# 14islands design system

> 14islands design system measured from 14islands.com: AftenScreen font, 7 color hex codes, type scale, spacing and a free DESIGN.md. Measured November 4, 2026.

Canonical page: https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/14islands.com/

14islands’s website (14islands.com) uses the AftenScreen font on a white background. Measured by Sitepeel on November 4, 2026.

## What font does 14islands use?

14islands uses AftenScreen (weight 400) and BentonSans (weight 400) on 14islands.com. Page titles are 100px at weight 400 and body text is 16px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- AftenScreen (weights 400)
- BentonSans (weights 400)

## 14islands colors: palette and hex codes

14islands’s main colors are #FFFFFF (white) for the background and #070707 (near black) for text. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- #FFFFFF: white
- #070707: near black
- #A2A2A9: cool gray
- #F2F2F2: mist

## What is 14islands built with?

14islands’s website (14islands.com) is built with Next.js, React, CSS Modules, Vercel and Lenis. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- JavaScript framework: Next.js 13.4.12, React 18.2.0
- Animation & 3D: Lenis 1.0.23, Three.js r156, React Three Fiber
- Hosting & CDN: Vercel
- UI & CSS: CSS Modules
- Analytics: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager

## Questions and answers

### What font does 14islands use?

14islands’s website uses AftenScreen (weight 400) and BentonSans (weight 400). Page titles are 100px at weight 400 and body text is 16px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What are the 14islands colors and hex codes?

On 14islands.com: #FFFFFF (white) for the background and #070707 (near black) for text. The color palette above lists all 7 colors with their hex codes and where each one is used.

### What is the 14islands design system?

The design system on this page is 14islands.com’s, as measured on November 4, 2026: AftenScreen type and square corners, written down as a DESIGN.md. It is not 14islands’s own documentation.

### What is 14islands built with?

14islands’s website (14islands.com) is built with Next.js, React, CSS Modules, Vercel and Lenis. The full tech stack Sitepeel found: Next.js, React, Lenis, Three.js, Vercel, CSS Modules, React Three Fiber, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What is the 14islands DESIGN.md?

A plain-text file with 14islands’s measured colors, type, spacing, corners and components as tokens, plus short rules, in the DESIGN.md format Google published with Stitch. Your AI coding agent reads it and builds in this style. More about DESIGN.md.

### How do I use it with Claude Code or Cursor?

Download the file and put it in your project’s root folder, then ask your agent to follow DESIGN.md. Step-by-step guides: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot.

### Is this 14islands’s official design system?

No. Sitepeel measured it from 14islands.com’s public page on November 4, 2026. It is an independent analysis, not made or approved by 14islands.

### Can I use 14islands’s style in my own product?

Use it to learn, prototype and compare. For a real product, make the style your own, and never copy 14islands’s logo, name, pictures or text.

### How accurate are the values?

Each value was measured on the rendered page after it fully loaded, on desktop and mobile: colors where they appear, type with tracking, spacing, corners, shadows and hover states. Sites change, so check the date at the top.

## Files

- [DESIGN.md](https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/14islands.com/DESIGN.md): the plain file to put in your project.
- [All brand DESIGN.md files](https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/examples/index.md)

Independent analysis by Sitepeel (sitepeel.dev), not affiliated with 14islands.

