Obscura. 8-bit arcade floating on cloud paper.
- SaaS
- Light theme
- 9 colors
- 2 typefaces
Obscura runs on a playful 8-bit arcade vocabulary pressed onto a soft, sky-toned paper canvas. The display type (Jersey 10) is the visual signature: chunky pixel letterforms that read like Game Boy subtitles, paired with the calm, modern geometry of Manrope for everything that needs to be read. A single vivid orange (#ff5e24) does the loud work — CTA fills, link hovers, hero emphasis, card borders — while the rest of the system stays in cream, sky-blue, and graphite. Surfaces float on a pale #e3f1fe cloud with hairline borders and whisper-soft shadows; the page feels like a pixel-art console wallpaper you actually want to live inside. The mood is privacy-as-playfulness, not privacy-as-fortress.
Obscura design system
Brand3
Primary CTA fill, hero headline emphasis, active nav link, card accent border, hover state — the single chromatic voice that earns every pixel it touches
Footer background, dark-mode brand block — used where the orange needs to recede into a deep, warm base
Page canvas tint, card surface wash, secondary button border, decorative fill behind pixel art — the soft sky that everything floats on
Neutrals6
Headline text and strong links where the orange isn't appropriate — a rare, almost-black alternative
Primary text, nav links, icon strokes, body copy — the near-black with a cool cast that keeps the page from feeling sterile
Secondary body text, subdued button labels, muted icon fills — the tone of helpful but unhurried copy
Tertiary text, placeholder, disabled icon color, decorative pixel tints — the quietest readable neutral
Warm-tinted shadow base for card elevation — keeps shadows from looking blue-cold against the cream surface
Card surface, button text on dark fills, nav background, app-window chrome — the brightest readable layer
Try a pairing
Pick any two colors from the palette to check whether text stays readable on top.
Aa
Midnight Ink on Signal Orange
5.81 : 1 contrast
- Body textPasses AA 4.5
- Large textPasses AA 3
- StrictFails AAA 7
