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alpha Warp Inspired An inspired interpretation of Warp's design language — an agentic terminal-and-development-environment brand whose surface is a warm near-charcoal canvas (a tint warmer than pure black), broken only by clean Inter typography, the occasional Instrument Serif italic moment, and dense terminal-mockup imagery; CTAs are unusually understated, with shape geometry running tighter than most marketing sites.
primary on-primary ink body body-strong mute canvas canvas-soft hairline
#f7f5f0 #2b2622 #f7f5f0 #c9c0ad #dad2c1 #aea69c #2b2622 #383330 #3f3a36
display-xl display-lg display-md display-sm display-serif body-lg body-md body-md-strong body-sm body-sm-strong caption code code-md button-md
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight letterSpacing
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, sans-serif 64px 400 70.4px -1.6px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight letterSpacing
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif 48px 400 52.8px -1.2px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight letterSpacing
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif 32px 500 40px -0.8px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight letterSpacing
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif 24px 500 32px -0.4px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight letterSpacing
Instrument Serif, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif 48px 400 52px -0.5px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif 18px 400 28px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif 16px 400 24px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif 16px 500 24px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif 14px 400 20px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif 14px 500 20px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif 12px 400 16px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight
DM Mono, ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace 13px 400 18px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight
DM Mono, ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace 14px 400 20px
fontFamily fontSize fontWeight lineHeight
Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif 14px 500 20px
none xxs xs sm md lg pill full
0px 1px 2px 3px 4px 6px 9999px 9999px
xxs xs sm md lg xl 2xl 3xl 4xl 5xl
2px 4px 8px 10px 16px 24px 32px 48px 64px 96px
nav-bar nav-link button-primary button-secondary-ghost button-icon-circular text-input card-content card-mockup download-tile press-row job-row hero-band content-band partner-logo-tile testimonial-card footer ex-pricing-tier ex-pricing-tier-featured ex-product-selector ex-cart-drawer ex-app-shell-row ex-data-table-cell ex-auth-form-card ex-modal-card ex-empty-state-card ex-toast
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{colors.canvas} {colors.ink} {typography.body-sm-strong} {spacing.md} {spacing.xl}
backgroundColor textColor typography rounded padding
{colors.canvas} {colors.ink} {typography.body-sm-strong} {rounded.sm} {spacing.xs} {spacing.md}
backgroundColor textColor typography rounded padding
{colors.primary} {colors.on-primary} {typography.button-md} {rounded.sm} {spacing.sm} {spacing.lg}
backgroundColor textColor typography rounded padding
{colors.canvas} {colors.ink} {typography.button-md} {rounded.sm} {spacing.sm} {spacing.lg}
backgroundColor textColor rounded padding
{colors.canvas} {colors.ink} {rounded.full} {spacing.xs}
backgroundColor textColor borderColor typography rounded padding
{colors.canvas-soft} {colors.ink} {colors.hairline} {typography.body-sm} {rounded.sm} {spacing.sm} {spacing.md}
backgroundColor textColor borderColor typography rounded padding
{colors.canvas-soft} {colors.ink} {colors.hairline} {typography.body-md} {rounded.md} {spacing.xl}
backgroundColor textColor borderColor typography rounded padding
{colors.canvas-soft} {colors.ink} {colors.hairline} {typography.code} {rounded.md} {spacing.lg}
backgroundColor textColor borderColor typography rounded padding
{colors.canvas-soft} {colors.ink} {colors.hairline} {typography.body-md-strong} {rounded.md} {spacing.xl}
backgroundColor textColor borderColor typography padding
{colors.canvas} {colors.body} {colors.hairline} {typography.body-md} {spacing.lg} 0
backgroundColor textColor borderColor typography padding
{colors.canvas} {colors.ink} {colors.hairline} {typography.body-md-strong} {spacing.lg} 0
backgroundColor textColor typography padding
{colors.canvas} {colors.ink} {typography.display-xl} {spacing.5xl} {spacing.xl}
backgroundColor textColor typography padding
{colors.canvas} {colors.ink} {typography.display-md} {spacing.5xl} {spacing.xl}
backgroundColor textColor typography rounded padding
{colors.canvas-soft} {colors.ink} {typography.body-md-strong} {rounded.md} {spacing.lg}
backgroundColor textColor borderColor typography rounded padding
{colors.canvas-soft} {colors.ink} {colors.hairline} {typography.body-md} {rounded.md} {spacing.xl}
backgroundColor textColor typography padding
{colors.canvas} {colors.body} {typography.body-sm} {spacing.3xl} {spacing.xl}
description backgroundColor textColor borderColor rounded padding
Default Pricing tier card. Re-uses feature-card chrome with brand canvas-soft surface. {colors.canvas-soft} {colors.ink} {colors.hairline} {rounded.lg} {spacing.xl}
description backgroundColor textColor rounded padding
Featured/highlighted tier — polarity-flipped surface (dark fill + light text in light mode, light fill + dark text in dark mode). {colors.ink} {colors.on-primary} {rounded.lg} {spacing.xl}
description backgroundColor rounded padding
What's Included summary card — re-purposed for SaaS / B2B verticals (NOT a literal product gallery). {colors.canvas-soft} {rounded.lg} {spacing.xl}
description backgroundColor rounded padding item-divider
Subscription summary — re-purposed for SaaS / B2B (line items per add-on, not literal cart). {colors.canvas} {rounded.lg} {spacing.xl} {colors.hairline}
description backgroundColor activeIndicator rounded padding
Sidebar nav row inside the App Shell example. Active state uses brand primary as the indicator. {colors.canvas} {colors.primary} {rounded.sm} {spacing.sm} {spacing.md}
description headerBackground headerTypography bodyTypography cellPadding rowBorder
Default data-table th + td chrome. Header uses mono-caps eyebrow typography; body uses body-sm. {colors.canvas-soft} {typography.caption} {typography.body-sm} {spacing.sm} {spacing.md} {colors.hairline}
description backgroundColor rounded padding
Sign-in / sign-up card. Re-uses feature-card chrome with text-input primitives inside. {colors.canvas-soft} {rounded.lg} {spacing.xl}
description backgroundColor rounded padding
Modal dialog surface — same chrome as feature-card with elevated shadow. {colors.canvas} {rounded.lg} {spacing.xl}
description backgroundColor rounded padding captionTypography
Empty-state illustration frame. {colors.canvas-soft} {rounded.lg} {spacing.2xl} {typography.body-md}
description backgroundColor rounded padding typography
Toast notification surface — feature-card shape + medium shadow. {colors.canvas} {rounded.md} {spacing.sm} {spacing.md} {typography.body-sm}

