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CHELSEA. The roster plays, the chrome disappears.

  • Studio
  • Dark theme
  • 6 colors
  • 1 typeface

Chelsea is a talent roster presented as a black-box cinema: full-bleed cinematic photography sits directly on pure black, with a single vivid blue (#4490ff) as the only chromatic voice. The interface is deliberately skeletal — a thin top bar, a tiny floating blue dot, and a name list rendered in the accent color — letting the roster's work carry all visual weight. Typography is one family (Neue Haas Unica Pro) in two weights, set with tight 1.0–1.15 line-heights so the type reads like a film credit rather than a website. Everything that can be invisible is invisible: no borders on the canvas, no shadows, no card containers, no section backgrounds — the only surface transition is the sudden black-to-photography cut. Buttons and links are pill-shaped (9999px radius) and extremely compact, reinforcing the sense that this is a viewing room, not a product dashboard.

Screenshot of CHELSEA
Captured from chelsea.com on October 11, 2026

CHELSEA design system

CHELSEA

Brand1

  • Primary action, interactive links, roster name listings, focal dot indicator, highlighted borders — the only chromatic voice in an otherwise monochrome system

Neutrals5

  • Page canvas, all section backgrounds, negative space — the floor everything sits on

  • Headings, heavy borders, structural borders on dark surfaces — near-black with a slight cool cast for separation from the pure black canvas

  • Light-mode surfaces, neutral borders on cards or panels, secondary dividers — provides a paper-like counterpoint when a section lifts off the black canvas

  • Warm off-white for text and subtle borders — softer than pure white, evoking film stock and gallery walls against the black canvas

  • Maximum-contrast text and dividers when absolute clarity is needed over photography or dark media

Try a pairing

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

Aa

Void Black on Spotlight Blue

6.68 : 1 contrast

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

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