Planetscale
planetscale.comThe reference for a whole-page monospace developer tool: fixed-width ui-monospace type on off-white #fafafa, one ember-orange #f35815 action accent, and zero shadow so the site reads like a well-formatted README.
Data Infrastructure flagship
Design tokens
background
surface
text
textMuted
accent
border
tone1
tone2
- display
- body
- mono
Do / Don't
Reference it for
- Setting the entire interface, not just code blocks, in ui-monospace so every heading, paragraph and nav item shares the fixed-width texture
- Achromatic base: charcoal #414141 body text on #fafafa canvas with #737373 for muted, colour used only where it earns attention
- A single vivid action accent, ember #f35815, reserved for the primary CTA pill ('Get in touch') and nothing else
- Restrained link blue #0b6ec5 for inline text links, kept distinct from the orange action colour
- Flat, borderless surfaces: hierarchy from type weight, spacing and hairline #c1c1c1 rules, no drop shadows or elevation
- Left orange accent bar flagging the hero headline instead of a large display size, a small typographic marker doing hero duty
- A raw hairline logo grid (5-up) where every customer mark sits in its own thin-ruled cell, table-like rather than carousel
- Fully-round pill buttons (radius 9999px) against square 0px cards and inputs, a deliberate radius contrast
Do not copy
- The PlanetScale planet/orbit mark and wordmark
- The named customer logos in the proof grid (Block, Etsy, Intercom, Cursor, Slack and the rest)
- The exact ember-orange #f35815 as your accent, it reads as PlanetScale
- Product-specific copy like 'Database Traffic Control', 'Vitess', 'Tier 0 databases', 'unlimited IOPS'
- The literal DESIGN.md-for-AI-agents conceit and man-page framing as a brand gimmick