geometry: radii stay disciplined at 16px, 24px, and pill shapes, avoiding blob forms and arbitrary curves.
- Airy dashboard rhythm: cards align to a measured grid with comfortable gaps, clear groups, and enough negative space for scanning.
- Accessible optimism: the palette may be pale and youthful, but text, controls, and status messages must maintain reliable contrast.
- Calm hierarchy: the interface should feel encouraging and organized, with one dominant action and a small number of secondary signals.
### Anti-Values
- Rainbow decoration, multicolor category overload, or accent colors that are not tied to a semantic role.
- Neon saturation, loud gradients, dark arcade aesthetics, or toy-like bubble components.
- Glassmorphism that sacrifices contrast, legibility, or clear click targets.
- Dense enterprise dashboards with cramped tables, tiny labels, and competing panels.
- Generic white cards with default gray borders and no nameable surface signature.
### Visual Character
- Cards use a milky rgba surface with backdrop-filter blur, a 1px cucumber-tint border, and an inset top dew highlight for a consistent frosted edge.
- The layout is a wide twelve-column dashboard grid with 32px desktop gutters, 24px card padding, and deliberate blank space between analytical groups.
- Accent elements appear as translucent pill chips with one semantic color at a time, white inner shine, and compact uppercase labels for scan cues.
- Primary cards use 24px radii while small controls use 16px radii and pills, creating softness without irregular blobs or novelty shapes.
- Background depth comes from pale mint and aqua radial glows fixed behind the grid, never from loud gradients inside content containers.
## 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 | `#FF6F7D` |
| background | `#F7FCFA` |
| border | `#D8EEE8` |
| error | `#C83F5A` |
| info | `#287BB8` |
| muted | `#6D8580` |
| primary | `#227C73` |
| secondary | `#A7E8D6` |
| success | `#2E8B6F` |
| surface | `#FFFFFF` |
| text | `#18312F` |
| warning | `#B7791F` |
## 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**: Atkinson Hyperlegible, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.55.
- **Label-Md**: Space 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`
### Breakpoints
Mobile <= 640px single column; tablet 641-960px two flexible columns; desktop >= 961px twelve-column grid with left rail.
### Density
Airy dashboard density with intentional breathing room; generous gaps are part of the youth-friendly calm rather than unused space.
### Grid
Desktop uses 12 columns, max-width 1240px, 32px gutters, and card spans of 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 columns to create dashboard rhythm.
### Responsive
Navigation becomes a horizontal scroll chip row on mobile, metrics stack by priority, and decorative glows remain fixed behind content.
### Whitespace
Whitespace is measured in 24px and 32px steps around cards, with 48px between major sections and uncluttered card interiors.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 0 30px 80px rgba(24, 49, 47, 0.14)
- **Md**: 0 18px 48px rgba(34, 124, 115, 0.12)
- **Sm**: 0 8px 24px rgba(34, 124, 115, 0.08)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `24px`
- **Md**: `16px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `16px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: Static pale mint and aqua radial glows on a cool off-white base, with no decorative texture over content.
- **Card Style**: 24px rounded cards, 1px translucent border, inset 0 1px rgba(255,255,255,.86), and only low teal shadows.
- **Treatment**: Milk-glass white and cool off-white panels with backdrop-filter blur(18px), cucumber borders, and restrained dew highlights.
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: Cucumber-tint borders define surfaces; semantic accent borders appear only on selected cards or chips.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid
## Components
### Composition
Use a twelve-column desktop grid with a slim navigation rail, a broad hero/status card, and smaller supporting cards arranged in calm rows. Keep one clear primary action per screen. Group metrics by learning or wellbeing intent rather than filling every grid cell. Align all card edges to the same rhythm, and let the pale background show between groups as active whitespace.
### Density
Default density is airy: 24px card padding, 24-32px gutters, and no more than four primary card clusters visible on desktop. Tablet collapses to two columns; mobile becomes a single-column feed with navigation converted to a horizontal chip bar.
### Hierarchy
Headlines use Fraunces for a soft editorial note, but all operational labels and body copy use Atkinson Hyperlegible. The most important number or task receives the largest type and a single coral or teal chip. Secondary content uses muted text, mono micro-labels, and thin dividers. Avoid more than one saturated focal point in a viewport.
