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Gorsehelm

Dark technical web3 product site on near-black with a monochrome palette

Dark · Dark technical · Web3 · static site

A dark, precise and engineering-flavored dark-theme style for a crypto and web3 product website. Its look rests on heavy 900-weight display type up to 128px, sans-serif headlines over a serif body and a monochrome palette on a near-black canvas. Apply it to a marketing site or the public pages of an app; the tokens and component specs carry the identity.

Build in this styleRead the build prompt

In the builder, open Gallery under the message and search for Gorsehelm.

What makes it

  • heavy 900-weight display type up to 128px
  • sans-serif headlines over a serif body
  • monospace used for labels, metadata or code
  • short uppercase labels with open tracking
  • small 8px corners on controls
  • large 16px card corners
  • no shadows; depth comes from surface tone steps
  • very generous vertical spacing between sections

Colors

Precise, focused, nocturnal. The near-black canvas and sans-serif headlines over a serif body carry most of the character.

  • canvas#101010
  • surface#1a1a1a
  • text / primary action fill / focus ring#fffafa
  • muted text#bababa
  • divider (decorative) / primary action label#000000
  • input border#666666

Every checked pair, measured again

SampleWhereRatioNeeds
Aabody text on canvas18.40:14.5:1
Aabody text on surface16.83:14.5:1
Aamuted text on canvas9.80:14.5:1
Aamuted text on surface8.97:14.5:1
Aaprimary action label on fill20.31:14.5:1
focus ring on canvas18.40:13:1
focus ring on surface16.83:13:1
input border on canvas3.31:13:1

Typefaces

monospace accents in Roboto Mono; uppercase only for short labels, with at least 0.05em tracking; no text below 12px; weights of 300 or lighter only at 24px and above; fonts are open Google Fonts chosen to match the observed letterforms

  • Archivo BlackHeadings
  • Source Serif 4Body
  • Roboto MonoFigures and code

Type scale

128px Archivo Black 900

72px Archivo Black 900

32px Archivo Black 900

24px Source Serif 4 400

18px Source Serif 4 400

16px Source Serif 4 400

14px Source Serif 4 400

12px Source Serif 4 400

Corners and shadows

  • cards: 16px
  • links: 2px
  • images: 16px
  • buttons: 8px
  • nav-pills: 9999px

No shadows: depth comes from surfaces and lines.

Spacing and imagery

comfortable density on a 8px base unit; container 1440px; section gap 128px; card padding 24px; element gap 8px; radii cards 16px, links 2px, images 16px, buttons 8px, nav-pills 9999px; no shadows

Photography, illustration, 3d renders, abstract gradients. Use placeholder or generated imagery only; partner marks are neutral placeholders in the muted text color. Photography is shown under a scrim wherever text overlaps it. Icons are outline style at 20-24px in the text or muted color.

Layout

  1. top navigation: wordmark left, 4-6 text links, primary action right; collapses to a menu sheet under 768px
  2. full-bleed hero with media behind a scrim and the headline anchored lower left
  3. feature grid of icon, title and two-line description cells (3-4 columns desktop, 1 column mobile)
  4. row of placeholder partner marks in a single muted tone (wraps to two rows on mobile)
  5. testimonial cards with quote, name and role
  6. footer with grouped link columns, legal line and social icons
  7. content sits in a 1440px centered container with 24px side padding (16px on mobile)
  8. sections are separated by 128px of vertical space on desktop, roughly half that on mobile

Patterns

  • hero
  • feature grid of icon, title and two-line description cells (3-4 columns desktop, 1 column mobile)
  • row of placeholder partner marks in a single muted tone (wraps to two rows on mobile)
  • testimonial cards with quote, name and role

Components

  • hero block: colors: text #fffafa
  • section heading: colors: text #fffafa
  • primary button: fill #fffafa, label #000000; no shadow; uppercase with at least 0.05em tracking
  • secondary button: fill surface #1a1a1a; label surface #1a1a1a; pill radius; uppercase with at least 0.05em tracking
  • content card: colors: surface #1a1a1a, text #fffafa
  • top navigation bar: colors: divider (decorative) #000000, text #fffafa, surface #1a1a1a
  • carousel: colors: text #fffafa; sticky
  • hero block (variant 2): colors: text #fffafa
  • pill badge: colors: divider (decorative) #000000, text #fffafa; pill radius
  • pill badge (variant 2): colors: text #fffafa
  • media block: colors: text #fffafa
  • top navigation bar (variant 2): colors: text #fffafa

