Glideapps. Monochrome drafting table with one electric teal spark.
- SaaS
- Light theme
- 12 colors
- 2 typefaces
Glide is a near-monochromatic, border-driven interface: black text, white canvas, and a single vivid teal that sparks to life only on primary actions. Typography is the main expressive instrument — a heavy workhorse sans for UI and a distinctive display face for headlines, both pulled tight with negative tracking. Components sit on hairline borders rather than shadows; the whole system reads like a precise drafting table where one electric accent is allowed to break the discipline.

Glideapps design system
Brand1
Primary action background, logo mark — the single chromatic accent in an otherwise black-and-white system, creating unmistakable focus on CTAs without warmth or aggression
Accent1
Tinted wash for announcement pills, hover states on teal actions, and subtle accent backgrounds — extends the brand teal into ambient surface treatments
Neutrals10
Body text, heading text, icon strokes, hairline borders, and the dominant structural element — borders outnumber fills, so black reads as architecture not just type
Input field shadows and deep UI accents — near-black with a barely-perceptible warm undertone
Icon borders, link text on dark surfaces — another near-black tier for fine-grained contrast control
Secondary text, link borders, list dividers — slightly softer than pure black for non-headline copy
Muted text, button borders, link borders — mid-gray for tertiary information and inactive outlines
Disabled or placeholder text — the lightest readable gray
Faint link borders, low-emphasis dividers
Section background bands, muted surface alternation — warm-leaning neutral that prevents the page from feeling cold
Card surfaces, input backgrounds, secondary surface level — sits between white and stone for subtle elevation
Primary canvas, card surfaces, button backgrounds — the base layer of the surface stack
Try a pairing
Pick any two colors from the palette to check whether text stays readable on top.
Aa
Ink Black on Glide Teal
14.71 : 1 contrast
- Body textPasses AA 4.5
- Large textPasses AA 3
- StrictPasses AAA 7