### Signature Patterns
- Dewline cards: each card has a ::before top-edge gradient from transparent to mint-white to transparent, forming a subtle condensation highlight.
- Candy semantic chips: status and emphasis badges use translucent coral, grape, teal, or blue fills with matching text and a white inset shine.
- Frost stack layering: important cards sit on a faint offset pseudo-layer underneath, suggesting glass panes without adding extra colored panels.
- Cucumber focus ring: interactive elements use a 2px teal outline plus a 4px pale mint halo, preserving accessibility while matching the palette.
- Glow-field background: the page background uses two oversized fixed radial glows outside the content grid, creating freshness without gradients inside cards.
## 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-019e0a80-f037-7480-97e8-c49e1df8351b/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 one candy accent per component and reserve saturated coral for the primary action or urgent learning cue.
- Do Keep card interiors calm with clear labels, large readable values, and short supportive copy.
- Do Apply dewline highlights consistently to every major container so the surface signature is recognizable.
- Do Use semantic status colors for success, warning, error, and info with accessible text contrast.
- Do Let mint and aqua live mostly in surfaces, glows, borders, and focus states rather than large text blocks.
- Do Maintain 44px minimum touch targets and visible focus rings for youthful accessibility.
- Do Use mono labels sparingly for times, streaks, and small metric captions.
- Don't Do not create rainbow category systems or assign a different bright color to every card.
- Don't Do not use neon gradients, glossy 3D candy, stickers, mascots, or toy-like blob geometry.
- Don't Do not place pale text on frosted surfaces without checking contrast against the actual background.
- Don't Do not crowd dashboards with dense tables or more than two competing primary actions.
- Don't Do not mix arbitrary radii outside the 0, 16, 24, and pill scale.
- Don't Do not use blur as a substitute for structure; borders, spacing, and hierarchy must define containers.
- Don't Do not add decorative shadows if a fine border and dewline highlight already explain the surface.
### Accessibility
Text must meet WCAG contrast on milk-glass surfaces; chips require dark colored text, focus states use teal halo rings, and status cannot be communicated by color alone.
### Usage Context
Best for youth learning dashboards, teen wellness, student planning, lightweight finance, creator progress tools, and onboarding screens that need freshness plus trust.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
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"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "dew-candy-minimalism",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Dew Candy Minimalism shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F7FCFA",
"foreground": "#18312F",
"card": "#FFFFFF",
"card-foreground": "#18312F",
"popover": "#FFFFFF",
"popover-foreground": "#18312F",
"primary": "#227C73",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#A7E8D6",
"secondary-foreground": "#111111",
"muted": "#6D8580",
"muted-foreground": "#18312F",
"accent": "#FF6F7D",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#C83F5A",
"border": "#D8EEE8",
"input": "#D8EEE8",
"ring": "#FF6F7D",
"chart-1": "#227C73",
"chart-2": "#A7E8D6",
"chart-3": "#FF6F7D",
"chart-4": "#2E8B6F",
"chart-5": "#B7791F",
"sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
"sidebar-foreground": "#18312F",
"sidebar-primary": "#227C73",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#287BB8",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8EEE8",
"sidebar-ring": "#FF6F7D",
"radius": "16px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#227C73",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#FF6F7D",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#C83F5A",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#FF6F7D",
"chart-1": "#227C73",
"chart-2": "#A7E8D6",
"chart-3": "#FF6F7D",
"chart-4": "#2E8B6F",
"chart-5": "#B7791F",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#227C73",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#FF6F7D",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#FF6F7D",
"radius": "16px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019e0a80-f037-7480-97e8-c49e1df8351b",
"slug": "dew-candy-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"
]
}
}
}
```embodiments
at a glance
Typography
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
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
Shape
implementation kit
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
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #F7FCFA;
--foreground: #18312F;
--card: #FFFFFF;
--card-foreground: #18312F;
--popover: #FFFFFF;
--popover-foreground: #18312F;
--primary: #227C73;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #A7E8D6;
