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Tide Material.

tonal-surface with a teal seed — cool tonal surfaces, full-rounded tonal buttons, Roboto Flex throughout. The tonal-surface spec applied to a calm aqua palette.

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01 · Color

Palette

primary
#171D1D
secondary
#6F7979
tertiary
#006A6A
neutral
#F4FAFA
surface
#FBFDFD
02 · Typography

Type scale

display
The quick brown fox
h1
A major section heading
h2
A subsection title
body
Body copy in the system's body font.
03 · Buttons

Buttons

PrimarySecondaryOutlineGhostText link →
Disabled
04 · Inputs

Form controls

Email
iris@studio.com
Password
••••••••••••
Bio
Designing for long-form publications. Based in Kyoto.
05 · Choices

Select & toggle

Plan
Starter
Free forever
Pro
$18 / month
Team
$48 / month
Toggles
Public profile
Require two-factor
Auto-accept invites
06 · Tags & badges

Labeling

NeutralAccentSolidWith dot
NEWBETAv2.0LIVE
07 · Cards

Cards

Feature
Editorial rigor

Prose-first token file — decisions live next to their reasoning.

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Metric
24,810
▲ +12.4% vs last week
08 · Navigation

Tabs & breadcrumb

Overview
Analytics
Members
Workspace/Projects/Heritage System
09 · Spacing

Spacing scale

Fine micro-scale (1–5px) for pills, editorial scale (12–21px) for the grid.

1px
2px
5px
8px · base
10px
12px
14px
16px
18px
20px
21px
10 · Radius

Border radius scale

The system's own radius tokens — sm for chips and inputs, md for buttons, lg for cards, pill for fully-rounded CTAs.

sm
8px
md
12px
lg
16px
pill
9999px
11 · Elevation

Depth & elevation

00 · Flat
Elevation 00
01 · Low
Elevation 01
02 · Medium
Elevation 02
03 · High
Elevation 03
12 · Data

Charts

Weekly revenue
$48,210
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Active sessions
2,184
02 · The file

