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+# Design System: Claude (Anthropic)
+
+## 1. Visual Theme & Atmosphere
+
+Claude's interface is a literary salon reimagined as a product page — warm, unhurried, and quietly intellectual. The entire experience is built on a parchment-toned canvas (`#f5f4ed`) that deliberately evokes the feeling of high-quality paper rather than a digital surface. Where most AI product pages lean into cold, futuristic aesthetics, Claude's design radiates human warmth, as if the AI itself has good taste in interior design.
+
+The signature move is the custom Anthropic Serif typeface — a medium-weight serif with generous proportions that gives every headline the gravitas of a book title. Combined with organic, hand-drawn-feeling illustrations in terracotta (`#c96442`), black, and muted green, the visual language says "thoughtful companion" rather than "powerful tool." The serif headlines breathe at tight-but-comfortable line-heights (1.10–1.30), creating a cadence that feels more like reading an essay than scanning a product page.
+
+What makes Claude's design truly distinctive is its warm neutral palette. Every gray has a yellow-brown undertone (`#5e5d59`, `#87867f`, `#4d4c48`) — there are no cool blue-grays anywhere. Borders are cream-tinted (`#f0eee6`, `#e8e6dc`), shadows use warm transparent blacks, and even the darkest surfaces (`#141413`, `#30302e`) carry a barely perceptible olive warmth. This chromatic consistency creates a space that feels lived-in and trustworthy.
+
+**Key Characteristics:**
+- Warm parchment canvas (`#f5f4ed`) evoking premium paper, not screens
+- Custom Anthropic type family: Serif for headlines, Sans for UI, Mono for code
+- Terracotta brand accent (`#c96442`) — warm, earthy, deliberately un-tech
+- Exclusively warm-toned neutrals — every gray has a yellow-brown undertone
+- Organic, editorial illustrations replacing typical tech iconography
+- Ring-based shadow system (`0px 0px 0px 1px`) creating border-like depth without visible borders
+- Magazine-like pacing with generous section spacing and serif-driven hierarchy
+
+## 2. Color Palette & Roles
+
+### Primary
+- **Anthropic Near Black** (`#141413`): The primary text color and dark-theme surface — not pure black but a warm, almost olive-tinted dark that's gentler on the eyes. The warmest "black" in any major tech brand.
+- **Terracotta Brand** (`#c96442`): The core brand color — a burnt orange-brown used for primary CTA buttons, brand moments, and the signature accent. Deliberately earthy and un-tech.
+- **Coral Accent** (`#d97757`): A lighter, warmer variant of the brand color used for text accents, links on dark surfaces, and secondary emphasis.
+
+### Secondary & Accent
+- **Error Crimson** (`#b53333`): A deep, warm red for error states — serious without being alarming.
+- **Focus Blue** (`#3898ec`): Standard blue for input focus rings — the only cool color in the entire system, used purely for accessibility.
+
+### Surface & Background
+- **Parchment** (`#f5f4ed`): The primary page background — a warm cream with a yellow-green tint that feels like aged paper. The emotional foundation of the entire design.
+- **Ivory** (`#faf9f5`): The lightest surface — used for cards and elevated containers on the Parchment background. Barely distinguishable but creates subtle layering.
+- **Pure White** (`#ffffff`): Reserved for specific button surfaces and maximum-contrast elements.
+- **Warm Sand** (`#e8e6dc`): Button backgrounds and prominent interactive surfaces — a noticeably warm light gray.
+- **Dark Surface** (`#30302e`): Dark-theme containers, nav borders, and elevated dark elements — warm charcoal.
+- **Deep Dark** (`#141413`): Dark-theme page background and primary dark surface.
+
+### Neutrals & Text
+- **Charcoal Warm** (`#4d4c48`): Button text on light warm surfaces — the go-to dark-on-light text.
+- **Olive Gray** (`#5e5d59`): Secondary body text — a distinctly warm medium-dark gray.