Overview

Warp is an "agentic development environment" — a terminal application that wraps an AI agent — and its marketing site mirrors the product's posture: a single dark band running the entire page, warmer than pure black ({colors.canvas} #2b2622 carries a hint of brown-beige from the brand's oklch-defined warmth value), with copy set almost entirely in Inter. The page reads more like a developer's reading-mode editor than a marketing surface.

The decoration is restrained. Two terminal screenshots open the hero (split between the two main product modes — agent + terminal). A partner-logo strip (Anthropic / OpenAI / Google / Stanford) sits below the hero on a slightly warmer tile surface. A single testimonial card with a portrait photograph. A press-coverage list. Then the page closes with download tiles for Mac / Linux / Windows. There is no gradient, no atmospheric backdrop, no illustration system.

Type is the second decisive voice. Hero display sits at 64 px Inter weight 400 with -1.6px tracking — restrained for a hero, deliberately quiet. The brand carries DM Mono as its monospace face for code blocks, and Instrument Serif italics occasionally appear for editorial moments. Body text is 16 px Inter at line-height 1.5, very readable.

Key Characteristics:

  • A single primary "color" — really an off-white {colors.primary} (#f7f5f0) — that doubles as text on canvas and as the button-primary fill. There is no chromatic brand accent.
  • Warm dark canvas ({colors.canvas} #2b2622) is the only page surface. The brand's defining tone is the brown-warmth, not pure black.
  • Extremely tight button radii — 3 / 4 px (1 / 2× the brand's {rounded.md} 4 px base) — the brand never uses generous pill shapes for CTAs. Only icon containers use {rounded.full}.
  • Inter sans + DM Mono mono is the canonical pairing. Instrument Serif appears as a third editorial face for occasional italics.
  • Terminal-mockup imagery is the brand's only consistent decorative system — no gradients, no atmospheric overlays.
  • A subtle warm tint runs through every neutral; even body text and dividers carry a hint of warmth rather than neutral gray.