--secondary-foreground: #111111;
--muted: #6D8580;
--muted-foreground: #18312F;
--accent: #FF6F7D;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #C83F5A;
--border: #D8EEE8;
--input: #D8EEE8;
--ring: #FF6F7D;
--chart-1: #227C73;
--chart-2: #A7E8D6;
--chart-3: #FF6F7D;
--chart-4: #2E8B6F;
--chart-5: #B7791F;
--sidebar: #FFFFFF;
--sidebar-foreground: #18312F;
--sidebar-primary: #227C73;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #287BB8;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #D8EEE8;
--sidebar-ring: #FF6F7D;
--radius: 16px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #227C73;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #FF6F7D;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #C83F5A;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #FF6F7D;
--chart-1: #227C73;
--chart-2: #A7E8D6;
--chart-3: #FF6F7D;
--chart-4: #2E8B6F;
--chart-5: #B7791F;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #227C73;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #FF6F7D;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #FF6F7D;
--radius: 16px;
}
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 DewCandyMinimalismShadcnKit() {
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 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>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "dew-candy-minimalism",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Dew Candy Minimalism shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#F7FCFA",
"foreground": "#18312F",
"card": "#FFFFFF",
"card-foreground": "#18312F",
"popover": "#FFFFFF",
"popover-foreground": "#18312F",
"primary": "#227C73",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#A7E8D6",
"secondary-foreground": "#111111",
"muted": "#6D8580",
"muted-foreground": "#18312F",
"accent": "#FF6F7D",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#C83F5A",
"border": "#D8EEE8",
"input": "#D8EEE8",
"ring": "#FF6F7D",
"chart-1": "#227C73",
"chart-2": "#A7E8D6",
"chart-3": "#FF6F7D",
"chart-4": "#2E8B6F",
"chart-5": "#B7791F",
"sidebar": "#FFFFFF",
"sidebar-foreground": "#18312F",
"sidebar-primary": "#227C73",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#287BB8",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8EEE8",
"sidebar-ring": "#FF6F7D",
"radius": "16px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#227C73",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#FF6F7D",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#C83F5A",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#FF6F7D",
"chart-1": "#227C73",
"chart-2": "#A7E8D6",
"chart-3": "#FF6F7D",
"chart-4": "#2E8B6F",
"chart-5": "#B7791F",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#227C73",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#FF6F7D",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#FF6F7D",
"radius": "16px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019e0a80-f037-7480-97e8-c49e1df8351b",
"slug": "dew-candy-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"
]
}
}
}
# Dew Candy Minimalism shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019e0a80-f037-7480-97e8-c49e1df8351b`
Slug: `dew-candy-minimalism`
## Intent
Dew Candy Minimalism is a youth-oriented dashboard language that treats productivity as fresh, calm, and readable rather than childish or loud. Its identity comes from milk-glass cards, dew-frosted edge highlights, generous white space, disciplined semantic color, and a small set of translucent candy chips that make emphasis feel tactile without turning the interface into a rainbow. The language is built for learning platforms, wellness trackers, teen finance, student planning, and creator dashboards where young users need encouragement, but the content still deserves adult-grade clarity, accessibility, and hierarchy.
## 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": "#FF6F7D",
"background": "#F7FCFA",
"border": "#D8EEE8",
"error": "#C83F5A",
"info": "#287BB8",
"muted": "#6D8580",
"primary": "#227C73",
"secondary": "#A7E8D6",
"success": "#2E8B6F",
"surface": "#FFFFFF",
"text": "#18312F",
"warning": "#B7791F"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "16px",
"body_font": "Atkinson Hyperlegible",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Atkinson+Hyperlegible:wght@400;700&family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,600;9..144,700&family=Space+Mono:wght@400;700&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Fraunces",
"letter_spacing": "-0.02em",
"line_height": 1.55,
"mono_font": "Space Mono",
"scale_ratio": 1.25
}
## Visual character to preserve
- Cards use a milky rgba surface with backdrop-filter blur, a 1px cucumber-tint border, and an inset top dew highlight for a consistent frosted edge.
- The layout is a wide twelve-column dashboard grid with 32px desktop gutters, 24px card padding, and deliberate blank space between analytical groups.
- Accent elements appear as translucent pill chips with one semantic color at a time, white inner shine, and compact uppercase labels for scan cues.