Interactions and states

  • hover reveals a 1px accent outline; code and terminal lines type in once on first view
  • every interactive element shows a 2px #fffafa focus ring with 2px offset
  • primary action darkens or lightens by one step on hover and keeps its label color
  • card rail scrolls with snap points; previous/next buttons and keyboard arrows move one card
  • navigation collapses to a full-height menu sheet under 768px, trapping focus while open
  • all motion is disabled under prefers-reduced-motion
  • images show a surface-colored placeholder until loaded, with alt text if they fail
  • forms: inline validation, disabled submit while sending, success message and retryable error
  • mobile menu open and closed states
  • hover, focus-visible, active and disabled states for every button style
  • reduced-motion variant with no transitions beyond opacity
  • rail start and end: previous/next buttons disable at the ends

Guardrails

Experience

  • Keep one primary action style (#fffafa fill, #000000 label) and use it once per view; secondary actions stay outlined or text-only.
  • Use the 8px control radius consistently; do not mix in pill shapes.
  • Limit headline sizes to the type scale; the 128px display size appears once per page, in the hero.
  • Separate layers with surface tone and hairlines, not shadows.
  • Partner and customer marks are placeholders in one muted tone; never use real company logos.
  • Keep copy short and concrete: one idea per section, with a heading that states the benefit.

Accessibility

  • Text, links, focus rings and input borders use only the verified pairs listed in contrast checks.
  • Focus ring: 2px solid #fffafa with 2px offset on every interactive element.
  • Body text is 16px or larger at 1.5 line height; nothing is smaller than 12px.
  • Decorative colors (dividers and supporting accents) never carry text or the only signal of state.
  • Uppercase labels stay short, use at least 0.05em tracking and keep sentence-case text in the HTML source.
  • The card rail has visible previous/next buttons, is keyboard operable and never auto-advances.
  • Text over photos or gradients sits on a scrim that keeps it at 4.5:1 against the lightest area.
  • Respect prefers-reduced-motion; no parallax or autoplay video without a pause control.

Security

  • Validate every form with a shared zod schema on the client and again in the edge function; reject unknown fields.
  • Rate-limit form endpoints per IP and add a honeypot field; store leads in a Supabase table with RLS allowing insert only for anonymous users and select only for staff.
  • Set a strict Content-Security-Policy, self-host fonts and icons, and avoid third-party scripts beyond privacy-friendly analytics.
  • Open external links with rel="noopener noreferrer" and never put secrets or API keys in client code.
  • The marketing site shows no account data and never asks for credentials, seed phrases or keys; sign-in links go to the separate app domain.

Build prompt

The rules every style in the gallery assumes, then this style’s own ten sections, from goal to guardrails. A build in the style also gets its tokens as a file, so the colors and type above are exact.

The rules every style assumes
### How to use these prompts
Paste an entry's build prompt into your coding agent as the first message. Each prompt names its own stack, tokens and acceptance criteria; the rules below apply to all of them and can be prepended once per project.

### Engineering baseline
- TypeScript strict mode, no `any`, small typed components, feature folders, and one source of truth for design tokens (CSS variables consumed by Tailwind).
- Validate every input with a shared zod schema on the client and again on the server or edge function. Never trust client-side checks alone.
- Show loading, empty and error states for every async view. Surface errors in plain language with a retry, and log details to the console in development only.
- Keep secrets out of the bundle. Only publishable keys (for example a Supabase anon key) belong in client code; service-role keys, API keys and webhooks live in server or edge-function environment variables.

### Data and auth baseline
- Enable Row Level Security on every table before inserting data. Default-deny, then add the narrowest policies the feature needs (for a lead form: insert-only for anonymous users, select for a staff role).
- Store roles in a separate table checked by a security-definer function, never in a user-editable profile field.
- Rate-limit public endpoints (forms, auth, AI calls) and add a honeypot field or captcha to anonymous forms.
- Take payments through a hosted checkout and verify webhooks by signature. Never handle raw card data.

### Accessibility and UX baseline
- Target WCAG 2.2 AA: 4.5:1 contrast for normal text and 3:1 for large text, input borders, focus rings and meaningful icons or chart lines. Every palette in this catalog lists its verified pairs; re-check with a contrast tool after any color change.
- Keep body text at 16px or larger with 1.5 line height, nothing below 12px, no light weights under 24px, and uppercase only for short labels.
- Give every interactive element a visible focus ring, full keyboard support, semantic landmarks, labeled form fields, and alt text on meaningful images.
- Respect `prefers-reduced-motion` for every animation. Give carousels and drag interactions keyboard and button alternatives, and never auto-advance them.
- Build mobile-first and test at 375px, 768px and 1280px.