DESIGN.md

markdown
1---
2name: "Tide Material"
3description: "tonal-surface with a teal seed — cool tonal surfaces, full-rounded tonal buttons, Roboto Flex throughout. The tonal-surface spec applied to a calm aqua palette."
4tags: [saas, material, minimal, modern, light]
5colors:
6 primary: "#171D1D"
7 secondary: "#6F7979"
8 tertiary: "#006A6A"
9 neutral: "#F4FAFA"
10 surface: "#FBFDFD"
11typography:
12 display: "Roboto Flex"
13 body: "Roboto Flex"
14 mono: "Roboto Mono"
15 scale:
16 hero: "3.5625rem / 1.12 / 400 / -0.015em"
17 h1: "2rem / 1.25 / 400 / 0"
18 h2: "1.375rem / 1.27 / 500 / 0"
19 body: "1rem / 1.5 / 400 / 0.015em"
20radius:
21 sm: 8px
22 md: 12px
23 lg: 16px
24 pill: 9999px
25shadows:
26 card: "0 1px 2px rgba(23, 29, 29, 0.04), 0 1px 3px rgba(23, 29, 29, 0.06)"
27 button: none
28borders:
29 card: "1px solid rgba(111, 121, 121, 0.20)"
30 divider: "rgba(111, 121, 121, 0.16)"
31buttons:
32 primary:
33 background: #006A6A
34 color: #FFFFFF
35 border: 1px solid #006A6A
36 shape: pill
37 padding: 10px 24px
38 font: 500 / 0.875rem / 0.0125em
39 secondary:
40 background: #CCE8E7
41 color: #051F1F
42 border: 1px solid #CCE8E7
43 shape: pill
44 padding: 10px 24px
45 font: 500 / 0.875rem / 0.0125em
46 outline:
47 background: transparent
48 color: #006A6A
49 border: 1px solid #6F7979
50 shape: pill
51 padding: 9px 22px
52 font: 500 / 0.875rem / 0.0125em
53 ghost:
54 background: transparent
55 color: #006A6A
56 border: none
57 shape: pill
58 padding: 10px 12px
59 font: 500 / 0.875rem / 0.0125em
60 hover: underline
61charts:
62 variant: line
63 stroke_width: 2
64 gridlines: false
65 highlight: last
66 dot_marker: true
67 axis_color: "#6F7979"
68 palette: ["#006A6A", "#171D1D", "#6F7979"]
69fonts_url: "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto+Flex:opsz,wght@8..144,400;8..144,500;8..144,600;8..144,700&family=Roboto+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap"
70dependencies: ["lucide-react"]
71---
72
73# Tide Material
74
75## AI Build Instructions
76
77> **Read this section before writing any code.** The rules below
78> are non-negotiable. Every value used in the UI must come from this
79> file's frontmatter — never substitute, approximate, or invent new
80> colors, fonts, radii, or shadows. If a value is missing, ask the
81> user before adding one.
82
83### 1 · Your role
84
85You are building UI for a project that has adopted **Tide Material** as its
86design system. Treat `DESIGN.md` as the single source of truth.
87Your job is to translate the user's product requirements into
88components and pages that look like they were designed by the same
89person who authored this file.
90
91### 2 · Token compliance
92
93- Pull every color, font family, radius, shadow, and spacing value
94 from the frontmatter at the top of this file.
95- Use semantic roles (e.g. `primary`, `accent`, `muted`) — never
96 hard-code hex values that bypass the system.
97- When a token can be expressed as a CSS variable, declare it once
98 in your global stylesheet and reference it everywhere downstream.
99- The Google Fonts `<link>` is provided in the Typography section.
100 Add it to `<head>` before any component renders.
101
102### 3 · Component recipes
103
104Use these recipes verbatim when building the corresponding component.
105
106#### Buttons
107
108Four variants are defined. Pick one — never blend variants or invent a fifth.
109
110- **Primary** — pill shape, bg `#006A6A`, text `#FFFFFF`, border `1px solid #006A6A`, padding `10px 24px`, weight `500`.
111- **Secondary** — pill shape, bg `#CCE8E7`, text `#051F1F`, border `1px solid #CCE8E7`, padding `10px 24px`, weight `500`.
112- **Outline** — pill shape, text `#006A6A`, border `1px solid #6F7979`, padding `9px 22px`, weight `500`.
113- **Ghost** — pill shape, text `#006A6A`, padding `10px 12px`, weight `500`.
114
115Reach for **primary** as the single dominant CTA per screen.
116**Secondary** for the supporting action. **Outline** for tertiary
117actions in toolbars. **Ghost** for inline links and table actions.
118
119#### Cards
120
121- Background: `#FBFDFD`
122- Border: `1px solid rgba(111, 121, 121, 0.20)`