+- **Stone Gray** (`#87867f`): Tertiary text, footnotes, and de-emphasized metadata.
+- **Dark Warm** (`#3d3d3a`): Dark text links and emphasized secondary text.
+- **Warm Silver** (`#b0aea5`): Text on dark surfaces — a warm, parchment-tinted light gray.
+
+### Semantic & Accent
+- **Border Cream** (`#f0eee6`): Standard light-theme border — barely visible warm cream, creating the gentlest possible containment.
+- **Border Warm** (`#e8e6dc`): Prominent borders, section dividers, and emphasized containment on light surfaces.
+- **Border Dark** (`#30302e`): Standard border on dark surfaces — maintains the warm tone.
+- **Ring Warm** (`#d1cfc5`): Shadow ring color for button hover/focus states.
+- **Ring Subtle** (`#dedc01`): Secondary ring variant for lighter interactive surfaces.
+- **Ring Deep** (`#c2c0b6`): Deeper ring for active/pressed states.
+
+### Gradient System
+- Claude's design is **gradient-free** in the traditional sense. Depth and visual richness come from the interplay of warm surface tones, organic illustrations, and light/dark section alternation. The warm palette itself creates a "gradient" effect as the eye moves through cream → sand → stone → charcoal → black sections.
+
+## 3. Typography Rules
+
+### Font Family
+- **Headline**: `Anthropic Serif`, with fallback: `Georgia`
+- **Body / UI**: `Anthropic Sans`, with fallback: `Arial`
+- **Code**: `Anthropic Mono`, with fallback: `Arial`
+
+*Note: These are custom typefaces. For external implementations, Georgia serves as the serif substitute and system-ui/Inter as the sans substitute.*
+
+### Hierarchy
+
+| Role | Font | Size | Weight | Line Height | Letter Spacing | Notes |
+|------|------|------|--------|-------------|----------------|-------|
+| Display / Hero | Anthropic Serif | 64px (4rem) | 500 | 1.10 (tight) | normal | Maximum impact, book-title presence |
+| Section Heading | Anthropic Serif | 52px (3.25rem) | 500 | 1.20 (tight) | normal | Feature section anchors |
+| Sub-heading Large | Anthropic Serif | 36–36.8px (~2.3rem) | 500 | 1.30 | normal | Secondary section markers |
+| Sub-heading | Anthropic Serif | 32px (2rem) | 500 | 1.10 (tight) | normal | Card titles, feature names |
+| Sub-heading Small | Anthropic Serif | 25–25.6px (~1.6rem) | 500 | 1.20 | normal | Smaller section titles |
+| Feature Title | Anthropic Serif | 20.8px (1.3rem) | 500 | 1.20 | normal | Small feature headings |
+| Body Serif | Anthropic Serif | 17px (1.06rem) | 400 | 1.60 (relaxed) | normal | Serif body text (editorial passages) |
+| Body Large | Anthropic Sans | 20px (1.25rem) | 400 | 1.60 (relaxed) | normal | Intro paragraphs |
+| Body / Nav | Anthropic Sans | 17px (1.06rem) | 400–500 | 1.00–1.60 | normal | Navigation links, UI text |
+| Body Standard | Anthropic Sans | 16px (1rem) | 400–500 | 1.25–1.60 | normal | Standard body, button text |
+| Body Small | Anthropic Sans | 15px (0.94rem) | 400–500 | 1.00–1.60 | normal | Compact body text |
+| Caption | Anthropic Sans | 14px (0.88rem) | 400 | 1.43 | normal | Metadata, descriptions |
+| Label | Anthropic Sans | 12px (0.75rem) | 400–500 | 1.25–1.60 | 0.12px | Badges, small labels |
+| Overline | Anthropic Sans | 10px (0.63rem) | 400 | 1.60 | 0.5px | Uppercase overline labels |
+| Micro | Anthropic Sans | 9.6px (0.6rem) | 400 | 1.60 | 0.096px | Smallest text |
+| Code | Anthropic Mono | 15px (0.94rem) | 400 | 1.60 | -0.32px | Inline code, terminal |
+
+### Principles
+- **Serif for authority, sans for utility**: Anthropic Serif carries all headline content with medium weight (500), giving every heading the gravitas of a published title. Anthropic Sans handles all functional UI text — buttons, labels, navigation — with quiet efficiency.
