Minimal design system
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Create minimal, clean HTML artifacts with Tailwind CSS and shadcn-inspired HSL tokens. Use when the user requests a simple, professional design.
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Minimal Design System
A minimalist design system for HTML artifacts, dashboards, and websites.
Philosophy
- Generous whitespace
- Clear typography hierarchy
- Minimal color palette
- Auto dark mode via
prefers-color-scheme - Accessible: WCAG AA minimum
Quick start template
Use Tailwind CSS via CDN and the HSL tokens from references/design-tokens.md.
Core tokens
--background: page background--foreground: primary text--primary: buttons and emphasis--muted: subtle backgrounds--border: borders and dividers--card: card backgrounds--radius: 0.5rem
Common components
- Primary button:
bg-primary text-primary-foreground h-11 px-8 rounded-md - Secondary button:
border border-default h-11 px-8 rounded-md hover:bg-muted - Card:
p-6 rounded-lg border border-default bg-card - Badge:
text-xs px-2.5 py-1 rounded-full bg-muted - Input:
h-11 px-4 rounded-md border border-default focus:ring-2 focus:ring-[hsl(var(--ring))]
Layout
- Container max widths:
max-w-7xl,max-w-4xl,max-w-3xl,max-w-2xl - Section spacing:
py-16,py-24 - Element gaps:
gap-4,gap-6,gap-8
Rules
- Use Lucide icons only. No emojis.
- Never overwrite existing styles without asking.
- Add focus-visible indicators.
- Keep touch targets at least 44px.
Reference
references/design-tokens.md— complete tokensreferences/components.md— full component library
Gives 2 of the 12 instructions most css styling skills give in 396 tokens
Counted across 586 of the 596 authors here whose files we hold, read 2026-08-06
- avoid excessive centered layoutsin 55 of 586, across 12 files
- bundle code into single HTML filein 54 of 586, across 14 files
- Respect prefers-reduced-motion user settingsin 52 of 586, across 35 files
- avoid purple gradientsin 51 of 586, across 11 files
- avoid uniform rounded cornersin 51 of 586, across 11 files
- avoid Inter fontin 51 of 586, across 11 files
- edit generated files to develop artifactin 50 of 586, across 10 files
- animate only transform and opacity propertiesin 43 of 586
- Make touch targets at least 44x44 pixelshere, and in 41 of 586, across 15 files
- Ensure minimum color contrast of 4.5:1in 39 of 586, across 10 files
- use tailwind csshere, and in 39 of 586, across 24 files
- Use SVG icons instead of emojisin 38 of 586, across 11 files
Said here and by no other author read
- use hsl design tokens
- support auto dark mode via prefers-color-scheme
- maintain generous whitespace
- keep color palette minimal
- use lucide icons only
Grouped from the skills themselves: near-identical wordings counted once, and counted by distinct author, so one author publishing three of these counts once. Length counted with cl100k_base; the agent that loads this file may tokenize it differently.