/* ---- THE TONE (plan kstack#276) ---- FOUNDER, 2026-11-08, on his own panel with Indigo Ops saved: "this dark green color is somehow not so good" ... "i think its just broken - thats why we got the dark green on indigo theme". He was right. A colour scheme set the accent and nothing else: every surface, rule, grey and the sidebar were fixed teal-green values written for the old teal default, so whichever scheme was chosen the panel stayed green underneath it. Now every one of those is the accent's tone mixed into a neutral: --ui-tone is the accent unless Branding's "Background tone" names another (Graphite is a neutral grey). A scheme, or any exact accent typed in, colours the whole panel. The percentages are small on purpose - a tint, not a paint - and guard-contrast measures every grey that text is drawn in, against every surface, for every scheme and for extreme accents, so a brand colour cannot make the panel unreadable. Only the neutrals are mixed. State colours (good / warn / danger / info) and the chart ramp mean the same thing under every brand and stay fixed. */ :root { /* ---- ADMIN DARK (default) ---- */ --ui-tone: var(--ui-accent); --ui-ground: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 7%, #0b0d10); --ui-surface: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 8%, #15181c); --ui-s2: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 8%, #1b1f24); --ui-s3: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 8%, #22262c); --ui-rule: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 10%, #24282e); --ui-rule-strong: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 10%, #2e333a); --ui-grid: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 9%, #1f2328); --ui-field-edge: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 10%, #646c76); --ui-ink: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 3%, #e6e9ee); --ui-muted: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #a4abb4); --ui-faint: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #939ba5); --ui-hairline: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 8%, #646c76); /* INDIGO IS THE DEFAULT (founder 2026-11-08). Teal is now a listed scheme. */ --ui-accent: #6b7ff2; --ui-accent-deep: #8b9bf5; --ui-accent-tint: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-accent) 15%, transparent); /* THE ACCENT FILLS; THE LINK IS WHAT TEXT USES. The indigo fill reads at 3.9:1 on the lightest dark surface, which is a fine button and a failing link, so the dark link is one step lighter. A BRAND'S DARK LINK IS --ui-link-dm, derived by the API to read on the dark surfaces; the light one (--ui-link) is written by the layout onto the light selectors only. Both used to land in the one rule every mode matches, so the default dark page drew links in the light shade. */ --ui-link: var(--ui-link-dm, #8796f5); --ui-link-deep: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-link-dm, #8796f5) 75%, #ffffff); --ui-good: #46c476; --ui-warn: #e0a33c; --ui-danger: #e87272; --ui-info: #5b9bd8; --ui-good-tint: rgba(70,196,118,.14); --ui-warn-tint: rgba(224,163,60,.14); --ui-bad-tint: rgba(228,106,106,.14); --ui-neutral-tint: rgba(147,155,165,.14); --ui-sidebar: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #0a0c0f); --ui-sidebar-line: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 9%, #1b1f24); /* Group labels are the only structure the rail has; at 3.39:1 they were the least legible text in the product. Measured above 5:1 for every tone. */ --ui-side-text: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #a2a9b2); --ui-side-dim: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #8e96a0); /* identity ramp — charts only, never state */ --ui-chart-1: #5b78e8; --ui-chart-2: #0f9d9d; --ui-chart-3: #c08414; --ui-chart-4: #d4508f; --ui-chart-5: #5aa83c; --ui-chart-6: #9268e0; --ui-chart-7: #e0703a; --ui-chart-8: #2f7fd6; --ui-sans: 'IBM Plex Sans', 'Segoe UI', system-ui, sans-serif; --ui-mono: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, Consolas, monospace; /* ---- type scale: six steps, and everything is on one of them ---- */ --t-xs: 11px; /* pill, badge, timestamp */ --t-sm: 12px; /* caption, table cell, help */ --t-md: 13px; /* body, control, nav */ --t-lg: 15px; /* card title, section heading */ --t-xl: 19px; /* page title */ --t-2xl: 26px; /* the one number a KPI exists to show */ /* ---- spacing scale: 4px base ---- */ --s-1: 4px; --s-2: 8px; --s-3: 12px; --s-4: 16px; --s-5: 24px; --s-6: 32px; --s-7: 48px; --r-sm: 8px; --r-md: 11px; --r-lg: 14px; color-scheme: dark; } html[data-mode="light"] { --ui-ground: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 4%, #eff1f4); --ui-surface: #ffffff; --ui-s2: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 3%, #f5f6f8); --ui-s3: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 5%, #e8ebef); --ui-rule: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #dde1e6); --ui-rule-strong: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 7%, #c6cdd5); --ui-grid: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 