PlanetScale design system

---
version: alpha
name: PlanetScale
description: "Light interface measured from planetscale.com: system-ui type, vivid amber accents, flat surfaces and square corners."
colors:
  background: "#FAFAFA"
  surface: "#FAFAFA"
  on-surface: "#414141"
  on-background: "#414141"
  on-surface-strong: "#000000"
  on-surface-variant: "#737373"
  primary: "#FBCA00"
  on-primary: "#000000"
  inverse-surface: "#111111"
  secondary: "#F35815"
  tertiary: "#0B6EC5"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: ui-monospace
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.5
  code:
    fontFamily: ui-monospace
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
rounded:
  none: 0px
spacing:
  base: 4px
  xs: 4px
  sm: 8px
  md: 16px
  lg: 24px
  xl: 56px
  gutter: 24px
  margin: 96px
  container: 1280px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
    textColor: "#FFFFFF"
    typography: "{typography.headline-display}"
    rounded: "{rounded.none}"
    padding: 0px 8px
    height: 32px
  button-outline:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.headline-display}"
    rounded: "{rounded.none}"
    padding: 0px 8px
    height: 32px
  button-ghost:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.headline-display}"
    rounded: "{rounded.none}"
    padding: 0px 8px
  link:
    textColor: "{colors.tertiary}"
---

# PlanetScale Design System

## Overview

PlanetScale describes itself as: “PlanetScale offers the world’s fastest and most scalable cloud hosting for Vitess, Neki, and Postgres.” The interface is light, built on **Snow (#FAFAFA)** with **Graphite (#414141)** text, and **Vivid Amber (#FBCA00)** as the main accent.

Type is set in **system-ui**, with **ui-monospace** for code. Headlines run large; body text is compact. The surface language is flat. Corners are square.

Measured from [planetscale.com](https://planetscale.com/) on November 4, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 302 rendered elements. Values are computed styles from the live page, not the original source files.

## Colors

The palette has 9 roles.

- **Snow (#FAFAFA):** Page background, seen 2 times. Token `background`, CSS `--bg-primary`.
- **Graphite (#414141):** Primary text and headings, seen 77 times. Token `on-surface`.
- **Near Black (#000000):** Headings and emphasis, seen 6 times. Token `on-surface-strong`, CSS `--text-color-contrast`.
- **Slate (#737373):** Secondary text, seen 7 times. Token `on-surface-variant`, CSS `--color-gray-550`.
- **Vivid Amber (#FBCA00):** Brand color in the header. Token `primary`.
- **Near Black (#000000):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.
- **Charcoal (#111111):** High-contrast fills, seen 2 times. Token `inverse-surface`.
- **Vivid Orange (#F35815):** Secondary buttons, seen 3 times. Token `secondary`, CSS `--orange-500`.
- **Blue (#0B6EC5):** Links and interactive text, seen 67 times. Token `tertiary`, CSS `--blue-600`.

## Typography

**ui-monospace** (monospace) carries the whole interface. Fallback stack: `ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, SF Mono, Menlo`.

- **headline-display:** ui-monospace 16px at weight 700, line height 1.5. Page title (h1).
- **code:** ui-monospace 16px at weight 400, line height 1.5. Code and technical values.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 4px grid: 95% of measured gaps and paddings are multiples of 4px.

- **Scale:** xs 4px, sm 8px, md 16px, lg 24px, xl 56px.
- **Gaps:** 24px is the most common gap in flex and grid layouts.
- **Container:** content is capped at 1280px.
- **Page margin:** 96px on each side of full-width sections.
- **Breakpoints:** 640px, 768px, 801px.

## Elevation & Depth

The design is flat: no shadows were measured. Hierarchy comes from color contrast.

## Shapes

Corners are square. Measured radii, most used first:

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

## Components

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

- **button-primary (“Get in touch”):** #F35815 fill, #FFFFFF text, 16px/600, padding 0px 8px.
- **button-outline (“View sandbox”):** transparent fill, #414141 text, 16px/600, padding 0px 8px, border 2px solid #F35815.
- **button-ghost (“View sandbox”):** transparent fill, #414141 text, 16px/600, padding 0px 8px, border 2px solid #F35815.
- **link:** transparent fill, #0B6EC5 text, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #FAFAFA for the page.
- Do keep text in 3 levels: #414141, #000000, #737373.
- Do use #FBCA00 as the brand accent: header, logo and key highlights.
- Do keep spacing on the 4px grid.
- Don't add drop shadows for depth; use borders and contrast.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond ui-monospace.
- Don't use #FBCA00 for large backgrounds or body text.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.15s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.15s.

- **Easing:** `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)`.
- **Reduced motion:** the page responds to `prefers-reduced-motion`.

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