Colors

Brand & Accent

  • Off White Primary ({colors.primary}#f7f5f0): The brand's "primary" is a warm off-white. Used as button-primary fill, as default text on canvas, as the wordmark color. There is no chromatic brand accent — the off-white IS the brand's distinguishing tone.

Surface

  • Canvas ({colors.canvas}#2b2622): The warm dark page background. Resolved from oklch(22.0% 0.004 84.6). Slightly browner than pure black, slightly warmer than a neutral gray — the warmth IS the brand's identity.
  • Canvas Soft ({colors.canvas-soft}#383330): A lighter warm-dark fill used for cards, mockup chrome, and partner-logo tiles.
  • Hairline ({colors.hairline}#3f3a36): 1 px solid divider on dark surfaces.

Text

  • Ink ({colors.ink}#f7f5f0): Default text on canvas — same off-white as the primary, intentionally unified.
  • Body Strong ({colors.body-strong}#dad2c1): Mid-emphasis body text.
  • Body ({colors.body}#c9c0ad): Secondary body text — captions, supporting copy, press-coverage rows.
  • Mute ({colors.mute}#aea69c): Lowest-priority text — timestamps, fine print, footer secondary lines. Resolved from oklch(71.5% 0.008 84.6).

Semantic

The brand doesn't surface a separate error / warning / success palette in its marketing pages. Validation cues come from the unified off-white system; in-product semantic colors live in the terminal application proper.

Typography

Font Family

Three faces ladder the system:

  1. Inter for every display, body, button, link, and label role. Weights 400 / 500 are the working pair. Used with the brand's "Inter Fallback" custom face as the metric-compatible system fallback.
  2. DM Mono for terminal mockups, command snippets, and code blocks. Weight 400 only. Loaded as --font-dm-mono.
  3. Instrument Serif for occasional editorial italic moments — rare on the marketing surface, but documented as a third face for emphasised tagline-style phrases. Abel is also loaded as a fourth fallback for headline emphasis.

Hierarchy

Token Size Weight Line Height Letter Spacing Use
{typography.display-xl} 64px 400 70.4px -1.6px Hero headline ("Warp is the agentic development environment").
{typography.display-lg} 48px 400 52.8px -1.2px Section headlines.
{typography.display-md} 32px 500 40px -0.8px Sub-section displays.
{typography.display-sm} 24px 500 32px -0.4px Card titles and lead emphasis.
{typography.display-serif} 48px 400 52px -0.5px Instrument Serif italic editorial moments.
{typography.body-lg} 18px 400 28px 0 Lead paragraphs.
{typography.body-md} 16px 400 24px 0 Default body.
{typography.body-md-strong} 16px 500 24px 0 Bold inline body.
{typography.body-sm} 14px 400 20px 0 Secondary body.
{typography.body-sm-strong} 14px 500 20px 0 Nav link / button labels.
{typography.caption} 12px 400 16px 0 Captions, fine print.
{typography.code} 13px 400 18px 0 Terminal mockup body.
{typography.code-md} 14px 400 20px 0 Inline command snippets.
{typography.button-md} 14px 500 20px 0 Button labels.

Principles

  • Hero display at weight 400 — the brand reads as quietly confident, not as a billboard.
  • Negative tracking is part of the voice. -1.6 px at 64 px hero, scaling down through display levels.
  • Inter for narrative, DM Mono for technical. Strict role separation.

Note on Font Substitutes

All three faces are open or freely-loadable:

  • Inter — load directly from Google Fonts or Vercel-hosted CDN.
  • DM Mono — open-source on Google Fonts.
  • Instrument Serif — open-source on Google Fonts.

Layout

Spacing System

  • Base unit: 4 px (with occasional 10 px and 6 px values for button padding).
  • Tokens: {spacing.xxs} 2 px · {spacing.xs} 4 px · {spacing.sm} 8 px · {spacing.md} 10 px · {spacing.lg} 16 px · {spacing.xl} 24 px · {spacing.2xl} 32 px · {spacing.3xl} 48 px · {spacing.4xl} 64 px · {spacing.5xl} 96 px.
  • Section padding: hero / content bands use {spacing.5xl} 96 px on desktop.
  • Card interior: cards sit at {spacing.xl} 24 px.