123- Shadow: `0 1px 2px rgba(23, 29, 29, 0.04), 0 1px 3px rgba(23, 29, 29, 0.06)`
124- Radius: `radius.lg` (`16px`)
125- Internal padding: `20px` for compact cards, `24–28px` for content cards.
126
127#### Charts
128
129- Bar/line variant: `line`
130- No gridlines — let the bars/lines carry the data.
131- Highlight strategy: `last` — emphasize a single bar/point per chart.
132- Use the declared palette in order: `#006A6A`, `#171D1D`, `#6F7979`.
133
134#### Typography pairings
135
136- **Display (`Roboto Flex`)** — h1, h2, hero headlines, brand wordmarks.
137- **Body (`Roboto Flex`)** — paragraphs, labels, button text, form inputs.
138- **Mono (`Roboto Mono`)** — code, eyebrows, metadata, numerals in tables.
139
140### 4 · Hard constraints
141
142Never do any of the following without explicit instruction from the user:
143
144- Introduce a new color, font, radius, or shadow that isn't declared above.
145- Mix this system with another (e.g. don't paste in Material or Bootstrap defaults).
146- Use generic gradient defaults (purple→blue, peach→pink) — they break the system's voice.
147- Reach for emoji icons. Use a consistent icon library and size icons in line with body type.
148- Add motion that exceeds the system's restraint — keep transitions short (≤200ms) and subtle.
149
150### 5 · Before you finish — verify
151
152Run through this checklist for every screen you produce:
153
154- [ ] Every color used appears in the Colors table above.
155- [ ] Headlines use the display font; body copy uses the body font.
156- [ ] Buttons match one of the declared variants exactly (shape, padding, weight).
157- [ ] Border-radius values come from `radius.sm` / `radius.md` / `radius.lg` / `radius.pill`.
158- [ ] Cards and dividers use the declared border + shadow tokens.
159- [ ] No values were invented; if you needed something missing, you stopped and asked.
160
161---
162
163## Overview
164Tide Material is the tonal-surface spec applied to a teal seed. It's the same tonal-surface logic as Lumen — surface, surface-container-low, outline-variant, full-rounded buttons — just with **teal #006A6A** as the dynamic-color primary and a cooler neutral tonal palette derived from it.
165
166This is for product UI that wants tonal-surface's calm, accessible scaffolding without the violet of the baseline.
167
168## Color (tonal roles)
169- **on-surface #171D1D** — primary text. cool tonal neutral.
170- **outline #6F7979** — borders, captions, dividers.
171- **primary #006A6A** — the teal seed. CTAs, focus rings, accent ink.
172- **secondary-container #CCE8E7** — tonal button fill.
173- **surface-container-low #F4FAFA** — page canvas.
174- **surface #FBFDFD** — base card surface.
175
176The single seed drives every accent. No second hue exists in the system.
177
178## Typography
179**Roboto Flex** at every level — the tonal-surface system's canonical face.
180
181| Role | Size | Weight | Tracking | tonal-surface token |
182|------|------|--------|----------|----------|
183| Hero | 3.5625rem | 400 | -0.015em | display-large |
184| H1 | 2rem | 400 | 0 | headline-large |
185| H2 | 1.375rem | 500 | 0 | title-large |
186| Body | 1rem | 400 | +0.015em | body-large |
187| Label | 0.875rem | 500 | +0.0125em | label-large |
188
189## Buttons (tonal variants)
190All four are **full-rounded pills** at 9999px — the standard default.
191
192- **Filled (primary)** — teal fill, white label. The single primary action.
193- **Tonal (secondary)** — secondary-container fill (#CCE8E7), on-container ink. the tonal-surface system's preferred secondary.
194- **Outlined** — transparent with outline-variant border.
195- **Text (ghost)** — bare teal label.
196
197**No drop shadows on buttons.** tonal buttons rely on color contrast, not elevation.
198
199## Cards
200Surface fill (#FBFDFD) with **outline-variant border at 20%** and tonal elevation level 1 (1px + 1px shadow stack at 4–6%). Radius is **16px** — the tonal-surface large shape token.
201
202## Charts & Data
203A single 2px teal line over the cool surface canvas. **No gridlines, no fills.** A small teal dot at the latest reading. Axis labels in outline grey.
204
205## Do's and Don'ts
