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Reflect Notes. A dark observatory where notes float like constellations against a near-black indigo void.

  • Productivity
  • Dark theme
  • 14 colors
  • 2 typefaces

Reflect Notes is a starlit thinking environment: near-black canvas tinted with violet (#030014), illuminated text in a soft lavender-white, and a single vivid lavender accent (#9382ff) that functions as a point of focus against the dark. The interface stays monochromatic and quiet — surfaces are separated by inset rim-light glows rather than borders or elevation shadows, giving components the feel of dark glass panels catching ambient light. Display headlines use AeonikPro at weight 500 (deliberately medium, not bold), creating a calm editorial voice rather than marketing bombast. A pastel pink-to-violet-to-blue gradient is reserved exclusively for accent text and decorative strokes — never for large fills. Components are compact and tight: 5px button radii, 16px card radii, 4px base spacing. The whole system reads as a constellation map, not a dashboard.

Screenshot of Reflect Notes
Captured from reflect.app on October 11, 2026

Reflect Notes design system

Reflect Notes

Brand2

  • Brand accent — links, active icons, focus rings, gradient endpoints, highlight punctuation. The single chromatic signal in a monochrome system

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

Accent2

  • Decorative gradient running from pink #e59cff through #ba9cff to blue #9cb2ff — used only on accent text and thin highlight strokes, never as a fill

  • Vertical violet glow gradient used for divider lines and edge highlights — transparent at both ends, peaks at violet center

Neutrals10

  • Page background, hero canvas, deepest surface layer — the near-black with violet undertone that defines the entire system's mood

  • Elevated surface, card backgrounds, slightly raised panels above the void canvas

  • Most elevated surface, hover states, prominent UI panels — a step brighter than midnight surface; Filled button surface, deep brand surface for primary controls sitting on the void canvas

  • Deepest muted text, disabled labels, dark-mode border contrast — the lowest readable neutral

  • Mid-neutral for secondary borders, inactive icon strokes, and subtle background tints

  • Tertiary text, metadata, helper text, inactive controls, border lines at full opacity

  • Secondary body text, card labels — cool neutral with violet undertone

  • Bright neutral used in dividers, subtle borders, and light-on-dark surface tints

  • Primary text, headings, icons, high-contrast UI elements — white with a lavender cast that harmonizes with the violet canvas

  • Pure white used sparingly for text on violet-filled elements and maximum-contrast headlines

Try a pairing

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

Aa

Void Canvas on Lavender Accent

6.78 : 1 contrast

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

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