Grid & Container

  • Marketing content centres at roughly 1200 px width.
  • Hero: 2-column at desktop (split between two terminal screenshots), stacks at mobile.
  • Partner logos: 5-up wrapping flex row.
  • Download tiles: 3-up at desktop (Mac / Linux / Windows), 1-up at mobile.

Responsive Strategy

Breakpoints

Name Width Key Changes
Mobile < 768px Hero stacks; 1-up grids; nav hamburger.
Tablet 7681023px 2-up grids.
Desktop ≥ 1024px Full hero split; 3-up download tiles.

Touch Targets

Buttons render at ~36 px tall (8 px vertical padding + 20 px line-height). Mobile inflates touch area through additional padding to meet WCAG 44 × 44 px floor.

Collapsing Strategy

  • Nav: full link row + Sign in / Download right cluster at desktop. Hamburger at mobile.
  • Hero terminal-mockup split: stacks vertically at mobile.
  • Press / job rows: full-width single column; stay legible at all widths.

Image Behavior

  • Terminal mockups: rendered as dark cards with the actual terminal UI inside (warm canvas + colored syntax). Aspect ratio ~3:2.
  • Partner logos: monochrome SVGs on dark tile cards.
  • Testimonial portraits: 1:1 square crop inside {rounded.md} card chrome.

Elevation & Depth

Level Treatment Use
Level 0 — Flat No shadow, no border. Default for hero band.
Level 1 — Hairline 1 px solid {colors.hairline} border on {colors.canvas-soft}. Default card chrome.
Level 2 — Inset Card Canvas-soft fill against canvas background with 1 px hairline. Mockup cards, download tiles, testimonial cards.

The brand uses surface-contrast and hairline borders for elevation; soft drop-shadows do not appear in the marketing surface.

Shapes

Border Radius Scale

Token Value Use
{rounded.none} 0px Full-bleed bands.
{rounded.xxs} 1px Tightest in-text indicator.
{rounded.xs} 2px Inline very-small chips.
{rounded.sm} 3px Default button radius — extremely tight.
{rounded.md} 4px Card chrome (the brand's --radius base).
{rounded.lg} 6px Slightly larger cards.
{rounded.pill} 9999px Icon containers, status pills.

Photography Geometry

  • Terminal mockups: ~3:2 inside {rounded.md} card chrome.
  • Partner logos: monochrome SVGs at consistent 24 px height inside tile cards.
  • Testimonial portraits: 1:1 square inside {rounded.md}.

Components

Buttons

button-primary — the off-white CTA on dark canvas.

  • Background {colors.primary} (off-white), text {colors.on-primary} (warm dark), label {typography.button-md}, padding {spacing.sm} {spacing.lg}, shape {rounded.sm} 3 px. Tight.

button-secondary-ghost — the ghost-style secondary used for nav and tertiary actions.

  • Background {colors.canvas}, text {colors.ink}, no border, same typography / shape.

button-icon-circular — the circular icon container.

  • Background {colors.canvas}, ink icon, shape {rounded.full}. Used for nav controls (search, theme).

Cards & Containers

card-content — the default content card on canvas-soft.

  • Background {colors.canvas-soft}, text {colors.ink}, 1 px solid {colors.hairline}, padding {spacing.xl}, shape {rounded.md}.

card-mockup — the terminal-screenshot mockup card.

  • Same chrome as card-content but body in {typography.code} (DM Mono) when text appears inside.

download-tile — the Mac / Linux / Windows download tile.

  • Background {colors.canvas-soft}, text {colors.ink}, hairline border, padding {spacing.xl}, shape {rounded.md}. Hosts a platform icon + label + download CTA.

partner-logo-tile — the canvas-soft tile hosting a partner logo.

  • Background {colors.canvas-soft}, monochrome logo SVG inside, padding {spacing.lg}, shape {rounded.md}.

testimonial-card — the single quote-style card with a portrait.

  • Background {colors.canvas-soft}, text {colors.ink}, padding {spacing.xl}, shape {rounded.md}. Portrait 1:1 + body in {typography.body-md}.

press-row — the press-coverage list item.

  • Background {colors.canvas} (no fill — sits on the canvas band), 1 px solid bottom border {colors.hairline}, body in {typography.body-md}, padding {spacing.lg} 0.

job-row — the "Join our team" list item (single row per open role).

  • Background {colors.canvas}, 1 px solid bottom border, body in {typography.body-md-strong}, padding {spacing.lg} 0.