- Primary cards use 24px radii while small controls use 16px radii and pills, creating softness without irregular blobs or novelty shapes.
- Background depth comes from pale mint and aqua radial glows fixed behind the grid, never from loud gradients inside content containers.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "system",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "blob",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": true,
"motion": "lift",
"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/dew-candy-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 one candy accent per component and reserve saturated coral for the primary action or urgent learning cue.; Keep card interiors calm with clear labels, large readable values, and short supportive copy.; Apply dewline highlights consistently to every major container so the surface signature is recognizable.; Use semantic status colors for success, warning, error, and info with accessible text contrast.; Let mint and aqua live mostly in surfaces, glows, borders, and focus states rather than large text blocks.; Maintain 44px minimum touch targets and visible focus rings for youthful accessibility.; Use mono labels sparingly for times, streaks, and small metric captions.
- Do not: Do not create rainbow category systems or assign a different bright color to every card.; Do not use neon gradients, glossy 3D candy, stickers, mascots, or toy-like blob geometry.; Do not place pale text on frosted surfaces without checking contrast against the actual background.; Do not crowd dashboards with dense tables or more than two competing primary actions.; Do not mix arbitrary radii outside the 0, 16, 24, and pill scale.; Do not use blur as a substitute for structure; borders, spacing, and hierarchy must define containers.; Do not add decorative shadows if a fine border and dewline highlight already explain the surface.
## 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 DewCandyMinimalismShadcnKit() {
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 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 <= 640px single column; tablet 641-960px two flexible columns; desktop >= 961px twelve-column grid with left rail.",
"density": "Airy dashboard density with intentional breathing room; generous gaps are part of the youth-friendly calm rather than unused space.",
"grid": "Desktop uses 12 columns, max-width 1240px, 32px gutters, and card spans of 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 columns to create dashboard rhythm.",
"responsive": "Navigation becomes a horizontal scroll chip row on mobile, metrics stack by priority, and decorative glows remain fixed behind content.",
"whitespace": "Whitespace is measured in 24px and 32px steps around cards, with 48px between major sections and uncluttered card interiors."
}
{
"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-019e0a80-f037-7480-97e8-c49e1df8351b",
"name": "Dew Candy Minimalism",
"slug": "dew-candy-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": [
"Cards use a milky rgba surface with backdrop-filter blur, a 1px cucumber-tint border, and an inset top dew highlight for a consistent frosted edge.",
"The layout is a wide twelve-column dashboard grid with 32px desktop gutters, 24px card padding, and deliberate blank space between analytical groups.",
"Accent elements appear as translucent pill chips with one semantic color at a time, white inner shine, and compact uppercase labels for scan cues.",
"Primary cards use 24px radii while small controls use 16px radii and pills, creating softness without irregular blobs or novelty shapes.",
"Background depth comes from pale mint and aqua radial glows fixed behind the grid, never from loud gradients inside content containers."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "system",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "blob",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": false,
"stickerBadges": true,
"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": "Dew Candy 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 one candy accent per component and reserve saturated coral for the primary action or urgent learning cue.",
"Keep card interiors calm with clear labels, large readable values, and short supportive copy.",
"Apply dewline highlights consistently to every major container so the surface signature is recognizable.",
"Use semantic status colors for success, warning, error, and info with accessible text contrast.",
"Let mint and aqua live mostly in surfaces, glows, borders, and focus states rather than large text blocks.",
"Maintain 44px minimum touch targets and visible focus rings for youthful accessibility.",
"Use mono labels sparingly for times, streaks, and small metric captions."
],
"dont": [
"Do not create rainbow category systems or assign a different bright color to every card.",
"Do not use neon gradients, glossy 3D candy, stickers, mascots, or toy-like blob geometry.",
"Do not place pale text on frosted surfaces without checking contrast against the actual background.",
"Do not crowd dashboards with dense tables or more than two competing primary actions.",
"Do not mix arbitrary radii outside the 0, 16, 24, and pill scale.",
"Do not use blur as a substitute for structure; borders, spacing, and hierarchy must define containers.",
"Do not add decorative shadows if a fine border and dewline highlight already explain the surface."
]
}
}