+- **Single weight for serifs**: All Anthropic Serif headings use weight 500 — no bold, no light. This creates a consistent "voice" across all headline sizes, as if the same author wrote every heading.
+- **Relaxed body line-height**: Most body text uses 1.60 line-height — significantly more generous than typical tech sites (1.4–1.5). This creates a reading experience closer to a book than a dashboard.
+- **Tight-but-not-compressed headings**: Line-heights of 1.10–1.30 for headings are tight but never claustrophobic. The serif letterforms need breathing room that sans-serif fonts don't.
+- **Micro letter-spacing on labels**: Small sans text (12px and below) uses deliberate letter-spacing (0.12px–0.5px) to maintain readability at tiny sizes.
+
+## 4. Component Stylings
+
+### Buttons
+
+**Warm Sand (Secondary)**
+- Background: Warm Sand (`#e8e6dc`)
+- Text: Charcoal Warm (`#4d4c48`)
+- Padding: 0px 12px 0px 8px (asymmetric — icon-first layout)
+- Radius: comfortably rounded (8px)
+- Shadow: ring-based (`#e8e6dc 0px 0px 0px 0px, #d1cfc5 0px 0px 0px 1px`)
+- The workhorse button — warm, unassuming, clearly interactive
+
+**White Surface**
+- Background: Pure White (`#ffffff`)
+- Text: Anthropic Near Black (`#141413`)
+- Padding: 8px 16px 8px 12px
+- Radius: generously rounded (12px)
+- Hover: shifts to secondary background color
+- Clean, elevated button for light surfaces
+
+**Dark Charcoal**
+- Background: Dark Surface (`#30302e`)
+- Text: Ivory (`#faf9f5`)
+- Padding: 0px 12px 0px 8px
+- Radius: comfortably rounded (8px)
+- Shadow: ring-based (`#30302e 0px 0px 0px 0px, ring 0px 0px 0px 1px`)
+- The inverted variant for dark-on-light emphasis
+
+**Brand Terracotta**
+- Background: Terracotta Brand (`#c96442`)
+- Text: Ivory (`#faf9f5`)
+- Radius: 8–12px
+- Shadow: ring-based (`#c96442 0px 0px 0px 0px, #c96442 0px 0px 0px 1px`)
+- The primary CTA — the only button with chromatic color
+
+**Dark Primary**
+- Background: Anthropic Near Black (`#141413`)
+- Text: Warm Silver (`#b0aea5`)
+- Padding: 9.6px 16.8px
+- Radius: generously rounded (12px)
+- Border: thin solid Dark Surface (`1px solid #30302e`)
+- Used on dark theme surfaces
+
+### Cards & Containers
+- Background: Ivory (`#faf9f5`) or Pure White (`#ffffff`) on light surfaces; Dark Surface (`#30302e`) on dark
+- Border: thin solid Border Cream (`1px solid #f0eee6`) on light; `1px solid #30302e` on dark
+- Radius: comfortably rounded (8px) for standard cards; generously rounded (16px) for featured; very rounded (32px) for hero containers and embedded media
+- Shadow: whisper-soft (`rgba(0,0,0,0.05) 0px 4px 24px`) for elevated content
+- Ring shadow: `0px 0px 0px 1px` patterns for interactive card states
+- Section borders: `1px 0px 0px` (top-only) for list item separators
+
+### Inputs & Forms
+- Text: Anthropic Near Black (`#141413`)
+- Padding: 1.6px 12px (very compact vertical)
+- Border: standard warm borders
+- Focus: ring with Focus Blue (`#3898ec`) border-color — the only cool color moment
+- Radius: generously rounded (12px)
+
+### Navigation
+- Sticky top nav with warm background
+- Logo: Claude wordmark in Anthropic Near Black
+- Links: mix of Near Black (`#141413`), Olive Gray (`#5e5d59`), and Dark Warm (`#3d3d3a`)
+- Nav border: `1px solid #30302e` (dark) or `1px solid #f0eee6` (light)
+- CTA: Terracotta Brand button or White Surface button
+- Hover: text shifts to foreground-primary, no decoration
+
+### Image Treatment
+- Product screenshots showing the Claude chat interface
