# Chakra UI design system

> Chakra UI design system measured from chakra-ui.com: Wix Madefor Text font, #0D9488 primary, 15 color hex codes, type scale, spacing and a free DESIGN.md.

Canonical page: https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/chakra-ui.com/

Chakra UI’s website (chakra-ui.com) uses the Wix Madefor Text font and #0D9488 as its main color on a white background. Measured by Sitepeel on November 4, 2026.

## What font does Chakra UI use?

Chakra UI uses Wix Madefor Text (weights 400, 500 and 600) on chakra-ui.com. Page titles are 72px at weight 500 and body text is 16px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- Wix Madefor Text (weights 400, 500, 600)

## Chakra UI colors: palette and hex codes

Chakra UI’s main colors are #FFFFFF (white) for the background, #09090B (near black) for text and #0D9488 (dark teal) as the main accent, with #9CDCFE (light blue) and #0C5D56 (deep teal) as other accents. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- #FFFFFF: white
- #09090B: near black
- #27272A: graphite
- #52525B: cool slate
- #A1A1AA: cool gray
- #F4F4F5: snow
- #E4E4E7: mist
- #14B8A6: teal

## What is Chakra UI built with?

Chakra UI’s website (chakra-ui.com) is built with Next.js, React, Ark UI, Chakra UI and Emotion. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- JavaScript framework: Next.js 15.5.19, React 19.2.0-canary-0bdb9206-2
- Hosting & CDN: Vercel
- Analytics: Plausible
- UI & CSS: Ark UI, Chakra UI, Emotion

## Questions and answers

### What font does Chakra UI use?

Chakra UI’s website uses Wix Madefor Text (weights 400, 500 and 600). Page titles are 72px at weight 500 and body text is 16px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What are the Chakra UI colors and hex codes?

On chakra-ui.com: #FFFFFF (white) for the background, #09090B (near black) for text and #0D9488 (dark teal) as the main accent, with #9CDCFE (light blue) and #0C5D56 (deep teal) as other accents. The color palette above lists all 15 colors with their hex codes and where each one is used.

### What is the Chakra UI design system?

The design system on this page is chakra-ui.com’s, as measured on November 4, 2026: Wix Madefor Text type, #0D9488 as the main color, 4px corners and a 8px spacing grid, written down as a DESIGN.md. It is not Chakra UI’s own documentation.

### What is Chakra UI built with?

Chakra UI’s website (chakra-ui.com) is built with Next.js, React, Ark UI, Chakra UI and Emotion. The full tech stack Sitepeel found: Next.js, React, Vercel, Plausible, Ark UI, Chakra UI and Emotion. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What is the Chakra UI DESIGN.md?

A plain-text file with Chakra UI’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 Chakra UI’s official design system?

No. Sitepeel measured it from chakra-ui.com’s public page on November 4, 2026. It is an independent analysis, not made or approved by Chakra UI.

### Can I use Chakra UI’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 Chakra UI’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/chakra-ui.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 Chakra UI.