### Content guardrails
- Use original copy, fictional sample data and placeholder or generated imagery. Do not reuse another product's name, logo, screenshots or marketing text.
- Partner and customer logo rows use neutral placeholder marks. Label demo testimonials and metrics as samples. Collect the minimum personal data a form needs.

### Style preset baseline
- Treat the entry's palette, type scale, radii, spacing and shadows as the complete token set. Do not introduce new colors; derive hover and pressed states by moving one step lighter or darker within the same hue, then re-check contrast.
- Colors marked decorative (dividers, supporting accents) never sit behind text and never carry meaning on their own.
- Fonts are open Google Fonts chosen to match the observed letterforms. Self-host them with `font-display: swap` and keep to the listed weights.
- Keep the signature moves listed for the entry, and keep everything else quiet so they stay recognizable.
- One primary action style per view. Secondary actions are outlined or text-only, and links are distinguishable by more than color (underline or weight).
### Goal
Build a responsive dark-theme marketing site for a fictional crypto and web3 product in the "Gorsehelm" style: dark, precise and engineering-flavored, with heavy 900-weight display type up to 128px, sans-serif headlines over a serif body, monospace used for labels, metadata or code. Use invented copy and placeholder imagery throughout.

### Stack
Astro, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, React islands with Radix primitives (tabs, accordion, dialog), Lucide icons, Motion, Embla Carousel, zod, Supabase (form submissions only). Design tokens live as CSS variables and are mapped into the Tailwind theme.

### Pages & layout
Home page sections, in order:
- top navigation: wordmark left, 4-6 text links, primary action right; collapses to a menu sheet under 768px
- full-bleed hero with media behind a scrim and the headline anchored lower left
- feature grid of icon, title and two-line description cells (3-4 columns desktop, 1 column mobile)
- row of placeholder partner marks in a single muted tone (wraps to two rows on mobile)
- testimonial cards with quote, name and role
- footer with grouped link columns, legal line and social icons
- content sits in a 1440px centered container with 24px side padding (16px on mobile)
- sections are separated by 128px of vertical space on desktop, roughly half that on mobile
Also build a simple contact page with a lead form and a 404 page in the same style. Test at 375px, 768px and 1280px.

### Design system
```css
:root {
  --color-canvas: #101010;
  --color-surface: #1a1a1a;
  --color-text: #fffafa;
  --color-muted-text: #bababa;
  --color-divider: #000000;
  --color-input-border: #666666;
  --text-12: 12px;
  --text-14: 14px;
  --text-16: 16px;
  --text-18: 18px;
  --text-24: 24px;
  --text-32: 32px;
  --text-72: 72px;
  --text-128: 128px;
  --radius-cards: 16px;
  --radius-links: 2px;
  --radius-images: 16px;
  --radius-buttons: 8px;
  --radius-nav-pills: 9999px;
  --space-unit: 8px;
  --container: 1440px;
}
```
Display Archivo Black, body Source Serif 4, mono Roboto Mono (Google Fonts, self-hosted, font-display: swap).
Type scale (size/weight/line-height tracking): 12px/400/1.4 0.040em, 14px/400/0.88, 16px/400/1.6 0.060em, 18px/400/1.5 0.010em, 24px/400/1.4 0.060em, 32px/900/1.0 0.020em, 72px/900/0.8, 128px/900/0.8.
Spacing: comfortable density on a 8px base unit; container 1440px; section gap 128px; card padding 24px; element gap 8px; radii cards 16px, links 2px, images 16px, buttons 8px, nav-pills 9999px; no shadows.
Signature moves: heavy 900-weight display type up to 128px; sans-serif headlines over a serif body; monospace used for labels, metadata or code; short uppercase labels with open tracking; small 8px corners on controls; large 16px card corners; no shadows; depth comes from surface tone steps; very generous vertical spacing between sections.

