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Apollo. Warm brick atelier at golden hour.

  • Brand
  • Light theme
  • 9 colors
  • 2 typefaces

Apollo reads like a printed membership brochure for a curated physical workspace: warm cream canvas, hairline ash-gray rules, and a whisper-thin display serif that gives every page an editorial weight. A single terracotta accent is rationed across actions and one or two decorative headings, while deep espresso brown replaces black as the structural dark — the palette feels sunlit rather than backlit. The 3px corner radius rejects SaaS pill-button softness in favor of print-publication crispness, and uppercase labels with wide tracking read like section dividers in a magazine. Color rarely speaks, and when it does, it speaks in one confident orange.

Screenshot of Apollo
Captured from apolloworkspace.com on October 11, 2026

Apollo design system

Apollo

Brand3

  • Primary text, navigation background, structural borders — a warm near-black that anchors every screen without the harshness of pure #000000

  • Primary action borders, active nav state, decorative accents — rationed to moments of intent, never used as a large surface fill

  • Decorative display headings, logo monogram stroke — a vivid violet that breaks the warm palette for brand-voice headlines only

Accent1

  • Subtle highlight washes, eyebrow label backgrounds, warm text tint — a muted yellow that warms the cream canvas without competing with terracotta

Neutrals5

  • True black used sparingly for image fills and footer text — Espresso Bark handles all structural dark needs

  • Hairline borders, dividers, card edges — the most-used color on the site (1,300+ occurrences), creates the cool rule-lines that structure every layout

  • Cool surface accent for secondary panels — a lavender-tinted gray that introduces gentle contrast against the warm cream

  • Warm tinted surface for hover states and soft callout blocks — a peach wash that warms the cream canvas

  • Page canvas, content section backgrounds — the dominant surface, never pure white, always slightly cream

Try a pairing

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

Aa

Warm Linen on Espresso Bark

13.26 : 1 contrast

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

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