+- Generous border-radius on media (16–32px)
+- Embedded video players with rounded corners
+- Dark UI screenshots provide contrast against warm light canvas
+- Organic, hand-drawn illustrations for conceptual sections
+
+### Distinctive Components
+
+**Model Comparison Cards**
+- Opus 4.5, Sonnet 4.5, Haiku 4.5 presented in a clean card grid
+- Each model gets a bordered card with name, description, and capability badges
+- Border Warm (`#e8e6dc`) separation between items
+
+**Organic Illustrations**
+- Hand-drawn-feeling vector illustrations in terracotta, black, and muted green
+- Abstract, conceptual rather than literal product diagrams
+- The primary visual personality — no other AI company uses this style
+
+**Dark/Light Section Alternation**
+- The page alternates between Parchment light and Near Black dark sections
+- Creates a reading rhythm like chapters in a book
+- Each section feels like a distinct environment
+
+## 5. Layout Principles
+
+### Spacing System
+- Base unit: 8px
+- Scale: 3px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 30px
+- Button padding: asymmetric (0px 12px 0px 8px) or balanced (8px 16px)
+- Card internal padding: approximately 24–32px
+- Section vertical spacing: generous (estimated 80–120px between major sections)
+
+### Grid & Container
+- Max container width: approximately 1200px, centered
+- Hero: centered with editorial layout
+- Feature sections: single-column or 2–3 column card grids
+- Model comparison: clean 3-column grid
+- Full-width dark sections breaking the container for emphasis
+
+### Whitespace Philosophy
+- **Editorial pacing**: Each section breathes like a magazine spread — generous top/bottom margins create natural reading pauses.
+- **Serif-driven rhythm**: The serif headings establish a literary cadence that demands more whitespace than sans-serif designs.
+- **Content island approach**: Sections alternate between light and dark environments, creating distinct "rooms" for each message.
+
+### Border Radius Scale
+- Sharp (4px): Minimal inline elements
+- Subtly rounded (6–7.5px): Small buttons, secondary interactive elements
+- Comfortably rounded (8–8.5px): Standard buttons, cards, containers
+- Generously rounded (12px): Primary buttons, input fields, nav elements
+- Very rounded (16px): Featured containers, video players, tab lists
+- Highly rounded (24px): Tag-like elements, highlighted containers
+- Maximum rounded (32px): Hero containers, embedded media, large cards
+
+## 6. Depth & Elevation
+
+| Level | Treatment | Use |
+|-------|-----------|-----|
+| Flat (Level 0) | No shadow, no border | Parchment background, inline text |
+| Contained (Level 1) | `1px solid #f0eee6` (light) or `1px solid #30302e` (dark) | Standard cards, sections |
+| Ring (Level 2) | `0px 0px 0px 1px` ring shadows using warm grays | Interactive cards, buttons, hover states |
+| Whisper (Level 3) | `rgba(0,0,0,0.05) 0px 4px 24px` | Elevated feature cards, product screenshots |
+| Inset (Level 4) | `inset 0px 0px 0px 1px` at 15% opacity | Active/pressed button states |
+
+**Shadow Philosophy**: Claude communicates depth through **warm-toned ring shadows** rather than traditional drop shadows. The signature `0px 0px 0px 1px` pattern creates a border-like halo that's softer than an actual border — it's a shadow pretending to be a border, or a border that's technically a shadow. When drop shadows do appear, they're extremely soft (0.05 opacity, 24px blur) — barely visible lifts that suggest floating rather than casting.