206- ✅ Full-rounded pills on every button. the standard default.
207- ✅ Tonal secondaries via secondary-container, not white-with-border.
208- ✅ Roboto Flex everywhere. Display weight 400 — never 700.
209- ✅ Use elevation level 1 on cards. Never level 3+.
210- ❌ No second accent color. The teal seed is alone.
211- ❌ No serif typography. the tonal-surface system is sans-only.
212- ❌ No tight padding. the tonal-surface system is breathing-room first.
213
214---
215
216## Tokens
217
218> Generated from the same source the live preview renders from.
219> Treat the values below as the contract — never substitute approximations.
220
221### Colors
222
223| Role | Value |
224|-----------|-------|
225| primary | `#171D1D` |
226| secondary | `#6F7979` |
227| tertiary | `#006A6A` |
228| neutral | `#F4FAFA` |
229| surface | `#FBFDFD` |
230
231### Typography
232
233- **Display:** Roboto Flex
234- **Body:** Roboto Flex
235- **Mono:** Roboto Mono
236
237| Role | size / leading / weight / tracking |
238|------|------------------------------------|
239| Hero | 3.5625rem / 1.12 / 400 / -0.015em |
240| H1 | 2rem / 1.25 / 400 / 0 |
241| H2 | 1.375rem / 1.27 / 500 / 0 |
242| Body | 1rem / 1.5 / 400 / 0.015em |
243
244### Radius
245
246- sm: `8px`
247- md: `12px`
248- lg: `16px`
249- pill: `9999px`
250
251### Shadows
252
253- **card:** `0 1px 2px rgba(23, 29, 29, 0.04), 0 1px 3px rgba(23, 29, 29, 0.06)`
254- **button:** `none`
255
256### Borders
257
258- **card:** `1px solid rgba(111, 121, 121, 0.20)`
259- **divider:** `rgba(111, 121, 121, 0.16)`
260
261### Buttons
262
263Four variants, each fully tokenized. The preview renders from these exact values.
264
265#### Primary
266
267| Property | Value |
268|----------|-------|
269| shape | `pill` |
270| background | `#006A6A` |
271| color | `#FFFFFF` |
272| border | `1px solid #006A6A` |
273| padding | `10px 24px` |
274| fontWeight | `500` |
275| fontSize | `0.875rem` |
276| tracking | `0.0125em` |
277
278#### Secondary
279
280| Property | Value |
281|----------|-------|
282| shape | `pill` |
283| background | `#CCE8E7` |
284| color | `#051F1F` |
285| border | `1px solid #CCE8E7` |
286| padding | `10px 24px` |
287| fontWeight | `500` |
288| fontSize | `0.875rem` |
289| tracking | `0.0125em` |
290
291#### Outline
292
293| Property | Value |
294|----------|-------|
295| shape | `pill` |
296| background | `transparent` |
297| color | `#006A6A` |
298| border | `1px solid #6F7979` |
299| padding | `9px 22px` |
300| fontWeight | `500` |
301| fontSize | `0.875rem` |
302| tracking | `0.0125em` |
303
304#### Ghost
305
306| Property | Value |
307|----------|-------|
308| shape | `pill` |
309| background | `transparent` |
310| color | `#006A6A` |
311| border | `none` |
312| padding | `10px 12px` |
313| fontWeight | `500` |
314| fontSize | `0.875rem` |
315| tracking | `0.0125em` |
316| hoverHint | `underline` |
317
318### Charts
319
320| Property | Value |
321|----------|-------|
322| variant | `line` |
323| strokeWidth | `2` |
324| gridlines | `false` |
325| highlight | `last` |
326| dotMarker | `true` |
327| axisColor | `#6F7979` |
328| palette | `#006A6A`, `#171D1D`, `#6F7979` |
329
03 · How to use it

Wire it into your agent.

markdown
# CLAUDE.md
Reference @DESIGN.md for all styling decisions. Apply tokens strictly — do not introduce colors, fonts, or radii outside the system. When in doubt, prefer the values declared in DESIGN.md frontmatter.
04 · Required setup

Three snippets.

Google Fonts link

html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto+Flex:opsz,wght@8..144,400;8..144,500;8..144,600;8..144,700&family=Roboto+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap" />

Install dependencies

bash
npm install lucide-react

Tailwind config

js
// tailwind.config.js
export default {
theme: {
extend: {
fontFamily: {
display: ['"Roboto Flex"', 'serif'],
sans: ['"Roboto Flex"', 'sans-serif'],
mono: ['"Roboto Mono"', 'monospace'],
},
colors: {
primary: '#171D1D',
secondary: '#6F7979',
accent: '#006A6A',
neutral: '#F4FAFA',
surface: '#FBFDFD',
},
borderRadius: {
sm: '8px',
md: '12px',
lg: '16px',
},
},
},
};
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