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Kandinsky Vibe Pack

A publishing studio for painters, illustrators, and visual experimentalists. Build sites where the work breathes and the palette sings.

Preview of what ships in the Kandinsky Vibe Pack ZIP. The pack itself contains tokens.json, the Tailwind preset, this system prompt, the style guide, and these screenshots — ready to drop into Claude, Cursor, v0, or any AI coder.

Color tokens

The full token table shipped in tokens.json. Drop these into your own Tailwind preset, design tools, or AI prompt.

background
#FDF6E3
foreground
#0A0A0A
card
#FFFDF7
card fg
#0A0A0A
muted
#F0EBD8
muted fg
#6B6355
border
rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.12)
ring
#1B3A8C
primary
#1B3A8C
primary fg
#FFFFFF
secondary
#F5C518
secondary fg
#0A0A0A
accent
#D42B2B
accent fg
#FFFFFF
destructive
#D42B2B
destr fg
#FFFFFF
chart 1
#1B3A8C
chart 2
#D42B2B
chart 3
#F5C518
chart 4
#4A1A6B
chart 5
#0E7C5F
radius
0.5rem

Typography

Heading + body specimens in the actual fonts shipped with the pack (loaded via Google Fonts on this page).

Heading · Outfit
Display 60
Heading 48
Heading 36
Heading 30
Heading 24
Heading 20
Body · Space Grotesk

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Design systems should feel obvious in motion, not in theory.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. A vibe pack ships the same idea as a working app, just routed through tokens and prompts instead of compiled React.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Captions, helper text, fine print — same family, lighter color, smaller scale.

Components in this vibe

Hand-styled with the literal hex values from the token table — exactly what an AI coder would output if prompted with the vibe pack's system prompt.

Primary button
Secondary button
Badge row
NewBetaStable
Card
Gallery Sequences

Arrange works into musical movements with tempo, key, and mood. Visitors scroll through compositions, not endless grids of thumbnails.

Form field
Alert
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AI coder system prompt

Paste this into Claude, Cursor, v0, or any AI coder as the system prompt. Your generated UIs will inherit the Kandinsky vocabulary automatically.

system-prompt.md
# Kandinsky System Prompt — for Claude, Cursor, v0, bolt.new

Use this prompt when designing UI for products in the Kandinsky aesthetic.

---

You are designing user interfaces in the **Kandinsky** aesthetic.

## Visual identity

- Primary color: `#1B3A8C`
- Background: `#FDF6E3`
- Foreground / text: `#0A0A0A`
- Accent: `#D42B2B`
- Border-radius: `0.5rem`
- Typography: `Outfit` (heading) + `Space Grotesk` (body)

## Voice

Match the brand voice:

> "A portfolio platform that paints in color, line, and form"
> Composition is the publishing studio for abstract artists, painters, and visual experimentalists. Build sites where the work breathes, the palette sings, and every gallery is a sequence of movements.

This is the tone you should write in — concise, on-brand, no generic SaaS-speak.

## Patterns

- **Cards**: use `card` background, `border` color border, `radius` rounded corners
- **Primary buttons**: filled `primary` background, `primary-foreground` text, subtle shadow on hover
- **Secondary buttons**: outline `border`, transparent background, `foreground` text
- **Hero sections**: use the brand voice; lead with H1, then sub, then CTA pair
- **Pricing**: 3 tiers, middle one highlighted with `primary` border + shadow
- **Forms**: minimal labels, `muted-foreground` placeholders, `primary` focus ring

## Do NOT

- Use generic Tailwind colors like `bg-blue-500` — use the theme tokens instead
- Add micro-interactions that don't fit the brand voice
- Add emoji unless the brand voice explicitly suggests playfulness
- Use stock Aceternity / shadcn defaults — that defeats the entire point

Section gallery

Section captures from the source Kandinsky design system. These ship inside the vibe pack as visual reference for AI-generated layouts.

Kandinsky — section-1
Kandinsky — section-2
Kandinsky — section-3

Want the full Kandinsky pack?

The Kandinsky Theme Pack bundles this vibe pack with a Next.js landing template and an editor theme — same tokens, three surfaces.