### Components & interactions
- **hero block**: colors: text #fffafa
- **section heading**: colors: text #fffafa
- **primary button**: fill #fffafa, label #000000; no shadow; uppercase with at least 0.05em tracking
- **secondary button**: fill surface #1a1a1a; label surface #1a1a1a; pill radius; uppercase with at least 0.05em tracking
- **content card**: colors: surface #1a1a1a, text #fffafa
- **top navigation bar**: colors: divider (decorative) #000000, text #fffafa, surface #1a1a1a
- **carousel**: colors: text #fffafa; sticky
- **hero block (variant 2)**: colors: text #fffafa
- **pill badge**: colors: divider (decorative) #000000, text #fffafa; pill radius
- **pill badge (variant 2)**: colors: text #fffafa
- **media block**: colors: text #fffafa
- **top navigation bar (variant 2)**: colors: text #fffafa
- hover reveals a 1px accent outline; code and terminal lines type in once on first view
- every interactive element shows a 2px #fffafa focus ring with 2px offset
- primary action darkens or lightens by one step on hover and keeps its label color
- card rail scrolls with snap points; previous/next buttons and keyboard arrows move one card
- navigation collapses to a full-height menu sheet under 768px, trapping focus while open
- all motion is disabled under prefers-reduced-motion

### Data & state
Content comes from typed local collections: Feature{icon, title, body}, Testimonial{quote, name, role, avatarUrl}, PartnerMark{label, placeholderSvg}, Lead{email, name?, message?, createdAt}. The lead form posts to a Supabase edge function. Handle these states:
- images show a surface-colored placeholder until loaded, with alt text if they fail
- forms: inline validation, disabled submit while sending, success message and retryable error
- mobile menu open and closed states
- hover, focus-visible, active and disabled states for every button style
- reduced-motion variant with no transitions beyond opacity
- rail start and end: previous/next buttons disable at the ends

### Accessibility
- Text, links, focus rings and input borders use only the verified pairs listed in contrast checks.
- Focus ring: 2px solid #fffafa with 2px offset on every interactive element.
- Body text is 16px or larger at 1.5 line height; nothing is smaller than 12px.
- Decorative colors (dividers and supporting accents) never carry text or the only signal of state.
- Uppercase labels stay short, use at least 0.05em tracking and keep sentence-case text in the HTML source.
- The card rail has visible previous/next buttons, is keyboard operable and never auto-advances.
- Text over photos or gradients sits on a scrim that keeps it at 4.5:1 against the lightest area.
- Respect prefers-reduced-motion; no parallax or autoplay video without a pause control.
Verified contrast: body text on canvas #fffafa on #101010 = 18.4:1; body text on surface #fffafa on #1a1a1a = 16.83:1; muted text on canvas #bababa on #101010 = 9.8:1; muted text on surface #bababa on #1a1a1a = 8.97:1; primary action label on fill #000000 on #fffafa = 20.31:1; focus ring on canvas #fffafa on #101010 = 18.4:1; focus ring on surface #fffafa on #1a1a1a = 16.83:1; input border on canvas #666666 on #101010 = 3.31:1.

### Security
- Validate every form with a shared zod schema on the client and again in the edge function; reject unknown fields.
- Rate-limit form endpoints per IP and add a honeypot field; store leads in a Supabase table with RLS allowing insert only for anonymous users and select only for staff.
- Set a strict Content-Security-Policy, self-host fonts and icons, and avoid third-party scripts beyond privacy-friendly analytics.
- Open external links with rel="noopener noreferrer" and never put secrets or API keys in client code.
- The marketing site shows no account data and never asks for credentials, seed phrases or keys; sign-in links go to the separate app domain.

### Performance & SEO
- Static generation for every content page; ship no JavaScript to sections that do not need it.
- Images in AVIF/WebP with explicit width and height, lazy-loaded below the fold; preload the hero image and the display font only.
- One h1 per page, descriptive titles and meta descriptions, Open Graph tags with a generated preview image, and a sitemap.
- Target Lighthouse 95+ for performance, accessibility, best practices and SEO.

### Guardrails
- Keep one primary action style (#fffafa fill, #000000 label) and use it once per view; secondary actions stay outlined or text-only.
- Use the 8px control radius consistently; do not mix in pill shapes.
- Limit headline sizes to the type scale; the 128px display size appears once per page, in the hero.
- Separate layers with surface tone and hairlines, not shadows.
- Partner and customer marks are placeholders in one muted tone; never use real company logos.
- Keep copy short and concrete: one idea per section, with a heading that states the benefit.
Acceptance criteria:
- Every color in the build comes from the tokens above and every text pair matches a verified contrast pair.
- The page works with keyboard only, shows a visible focus ring everywhere and passes an automated axe check with no violations.
- No real brand names, logos, product screenshots or copied marketing text appear anywhere.
- Layout holds at 375px with no horizontal scrolling.

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