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ARKET. Scandinavian white gallery.

  • Commerce
  • Light theme
  • 9 colors
  • 3 typefaces

ARKET is a Scandinavian fashion retailer whose digital presence reads as a curated white-gallery space: bone-white canvases, carbon-black type, hairline borders, and no color anywhere except inside the photography itself. Typography pairs a quiet humanist sans with a small-caps monospace that labels editorial cards like museum wall text, reinforcing the art-direction-over-advertising voice. Interactive elements are sharp (2px corners), flat, and rely on inversion rather than color for emphasis — a solid black button sits beside an outlined one at the same height. The system prizes restraint: generous whitespace, no gradients, minimal elevation, and a single nearly invisible blue accent reserved for links. Every screen should feel like a printed lookbook page — spacious, monochrome, and let the imagery do the chromatic work.

Screenshot of ARKET
Captured from arket.com on October 11, 2026

ARKET design system

ARKET

Accent1

  • Violet supporting accent for decorative details and low-frequency emphasis. Do not promote it to the primary CTA color

Neutrals8

  • Primary text, navigation, icons, hairline borders, filled emphasis buttons, and the membership overlay surface

  • Deep text and link stroke alternative — visually indistinguishable from Carbon but slightly softer on screen

  • Button labels and secondary headings on light surfaces

  • Input placeholder text and form helper copy

  • Muted metadata, tag fill, and secondary link underlines

  • Hairline dividers, input borders, subtle section separators

  • Outlined button borders, tag and chip backgrounds

  • Page canvas, card surfaces, and inverse text on dark surfaces

Try a pairing

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

Aa

Bone White on Indigo Whisper

5.86 : 1 contrast

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

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