Graphite
A dark steel admin theme: tight radii, industrial greys, and a cool primary for high-density operator dashboards.
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A live preview of this theme — every color, font, radius, and shadow you see is rendered straight from its tokens.
Color system
Click any swatch to copy. Contrast graded against WCAG.
Typography
Body sample. Inter carries running text — readable paragraphs, comfortable measure, and a rhythm that holds up across long pages of content and UI.
Radius, shadow & fonts
Components
Real UI rendered with this theme's tokens.
A surface for grouping content, with the theme's border, radius, and shadow.
Principles, guidelines & component specs
Do's & don'ts, spacing, motion, iconography, accessibility, and exact component specs — all in the design.md too.
Do
- •Pack information densely with clear borders and small radii.
- •Use the steel primary only for the few real actions.
Don't
- •Don't soften the UI with big radii or warm tints.
- •Don't animate slowly — operators want instant feedback.
- •Keep motion fast and mechanical; this is an instrument panel.
Hover to feel this theme's base transition.
Lucide · 1.75px stroke · 0.9rem. Outline icons with a consistent stroke width; size icons to match adjacent text and align them optically.
- Never use color as the only signal — pair it with text, an icon, or a shape.
- Every interactive element must be keyboard reachable and show a visible focus ring.
- Honor prefers-reduced-motion: reduce by disabling non-essential animation.
- Keep a logical heading order and give every form control a label.
Button
| Background | var(--primary) |
| Text | var(--primary-foreground) |
| Radius | 0.375rem |
| Padding | 0 0.85rem |
| Height | 2.25rem |
| Weight | 600 |
Badge
| Background | var(--accent) / var(--primary) |
| Text | var(--accent-foreground) / var(--primary-foreground) |
| Radius | 0.25rem |
| Padding | 0.15rem 0.55rem |
| Font size | 0.7rem |
| Weight | 600 |
Use for status, counts, and short labels. Keep to one or two words.
Alert
| Radius | 0.563rem |
| Padding | 1rem 1.25rem |
| Border | 1px solid var(--border) |
Always pair the color with an icon and a text label — never rely on color alone.
Form field
| Background | var(--background) |
| Border | 1px solid var(--input) |
| Radius | 0.375rem |
| Height | 2.25rem |
| Padding | 0.5rem 0.75rem |
Label sits above the field; helper or error text sits below.
Card
| Background | var(--card) |
| Text | var(--card-foreground) |
| Border | 1px solid var(--border) |
| Radius | 0.5rem |
| Padding | 1rem |
| Shadow | 0 6px 16px -6px rgba(0,0,0,0.30) |
The design brief
Graphite is an industrial, dark-first design system for operator consoles, infra dashboards, and dense control panels. Tight radii and cool steel greys keep a lot of information readable and serious.
Principles
- Density over decoration — small radii, compact controls, clear borders.
- Cool steel neutrals reduce glare in long monitoring sessions.
- One cool primary marks the few actions that matter.
When to use
Use Graphite for DevOps dashboards, network/infra consoles, and trading-style UIs. Avoid it for friendly consumer or marketing surfaces.
Signature details
- Steel
#334155primary; 0.375rem radius for an engineered look. - Inter + IBM Plex Mono for logs and metrics.
Use this with your AI
Download or copy the design.md and paste it into Claude, Cursor, or v0 — it tells the agent exactly which colors, fonts, radii, and shadows to use, so your site comes out looking like this.
Export tokens
Drop straight into your codebase.
:root {
--radius: 0.375rem;
--background: #ffffff;
--foreground: #1e293b;
--card: #ffffff;
--card-foreground: #1e293b;
--popover: #ffffff;
--popover-foreground: #1e293b;
--primary: #334155;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #f1f5f9;
--secondary-foreground: #1e293b;
--muted: #f1f5f9;
--muted-foreground: #64748b;
--accent: #e2e8f0;
--accent-foreground: #1e293b;
--destructive: #dc2626;
--destructive-foreground: #ffffff;
--border: #e2e8f0;
--input: #e2e8f0;
--ring: #334155;
--shadow-sm: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.10);
--shadow-md: 0 6px 16px -6px rgba(0,0,0,0.30);
--shadow-lg: 0 18px 40px -12px rgba(0,0,0,0.45);
--font-sans: 'Inter', ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
--font-mono: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, monospace;
--ease-standard: cubic-bezier(0.4,0,0.2,1);
--ease-emphasized: cubic-bezier(0.16,1,0.3,1);
--duration-base: 200ms;
}
.dark {
--background: #0c0d10;
--foreground: #e4e7eb;
--card: #15171c;
--card-foreground: #e4e7eb;
--popover: #15171c;
--popover-foreground: #e4e7eb;
--primary: #cbd5e1;
--primary-foreground: #0f172a;
--secondary: #1c1f26;
--secondary-foreground: #e4e7eb;
--muted: #1c1f26;
--muted-foreground: #9aa3b2;
--accent: #262a33;
--accent-foreground: #e4e7eb;
--destructive: #f87171;
--destructive-foreground: #450a0a;
--border: #262a33;
--input: #262a33;
--ring: #cbd5e1;
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