5%, #e4e8ec); --ui-field-edge: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #78818b); --ui-ink: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 3%, #161b23); --ui-muted: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #56606c); --ui-faint: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #57616d); --ui-hairline: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #8a939e); --ui-accent: #4a56cf; --ui-accent-deep: #3a44a8; --ui-accent-tint: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-accent) 10%, #ffffff); /* ...and on the LIGHT palette the fill and the link are separate tokens because the page is --ui-ground, not white: a link has to clear 4.5 on the surface everybody uses, not only the one everybody checks. */ --ui-link: #4a56cf; --ui-link-deep: #3a44a8; --ui-good: #2e7d43; --ui-warn: #a45b19; --ui-danger: #a13030; --ui-info: #2f6cb3; --ui-good-tint: #e9f4ec; --ui-warn-tint: #faf1e6; --ui-bad-tint: #f7ebeb; --ui-neutral-tint: #eef0f2; --ui-sidebar: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #0b0d10); --ui-sidebar-line: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 9%, #1b1f24); --ui-side-text: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #a2a9b2); --ui-side-dim: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #8e96a0); --ui-chart-1: #3d5cc9; --ui-chart-2: #0b7f7f; --ui-chart-3: #9a6a0f; --ui-chart-4: #b23a76; --ui-chart-5: #457f2e; --ui-chart-6: #7550c4; --ui-chart-7: #bf5a2a; --ui-chart-8: #2264ad; color-scheme: light; } /* ---- CUSTOMER (template v2): warm light by default, calm dark on toggle. Placed after the light block so the customer palette wins at equal specificity; the [data-mode] variants pin both explicit choices. The warm paper stays warm under every brand; the rail and the greys follow the tone. ---- */ html[data-view="customer"], html[data-view="customer"][data-mode="light"] { --ui-ground: #faf9f6; --ui-surface: #ffffff; --ui-s2: #f4f3ee; --ui-s3: #ecebe4; --ui-rule: #e6e4dc; --ui-rule-strong: #d5d2c6; --ui-grid: #eceae2; --ui-field-edge: #8a877b; --ui-ink: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 3%, #1b2228); --ui-muted: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 5%, #55626a); --ui-faint: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 5%, #55626a); --ui-hairline: #93a3a7; --ui-accent: #4a56cf; --ui-accent-deep: #3a44a8; --ui-accent-tint: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-accent) 10%, #ffffff); --ui-link: #4a56cf; --ui-link-deep: #3a44a8; --ui-good: #2e7d43; --ui-warn: #a45b19; --ui-danger: #a13030; --ui-info: #2f6cb3; --ui-good-tint: #e9f4ec; --ui-warn-tint: #faf1e6; --ui-bad-tint: #f7ebeb; --ui-neutral-tint: #efeee8; --ui-sidebar: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 7%, #0f1317); --ui-sidebar-line: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 9%, #1f242a); --ui-side-text: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #a2a9b2); --ui-side-dim: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #8e96a0); --ui-chart-1: #3d5cc9; --ui-chart-2: #0b7f7f; --ui-chart-3: #9a6a0f; --ui-chart-4: #b23a76; --ui-chart-5: #457f2e; --ui-chart-6: #7550c4; --ui-chart-7: #bf5a2a; --ui-chart-8: #2264ad; color-scheme: light; } html[data-view="customer"][data-mode="dark"] { --ui-ground: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 7%, #0e1013); --ui-surface: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 8%, #15181c); --ui-s2: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 8%, #1c2025); --ui-s3: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 8%, #22262c); --ui-rule: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 10%, #262a31); --ui-rule-strong: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 10%, #30353c); --ui-grid: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 9%, #21252b); --ui-field-edge: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 10%, #646c76); --ui-ink: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 3%, #e6e9ee); --ui-muted: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #a4abb4); --ui-faint: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #939ba5); --ui-hairline: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 8%, #646c76); --ui-accent: #6b7ff2; --ui-accent-deep: #8b9bf5; --ui-accent-tint: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-accent) 15%, transparent); /* WITHOUT THESE THE CUSTOMER'S DARK THEME INHERITS THE LIGHT LINK, because its cascade runs :root -> light -> customer -> customer dark, and a token it does not restate keeps the LIGHT theme's value. Every theme that redefines a surface has to redefine the text that lands on it - which is the rule the contrast guard enforces rather than trusting anyone to remember. */ --ui-link: var(--ui-link-dm, #8796f5); --ui-link-deep: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-link-dm, #8796f5) 75%, #ffffff); --ui-good: #46c476; --ui-warn: #e0a33c; --ui-danger: #e87272; --ui-info: #5b9bd8; --ui-good-tint: rgba(70,196,118,.14); --ui-warn-tint: rgba(224,163,60,.14); --ui-bad-tint: rgba(228,106,106,.14); --ui-neutral-tint: rgba(147,155,165,.14); --ui-sidebar: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #0a0c0f); --ui-sidebar-line: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 9%, #1b1f24); --ui-side-text: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #a2a9b2); --ui-side-dim: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-tone) 6%, #8e96a0); --ui-chart-1: #5b78e8; --ui-chart-2: #0f9d9d; --ui-chart-3: #c08414; --ui-chart-4: #d4508f; --ui-chart-5: #5aa83c; --ui-chart-6: #9268e0; --ui-chart-7: #e0703a; --ui-chart-8: #2f7fd6; color-scheme: dark; } * { box-sizing: border-box; } body { margin: 0; background: var(--ui-ground); color: var(--ui-ink); font-family: var(--ui-sans); font-size: var(--t-md); line-height: 1.5; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; transition: background .15s ease; } /* THE ACCENT FILLS; --ui-link IS WHAT TEXT USES. MEASURED ON THE FOUNDER'S PLATFORM, 2026-08-30: his branding accent is a gold, #c98a2e, and every link on the panel is drawn in it - at 2.93:1 on white, where AA wants 4.5. Twenty-six rules used the accent as TEXT. A brand colour is chosen to be recognisable, not readable, and those are different jobs: the same gold is perfectly good as a button fill with white on it and unreadable as eleven-point text. So the accent keeps doing the first job, and --ui-link is derived from it to do the second - dark enough to read on the light surface, light enough on the dark one. Undefined, it falls back to the accent, which is what the built-in palettes want because theirs already pass. */ a { color: var(--ui-link, var(--ui-accent)); text-decoration: none; } a:hover { color: var(--ui-link-deep, var(--ui-accent-deep)); } h1 { font-size: var(--t-xl); font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -.01em; margin: 0; } button { font: inherit; } /* A HEADING NOBODY STYLED STILL HAS A WEIGHT: the browser's, which is 700. MEASURED 2026-08-30: the same

element rendered at 600 as a card title and at 700 in the first-run checklist, because that one set only its size. Two weights for one level is the kind of difference nobody can name and everybody sees. The scale answers for every heading now, so a new one is right by default and a deliberate exception has to say so. / h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { font-weight: 600; text-wrap: balance; } / ---- app shell ---- / .shell { display: flex; min-height: 100vh; } .sidebar { flex: 0 0 var(--rail-w, 240px); background: var(--ui-sidebar); display: flex; flex-direction: column; padding: 16px 12px 12px; position: sticky; top: 0; height: 100vh; overflow-y: auto; scrollbar-width: thin; transition: flex-basis .14s ease; } / ---- the mini rail ---- Twenty destinations in five groups is a lot of permanent furniture on a laptop, and on a wide screen it is 240px you might rather give to a table. Collapsed it keeps every icon and every position, so the muscle memory of where things are survives the switch — only the labels go. / / min-width:0 is the whole fix, and it is the same one this codebase has now hit four times: a flex item will not shrink below its own CONTENT without it, so flex-basis:64px was being overridden by the min-content width of the labels — even though those labels are hidden, the group headings and the pulse block still measure. / / flex: 0 0 64px, not flex-basis: 64px. The base rule sets the SHORTHAND, and overriding one longhand of it here was silently losing — the rest of this block (padding, min-width) applied, so the rail visibly restyled while staying exactly 240px wide, which is the most misleading version of not working. min-width:0 is still needed: a flex item will not shrink below its own content without it. / html[data-rail="mini"] { --rail-w: 64px; } html[data-rail="mini"] .sidebar { padding: 16px 8px 12px; min-width: 0; overflow-x: hidden; } html[data-rail="mini"] .nav-item { justify-content: center; padding: 0; } html[data-rail="mini"] .nav-item span:not(.dotw), html[data-rail="mini"] .nav-item .count, html[data-rail="mini"] .brand small, html[data-rail="mini"] .brand .brand-word, html[data-rail="mini"] .brand b, html[data-rail="mini"] .whoami div, html[data-rail="mini"] .pulse .row, html[data-rail="mini"] .side-foot form { display: none; } / The group label collapses to the rule it already implies, so the five groups stay visually separated without their names. / html[data-rail="mini"] .navsec { height: 1px; padding: 10px 6px; overflow: hidden; color: transparent; } html[data-rail="mini"] .navsec::after { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 10px; right: 10px; height: 1px; background: var(--ui-sidebar-line); } html[data-rail="mini"] .navsec { position: relative; } html[data-rail="mini"] .pulse { padding: 8px 6px; } html[data-rail="mini"] .whoami { justify-content: center; } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .sidebar { transition: none; } } / The rail toggle sits at the bottom of the rail, where it is out of the way of navigation but always in the same place. / .railtoggle { margin-top: var(--s-2); width: 100%; height: 30px; border: 0; border-radius: var(--r-sm); background: transparent; color: var(--ui-side-dim); cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 8px; font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: .06em; text-transform: uppercase; } .railtoggle:hover { background: rgba(255,255,255,.05); color: var(--ui-side-text); } html[data-rail="mini"] .railtoggle span { display: none; } .brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 11px; padding: 2px 10px 14px; } .brand b { color: #fff; font-weight: 700; font-size: var(--t-lg); letter-spacing: -.01em; display: block; line-height: 1.1; } .brand small { font-size: var(--t-xs); color: var(--ui-side-dim); letter-spacing: .16em; font-weight: 600; } .navsec { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 8px; font-size: var(--t-xs); letter-spacing: .12em; font-weight: 600; color: var(--ui-side-dim); padding: 13px 12px 4px; } .navsec i { width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 3px; display: inline-block; flex: none; } / Group headings fold their group (NavLinks). A button, so it is reachable by keyboard; styled as the heading it was. / button.navsec { width: 100%; border: 0; background: transparent; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; border-radius: 6px; } button.navsec:hover:not(:disabled) { color: var(--ui-side-text); background: rgba(255,255,255,.04); } button.navsec:disabled { cursor: default; } .navsec-n { margin-left: auto; display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0; opacity: .8; } .navsec-chev { width: 12px; text-align: center; letter-spacing: 0; opacity: .7; } .navsec .navsec-n + .navsec-chev { margin-left: 4px; } .navsec:not(:has(.navsec-n)) .navsec-chev { margin-left: auto; } .navgrp.closed > .nav-item { display: none; } / The narrow rail has no headings to open: every icon shows. / html[data-rail="mini"] .navgrp.closed > .nav-item { display: flex; } .nav-item { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; height: 33px; padding: 0 12px; border-radius: 8px; color: var(--ui-side-text); font-size: var(--t-md); font-weight: 500; } .nav-item:hover { color: #d7e2e5; background: rgba(255,255,255,.05); } / The active row had a tint block and nothing else. A tint is the first thing a white-label recolour changes, so on a rebranded panel the only signal of where you are could wash out entirely. The bar is structural. / .nav-item.active, .nav-item.active:hover { color: #fff; background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--ui-accent) 22%, transparent); } .nav-item.active::before { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; top: 6px; bottom: 6px; width: 2px; border-radius: 0 2px 2px 0; background: var(--ui-accent); } .nav-item { position: relative; } .nav-item:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--ui-accent); outline-offset: -2px; } .nav-item svg { flex: 0 0 18px; } .nav-item .count { margin-left: auto; font-family: var(--ui-mono); font-size: var(--t-xs); color: var(--ui-side-dim); } .nav-item .dotw { margin-left: auto; width: 7px; height: 7px; border-radius: 50%; background: var(--ui-warn); flex: none; } .pulse { margin-top: auto; background: rgba(255,255,255,.04); border: 1px solid var(--ui-sidebar-line); border-radius: 10px; padding: 10px 12px; } .pulse .t { font-size: var(--t-xs); letter-spacing: .1em; font-weight: 600; color: var(--ui-side-dim); } .pulse .row { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 8px; margin-top: 4px; } .pulse b { color: #d7e2e5; font-size: var(--t-sm); } .pulse small { color: var(--ui-side-dim); font-size: var(--t-xs); } .side-foot { padding: 12px 10px 2px; border-top: 1px solid var(--ui-sidebar-line); margin-top: 10px; } .whoami { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; padding: 0 2px 10px; } .whoami .av { width: 30px; height: 30px; border-radius: 50%; background: #22333a; color: #d7e2e5; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-size: var(--t-xs); font-weight: 600; flex: none; } .whoami form { margin-left: auto; } .signout { border: 0; background: transparent; color: var(--ui-side-dim); cursor: pointer; padding: 6px; border-radius: var(--r-sm); display: inline-flex; } .signout:hover { background: rgba(255,255,255,.06); color: var(--ui-side-text); } html[data-rail="mini"] .whoami form { display: none; } .whoami b { color: #d7e2e5; font-size: var(--t-sm); display: block; line-height: 1.2; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; max-width: 150px; } .whoami small { color: var(--ui-side-dim); font-size: var(--t-xs); } .main { flex: 1; display: flex; flex-direction: column; min-width: 0; } .topbar { height: 54px; background: var(--ui-surface); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--ui-rule); display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; padding: 0 22px; position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 10; } .searchbox { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; background: var(--ui-ground); border: 1px solid var(--ui-rule); border-radius: 9px; height: 34px; padding: 0 12px; width: 360px; color: var(--ui-faint); cursor: pointer; font-size: var(--t-md); / It is a

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