## The DESIGN.md file

```markdown
---
version: alpha
name: 14islands
description: "Light monochrome interface measured from 14islands.com: AftenScreen type with BentonSans, tonal surfaces and square corners."
colors:
  background: "#FFFFFF"
  surface: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface: "#070707"
  on-background: "#070707"
  on-surface-variant: "#A2A2A9"
  surface-container-low: "#F2F2F2"
  outline: "#A2A2A9"
  primary: "#070707"
  on-primary: "#FFFFFF"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: AftenScreen
    fontSize: 100px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: -0.04em
  body-md:
    fontFamily: BentonSans
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
  body-lg:
    fontFamily: AftenScreen
    fontSize: 27px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.3
    letterSpacing: -0.04em
  label-md:
    fontFamily: BentonSans
    fontSize: 12px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.4
rounded:
  none: 0px
spacing:
  xs: 3.6px
  md: 10px
  lg: 20px
  xl: 54.17px
  gutter: 10px
  section: 100px
  margin: 54.17px
components:
  link:
    textColor: "{colors.primary}"
---

# 14islands Design System

## Overview

14islands describes itself as: “We're a nimble team of designers and developers crafting premium products, brands, and experiences — with offices in Stockholm and Reykjavík.” The interface is light, built on **White (#FFFFFF)** with **Near Black (#070707)** text and almost no color: actions are carried by contrast, not hue.

Type is set in **AftenScreen** and **BentonSans**. Headlines run large with tight negative tracking; body text is 16px. The surface language is flat. Corners are square.

Measured from [14islands.com](https://www.14islands.com/) on November 4, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 255 rendered elements. Values are computed styles from the live page, not the original source files.

## Colors

The palette has 7 roles.

- **White (#FFFFFF):** Page background, seen 2 times. Token `background`, CSS `--color-white`.
- **Near Black (#070707):** Primary text and headings, seen 57 times. Token `on-surface`, CSS `--color-almost-black`.
- **Cool Gray (#A2A2A9):** Secondary text, seen 20 times. Token `on-surface-variant`, CSS `--color-grey-highlight-light`.
- **Mist (#F2F2F2):** Raised areas one step from the page, seen 1 time. Token `surface-container-low`.
- **Cool Gray (#A2A2A9):** Borders and dividers, seen 16 times. Token `outline`, CSS `--color-grey-highlight-light`.
- **Near Black (#070707):** Primary actions (the main text color; the palette is monochrome), seen 70 times. Token `primary`, CSS `--color-almost-black`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.

## Typography

**AftenScreen** and **BentonSans** share the interface. Fallback stack: `AftenScreen, sans-serif`.

- **headline-display:** AftenScreen 100px at weight 400, line height 1, tracking -0.04em. Page title (h1).
- **body-md:** BentonSans 16px at weight 400. Body text.
- **body-lg:** AftenScreen 27px at weight 400, line height 1.3, tracking -0.04em. Lead paragraphs.
- **label-md:** BentonSans 12px at weight 400, line height 1.4, uppercase. Buttons, navigation and labels.

## Layout

Spacing does not follow a strict grid: 14% of measured values are multiples of 4px, so match the measured steps rather than rounding to a grid.

- **Scale:** xs 3.6px, md 10px, lg 20px, xl 54.17px.
- **Sections:** 100px vertical padding between major sections.
- **Gaps:** 10px is the most common gap in flex and grid layouts.
- **Page margin:** 54.17px on each side of full-width sections.
- **Breakpoints:** 600px, 899px, 900px, 1400px.

## Elevation & Depth

The design is flat: no shadows were measured. Hierarchy comes from tonal surface steps (#F2F2F2) and #A2A2A9 borders.

## Shapes

Corners are square. Measured radii, most used first:

- **none (0px):** measured.

## Components

Measured from the rendered page. Token values reference the tokens above.

- **link:** transparent fill, #070707 text, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #FFFFFF for the page and lift surfaces in small steps: #F2F2F2.
- Do keep text in 2 levels: #070707, #A2A2A9.
- Do let contrast carry emphasis; primary actions use #070707 on #FFFFFF.
- Do set headlines in AftenScreen with tight tracking (-0.04em).
- Do reuse the measured spacing steps (10px, 20px).
- Don't use #A2A2A9 for body text; it reaches 2.54:1 on #FFFFFF. Keep it for large text or metadata.
- Don't add drop shadows for depth; use tonal surfaces.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond AftenScreen and BentonSans.
- Don't add saturated accent colors; the measured palette is almost entirely neutral.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.6s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.5s, 0.55s, 0.6s. Longer ambient animations run 1.25s, 1.3s, 1.35s.

- **Easing:** `ease`, `cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.46, 0.45, 0.94)`.
- **Reduced motion:** the page responds to `prefers-reduced-motion`.

Generated by [Sitepeel](https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/14islands.com/), the free DESIGN.md generator (engine 2026.10.29+b828a475ee10).

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