## The DESIGN.md file

```markdown
---
version: alpha
name: Chakra UI
description: "Light interface measured from chakra-ui.com: Wix Madefor Text type, dark teal accents, tonal surfaces and 4px corners."
colors:
  background: "#FFFFFF"
  surface: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface: "#09090B"
  on-background: "#09090B"
  on-surface-variant: "#27272A"
  on-surface-muted: "#52525B"
  on-surface-subtle: "#A1A1AA"
  surface-container-low: "#F4F4F5"
  surface-container: "#E4E4E7"
  overlay: "#00000029"
  overlay-strong: "#14B8A61A"
  outline: "#E4E4E7"
  outline-variant: "#14B8A6"
  primary: "#0D9488"
  on-primary: "#FFFFFF"
  secondary: "#9CDCFE"
  tertiary: "#0C5D56"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: Wix Madefor Text
    fontSize: 72px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.28
    letterSpacing: -0.025em
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: Wix Madefor Text
    fontSize: 48px
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.25
    letterSpacing: -0.025em
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Wix Madefor Text
    fontSize: 20px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Wix Madefor Text
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Wix Madefor Text
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Wix Madefor Text
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.5
  label-sm:
    fontFamily: Wix Madefor Text
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.43
  headline-lg-mobile:
    fontFamily: Wix Madefor Text
    fontSize: 36px
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.22
    letterSpacing: -0.025em
rounded:
  sm: 4px
  md: 6px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  base: 8px
  xs: 4px
  sm: 8px
  md: 16px
  lg: 20px
  xl: 48px
  gutter: 8px
  section: 80px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.sm}"
    padding: 0px 20px
    height: 48px
  button-outline:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
    textColor: "{colors.tertiary}"
    typography: "{typography.label-sm}"
    rounded: "{rounded.sm}"
    padding: 8px 16px
    height: 40px
  button-ghost:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-container-low}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface-variant}"
    typography: "{typography.label-sm}"
    rounded: "{rounded.sm}"
    padding: 8px 16px
    height: 40px
  input-field:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.body-md}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px
  link:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
---

# Chakra UI Design System

## Overview

Chakra UI describes itself as: “Simple, Modular & Accessible UI Components for your React Applications” The interface is light, built on **White (#FFFFFF)** with **Near Black (#09090B)** text, and **Dark Teal (#0D9488)** as the main accent.

Type is set in **Wix Madefor Text**. Headlines run large with tight negative tracking; body text is 16px. Depth comes from soft drop shadows. Corners are mostly 4px.

Measured from [chakra-ui.com](https://chakra-ui.com/) on November 4, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 326 rendered elements. Values are computed styles from the live page, not the original source files.

## Colors

The palette has 15 roles.

- **White (#FFFFFF):** Page background, seen 4 times. Token `background`, CSS `--ring-offset-color`.
- **Near Black (#09090B):** Primary text and headings, seen 29 times. Token `on-surface`, CSS `--chakra-colors-bg-inverted`.
- **Graphite (#27272A):** Secondary text, seen 2 times. Token `on-surface-variant`.
- **Cool Slate (#52525B):** Muted text and metadata, seen 21 times. Token `on-surface-muted`, CSS `--chakra-colors-gray-600`.
- **Cool Gray (#A1A1AA):** Subtle text and placeholders, seen 2 times. Token `on-surface-subtle`, CSS `--chakra-colors-fg-subtle`.
- **Snow (#F4F4F5):** Raised areas one step from the page, seen 1 time. Token `surface-container-low`.
- **Mist (#E4E4E7):** Cards and panels, seen 1 time. Token `surface-container`, CSS `--chakra-colors-gray-border`.
- **Near Black 16% (#00000029):** Translucent fill for cards and controls, seen 1 time. Token `overlay`.
- **Teal 10% (#14B8A61A):** Stronger translucent fill, seen 1 time. Token `overlay-strong`.
- **Mist (#E4E4E7):** Borders and dividers, seen 85 times. Token `outline`, CSS `--chakra-colors-gray-border`.
- **Teal (#14B8A6):** Secondary dividers, seen 1 time. Token `outline-variant`.
- **Dark Teal (#0D9488):** Primary buttons and calls to action, seen 9 times. Token `primary`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.
- **Light Blue (#9CDCFE):** Accent in text, fills and borders, seen 12 times. Token `secondary`.
- **Deep Teal (#0C5D56):** Accent in text, fills and borders, seen 9 times. Token `tertiary`.

## Typography

**Wix Madefor Text** carries the whole interface. Fallback stack: `Wix Madefor Text, Wix Madefor Text Fallback`. Other loaded fonts: geistMono.

- **headline-display:** Wix Madefor Text 72px at weight 500, line height 1.28, tracking -0.025em. Page title (h1).
- **headline-lg:** Wix Madefor Text 48px at weight 600, line height 1.25, tracking -0.025em (36px on mobile). Section headings (h2).
- **headline-md:** Wix Madefor Text 20px at weight 400, line height 1.5. Sub-section headings.
- **body-md:** Wix Madefor Text 16px at weight 400, line height 1.5. Body text.
- **body-sm:** Wix Madefor Text 14px at weight 400, line height 1.5. Secondary and small text.
- **label-md:** Wix Madefor Text 16px at weight 500, line height 1.5. Buttons, navigation and labels.
- **label-sm:** Wix Madefor Text 14px at weight 500, line height 1.43. Small labels and badges.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 8px grid: 91% of measured gaps and paddings are multiples of 8px.

- **Scale:** xs 4px, sm 8px, md 16px, lg 20px, xl 48px.
- **Sections:** 80px vertical padding between major sections.
- **Gaps:** 8px is the most common gap in flex and grid layouts.

## Elevation & Depth

Raised elements use soft drop shadows. The most used recipes:

- `color(srgb 0.0941176 0.0941176 0.105882 / 0.1) 0px 2px 4px 0px, color(srgb 0.0941176 0.0941176 0.105882 / 0.3) 0px 0px 1px 0px`
- `color(srgb 0.0941176 0.0941176 0.105882 / 0.1) 0px 1px 2px 0px, color(srgb 0.0941176 0.0941176 0.105882 / 0.2) 0px 0px 1px 0px`

## Shapes

Most elements use 4px corners. Measured radii, most used first:

- **sm (4px):** 72 elements.
- **md (6px):** 20 elements.
- **full (9999px):** 8 elements.

## Components

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

- **button-primary (“Start Building”):** #0D9488 fill, #FFFFFF text, 16px/500, 4px radius, padding 0px 20px.
- **button-outline (“Chakra”):** #FFFFFF fill, #0C5D56 text, 14px/500, 4px radius, padding 8px 16px, shadow `color(srgb 0.0941176 0.0941176 0.105882 / 0.1) 0px 1px 2px 0px, color(srgb 0.0941176 0.0941176 0.105882 / 0.2) 0px 0px 1px 0px`.
- **button-ghost (“Tokens”):** #F4F4F5 fill, #27272A text, 14px/500, 4px radius, padding 8px 16px.
- **input-field:** #FFFFFF fill, #09090B text, 16px/400, padding 0px.
- **link:** transparent fill, #09090B text, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #FFFFFF for the page and lift surfaces in small steps: #F4F4F5, #E4E4E7.
- Do keep text in 4 levels: #09090B, #27272A, #52525B, #A1A1AA.
- Do reserve #0D9488 for primary actions and key highlights.
- Do set headlines in Wix Madefor Text with tight tracking (-0.025em).
- Do keep spacing on the 8px grid.
- Do use 4px corners on most elements; larger surfaces also use 6px.
- Don't use #A1A1AA for body text; it reaches 2.56:1 on #FFFFFF. Keep it for large text or metadata.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond Wix Madefor Text.
- Don't use #0D9488 for large backgrounds or body text.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.2s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.2s, 0.15s.

- **Easing:** `ease`, `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)`.

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

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