Inputs & Forms

text-input — the dark-canvas text input.

  • Background {colors.canvas-soft}, text {colors.ink}, 1 px solid {colors.hairline}, body in {typography.body-sm}, padding {spacing.sm} {spacing.md}, shape {rounded.sm}.

Navigation

nav-bar — the sticky top nav.

  • Background {colors.canvas}, text {colors.ink}, padding {spacing.md} {spacing.xl}.

nav-link — link items in nav.

  • Background {colors.canvas}, text {colors.ink}, body in {typography.body-sm-strong}, padding {spacing.xs} {spacing.md}, shape {rounded.sm}.

footer — the footer band.

  • Background {colors.canvas}, text {colors.body}, padding {spacing.3xl} {spacing.xl}. Body in {typography.body-sm}.

Signature Components

hero-band — the dark hero band hosting the 64-px Inter headline.

  • Background {colors.canvas}, text {colors.ink}, padding {spacing.5xl} {spacing.xl}. Headline {typography.display-xl} (64 px / 400 / -1.6 px). Below: a 2-column terminal-mockup split.

content-band — the standard content band.

  • Background {colors.canvas}, text {colors.ink}, padding {spacing.5xl} {spacing.xl}. Section headline {typography.display-md}.

Examples (illustrative)

Auto-derived kit-mirror demonstration surfaces (scripts/derive-examples-block.mjs). Each ex-* entry references brand-native primitives so downstream consumers (/preview-design, /generate-kit) re-skin the same 10 surfaces consistently. TO_FILL markers indicate missing primitives — resolve in the LLM judgment pass.

ex-pricing-tier — Default Pricing tier card. Re-uses feature-card chrome with brand canvas-soft surface.

  • Properties: backgroundColor, textColor, borderColor, rounded, padding

ex-pricing-tier-featured — Featured/highlighted tier — polarity-flipped surface (dark fill + light text in light mode, light fill + dark text in dark mode).

  • Properties: backgroundColor, textColor, rounded, padding

ex-product-selector — What's Included summary card — re-purposed for SaaS / B2B verticals (NOT a literal product gallery).

  • Properties: backgroundColor, rounded, padding

ex-cart-drawer — Subscription summary — re-purposed for SaaS / B2B (line items per add-on, not literal cart).

  • Properties: backgroundColor, rounded, padding, item-divider

ex-app-shell-row — Sidebar nav row inside the App Shell example. Active state uses brand primary as the indicator.

  • Properties: backgroundColor, activeIndicator, rounded, padding

ex-data-table-cell — Default data-table th + td chrome. Header uses mono-caps eyebrow typography; body uses body-sm.

  • Properties: headerBackground, headerTypography, bodyTypography, cellPadding, rowBorder

ex-auth-form-card — Sign-in / sign-up card. Re-uses feature-card chrome with text-input primitives inside.

  • Properties: backgroundColor, rounded, padding

ex-modal-card — Modal dialog surface — same chrome as feature-card with elevated shadow.

  • Properties: backgroundColor, rounded, padding

ex-empty-state-card — Empty-state illustration frame.

  • Properties: backgroundColor, rounded, padding, captionTypography

ex-toast — Toast notification surface — feature-card shape + medium shadow.

  • Properties: backgroundColor, rounded, padding, typography

Do's and Don'ts

Do

  • Reserve {colors.primary} off-white for primary CTA pills and default text. There is no chromatic accent.
  • Use tight {rounded.sm} 3 px or {rounded.md} 4 px button radii. The brand never uses generous pills for CTAs.
  • Set hero headlines in Inter weight 400 with -1.6 px tracking. The brand reads as quietly confident.
  • Pair Inter (sentence-case) with DM Mono (code blocks, terminal mockups).
  • Keep the warm-dark canvas tone — pure black breaks the brand's identity.

Don't

  • Don't introduce a chromatic brand accent. The off-white-on-warm-dark IS the brand's voice.
  • Don't render the hero headline in heavy weight (700+). The brand's display is intentionally light.
  • Don't use generous pill CTAs. The brand's button radius is 3-4 px, almost rectangular.
  • Don't replace the warm dark canvas with neutral gray or pure black. The warmth IS the brand.
  • Don't drop a soft drop-shadow on cards. Hairlines + surface contrast carry elevation.