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Akash Tyagi. Midnight gallery wall with hot pink markers.

  • Studio
  • Dark theme
  • 7 colors
  • 3 typefaces

Akash Tyagi is a dark editorial portfolio rendered as a midnight canvas with warm parchment text and a single vivid pink accent that acts as functional punctuation rather than decoration. The layout breathes — 200px section gaps, generous asymmetric two-column compositions, and display labels set in Geist Pixel Triangle create a gallery-wall rhythm where each project is given the silence it needs. Every neutral carries a warm sepia undertone, deliberately steering away from the cool blue-grays of typical tech portfolios. Components are minimal and flat: pill CTAs, hairline dividers, status dots, and large unfettered project imagery — there is no elevation, no gradients, no ornamentation beyond typography and a single chromatic accent.

Screenshot of Akash Tyagi
Captured from akashtyagi.com on October 11, 2026

Akash Tyagi design system

Akash Tyagi

Brand1

  • Primary action buttons, active nav states, selected markers, occasional heading accents — the single chromatic punctuation in the system

Accent1

  • Green wash for highlight backgrounds, decorative bands, and soft emphasis behind content. Use as a supporting accent, not as a status color

Neutrals5

  • Page background, card surfaces, inverted text on pink fills

  • Hairline dividers, low-emphasis borders, heading underlines on dark

  • Muted body text, subtle link borders, inactive labels

  • Secondary text, button borders, metadata — mid-tone warm gray

  • Primary body and heading text — warm near-white with sepia undertone, replaces the typical cool white of dark UIs

Try a pairing

Pick any two colors from the palette to check whether text stays readable on top.

Aa

Obsidian Canvas on Neon Petal

11.69 : 1 contrast

Background
Text
  • Body textPasses AA 4.5
  • Large textPasses AA 3
  • StrictPasses AAA 7

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