+
+### Decorative Depth
+- **Light/Dark alternation**: The most dramatic depth effect comes from alternating between Parchment (`#f5f4ed`) and Near Black (`#141413`) sections — entire sections shift elevation by changing the ambient light level.
+- **Warm ring halos**: Button and card interactions use ring shadows that match the warm palette — never cool-toned or generic gray.
+
+## 7. Do's and Don'ts
+
+### Do
+- Use Parchment (`#f5f4ed`) as the primary light background — the warm cream tone IS the Claude personality
+- Use Anthropic Serif at weight 500 for all headlines — the single-weight consistency is intentional
+- Use Terracotta Brand (`#c96442`) only for primary CTAs and the highest-signal brand moments
+- Keep all neutrals warm-toned — every gray should have a yellow-brown undertone
+- Use ring shadows (`0px 0px 0px 1px`) for interactive element states instead of drop shadows
+- Maintain the editorial serif/sans hierarchy — serif for content headlines, sans for UI
+- Use generous body line-height (1.60) for a literary reading experience
+- Alternate between light and dark sections to create chapter-like page rhythm
+- Apply generous border-radius (12–32px) for a soft, approachable feel
+
+### Don't
+- Don't use cool blue-grays anywhere — the palette is exclusively warm-toned
+- Don't use bold (700+) weight on Anthropic Serif — weight 500 is the ceiling for serifs
+- Don't introduce saturated colors beyond Terracotta — the palette is deliberately muted
+- Don't use sharp corners (< 6px radius) on buttons or cards — softness is core to the identity
+- Don't apply heavy drop shadows — depth comes from ring shadows and background color shifts
+- Don't use pure white (`#ffffff`) as a page background — Parchment (`#f5f4ed`) or Ivory (`#faf9f5`) are always warmer
+- Don't use geometric/tech-style illustrations — Claude's illustrations are organic and hand-drawn-feeling
+- Don't reduce body line-height below 1.40 — the generous spacing supports the editorial personality
+- Don't use monospace fonts for non-code content — Anthropic Mono is strictly for code
+- Don't mix in sans-serif for headlines — the serif/sans split is the typographic identity
+
+## 8. Responsive Behavior
+
+### Breakpoints
+| Name | Width | Key Changes |
+|------|-------|-------------|
+| Small Mobile | <479px | Minimum layout, stacked everything, compact typography |
+| Mobile | 479–640px | Single column, hamburger nav, reduced heading sizes |
+| Large Mobile | 640–767px | Slightly wider content area |
+| Tablet | 768–991px | 2-column grids begin, condensed nav |
+| Desktop | 992px+ | Full multi-column layout, expanded nav, maximum hero typography (64px) |
+
+### Touch Targets
+- Buttons use generous padding (8–16px vertical minimum)
+- Navigation links adequately spaced for thumb navigation
+- Card surfaces serve as large touch targets
+- Minimum recommended: 44x44px
+
+### Collapsing Strategy
+- **Navigation**: Full horizontal nav collapses to hamburger on mobile
+- **Feature sections**: Multi-column → stacked single column
+- **Hero text**: 64px → 36px → ~25px progressive scaling
+- **Model cards**: 3-column → stacked vertical
+- **Section padding**: Reduces proportionally but maintains editorial rhythm
+- **Illustrations**: Scale proportionally, maintain aspect ratios
+
+### Image Behavior
+- Product screenshots scale proportionally within rounded containers
+- Illustrations maintain quality at all sizes
+- Video embeds maintain 16:9 aspect ratio with rounded corners
+- No art direction changes between breakpoints
+
+## 9. Agent Prompt Guide
+
+### Quick Color Reference
+- Brand CTA: "Terracotta Brand (#c96442)"
+- Page Background: "Parchment (#f5f4ed)"
+- Card Surface: "Ivory (#faf9f5)"
+- Primary Text: "Anthropic Near Black (#141413)"
+- Secondary Text: "Olive Gray (#5e5d59)"
+- Tertiary Text: "Stone Gray (#87867f)"
+- Borders (light): "Border Cream (#f0eee6)"
+- Dark Surface: "Dark Surface (#30302e)"
+
+### Example Component Prompts
+- "Create a hero section on Parchment (#f5f4ed) with a headline at 64px Anthropic Serif weight 500, line-height 1.10. Use Anthropic Near Black (#141413) text. Add a subtitle in Olive Gray (#5e5d59) at 20px Anthropic Sans with 1.60 line-height. Place a Terracotta Brand (#c96442) CTA button with Ivory text, 12px radius."
+- "Design a feature card on Ivory (#faf9f5) with a 1px solid Border Cream (#f0eee6) border and comfortably rounded corners (8px). Title in Anthropic Serif at 25px weight 500, description in Olive Gray (#5e5d59) at 16px Anthropic Sans. Add a whisper shadow (rgba(0,0,0,0.05) 0px 4px 24px)."
+- "Build a dark section on Anthropic Near Black (#141413) with Ivory (#faf9f5) headline text in Anthropic Serif at 52px weight 500. Use Warm Silver (#b0aea5) for body text. Borders in Dark Surface (#30302e)."
+- "Create a button in Warm Sand (#e8e6dc) with Charcoal Warm (#4d4c48) text, 8px radius, and a ring shadow (0px 0px 0px 1px #d1cfc5). Padding: 0px 12px 0px 8px."
+- "Design a model comparison grid with three cards on Ivory surfaces. Each card gets a Border Warm (#e8e6dc) top border, model name in Anthropic Serif at 25px, and description in Olive Gray at 15px Anthropic Sans."
+
+### Iteration Guide
+1. Focus on ONE component at a time
+2. Reference specific color names — "use Olive Gray (#5e5d59)" not "make it gray"
+3. Always specify warm-toned variants — no cool grays
+4. Describe serif vs sans usage explicitly — "Anthropic Serif for the heading, Anthropic Sans for the label"
+5. For shadows, use "ring shadow (0px 0px 0px 1px)" or "whisper shadow" — never generic "drop shadow"
+6. Specify the warm background — "on Parchment (#f5f4ed)" or "on Near Black (#141413)"
+7. Keep illustrations organic and conceptual — describe "hand-drawn-feeling" style

package/design-md/claude/README.md

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+# Claude Inspired Design System
+
+[DESIGN.md](https://github.com/VoltAgent/awesome-design-md/blob/main/design-md/claude/DESIGN.md) extracted from the public [claude](https://claude.ai/) website. This is not the official design system. Colors, fonts, and spacing may not be 100% accurate. But it's a good starting point for building something similar.
+
+## Files
+
+| File | Description |
+|------|-------------|
+| `DESIGN.md` | Complete design system documentation (9 sections) |
+| `preview.html` | Interactive design token catalog (light) |
+| `preview-dark.html` | Interactive design token catalog (dark) |
+
+
+Use [DESIGN.md](https://github.com/VoltAgent/awesome-design-md/blob/main/design-md/claude/DESIGN.md) to use as a reference for AI agents (Claude, Cursor, Stitch) to generate UI that looks like the Claude design language.
+
+## Preview
+
+A sample landing page built with DESIGN.md. It shows the actual colors, typography, buttons, cards, spacing, and elevation, all in one page.
+
+### Dark Mode
+![Claude Design System — Dark Mode](https://pub-2e4ecbcbc9b24e7b93f1a6ab5b2bc71f.r2.dev/designs/claude/preview-dark-screenshot.png)
+
+### Light Mode
+![Claude Design System — Light Mode](https://pub-2e4ecbcbc9b24e7b93f1a6ab5b2bc71f.r2.dev/designs/claude/preview-screenshot.png)