Nordic: Calm SaaS Design System

Web · Light · Soft · SaaS · Productivity

Nordic

Muted blues, soft greys and quiet confidence for productivity tools.

Nordic brings Scandinavian restraint to software: near-white pages, a muted fjord blue for action, soft sea green and honey as secondary tones, and Manrope at comfortable sizes. Nothing shouts, so long feature pages and dense settings screens both stay easy on the eyes.

Preview

Rendered live from the tokens below, in the system's own fonts.

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Active users12,480

Revenue$48.2k

Retention86%

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Recent ordersCustomerStatusAmountAda ParkPaid$1,240Lukas WeberPending$380Mei ChenRefunded$96

Use it in your project

Paste this into Codex or Claude Code. The agent saves the spec as DESIGN.md and follows it from then on.

This project uses the Nordic design system. Its spec is at https://codexdesign.io/design-systems/nordic.md. Save it as DESIGN.md in the project root and follow it for every screen from now on.

Tokens

Colors

Light theme

background#FBFBFAoklch(0.988 0.001 106.423)
foreground#1D2125oklch(0.245 0.01 248.22)
card#FFFFFFoklch(1 0 0)
card-foreground#1D2125oklch(0.245 0.01 248.22)
popover#FFFFFFoklch(1 0 0)
popover-foreground#1D2125oklch(0.245 0.01 248.22)
primary#3A5BA0oklch(0.481 0.118 263.376)
primary-foreground#FFFFFFoklch(1 0 0)
secondary#EDF0F5oklch(0.954 0.007 260.732)
secondary-foreground#1D2125oklch(0.245 0.01 248.22)
muted#F1F2F4oklch(0.961 0.003 264.542)
muted-foreground#5C636Boklch(0.496 0.015 251.687)
accent#ECEEF2oklch(0.949 0.006 264.532)
accent-foreground#1D2125oklch(0.245 0.01 248.22)
destructive#B93A32oklch(0.533 0.165 27.691)
border#E2E5EAoklch(0.921 0.008 260.732)
input#D3D8DFoklch(0.88 0.011 256.7)
ring#3A5BA0oklch(0.481 0.118 263.376)
chart-1#3A5BA0oklch(0.481 0.118 263.376)
chart-2#5E9C8Foklch(0.647 0.068 179.163)
chart-3#C98A3Eoklch(0.683 0.119 68.299)
chart-4#9A6FB0oklch(0.61 0.107 313.712)
chart-5#C25E6Eoklch(0.607 0.129 11.672)

Dark theme

background#131619oklch(0.198 0.008 248.212)
foreground#E9ECEFoklch(0.942 0.005 247.879)
card#191D21oklch(0.228 0.01 248.257)
card-foreground#E9ECEFoklch(0.942 0.005 247.879)
popover#191D21oklch(0.228 0.01 248.257)
popover-foreground#E9ECEFoklch(0.942 0.005 247.879)
primary#8EA9E0oklch(0.735 0.086 264.147)
primary-foreground#131619oklch(0.198 0.008 248.212)
secondary#22272Coklch(0.27 0.012 248.263)
secondary-foreground#E9ECEFoklch(0.942 0.005 247.879)
muted#1D2126oklch(0.246 0.011 254.046)
muted-foreground#959DA6oklch(0.692 0.016 251.217)
accent#242A30oklch(0.282 0.014 248.322)
accent-foreground#E9ECEFoklch(0.942 0.005 247.879)
destructive#F28A82oklch(0.743 0.128 25.246)
border#2A3036oklch(0.306 0.014 248.274)
input#333A41oklch(0.345 0.016 248.276)
ring#8EA9E0oklch(0.735 0.086 264.147)
chart-1#8EA9E0oklch(0.735 0.086 264.147)
chart-2#8CC7BAoklch(0.785 0.064 179.312)
chart-3#E6B46Eoklch(0.801 0.105 74.641)
chart-4#C3A2D6oklch(0.759 0.081 312.997)
chart-5#E6939Foklch(0.751 0.101 10.369)

Fonts

Headings: Manrope · 700
Body: Manrope · 400
Monospace: JetBrains Mono

Type scale

display · 60/1.05 · -0.025emThe quick brown fox
h1 · 40/1.1 · -0.02emThe quick brown fox
h2 · 28/1.2 · -0.01emThe quick brown fox
h3 · 20/1.3The quick brown fox
body · 16/1.55The quick brown fox
small · 13/1.45The quick brown fox

Radius, spacing and shadow

Corner radiussm 8pxmd 10pxlg 12pxxl 16px

Spacingxs 4pxsm 8pxmd 16pxlg 24pxxl 48px

ShadowSoft, low and wide, on cards and sheets only.

Layout

Max width: 1200px
Text width: 68ch
Columns: 12
Gutter: 24px

Best for

Productivity and collaboration SaaS
Note-taking and planning tools
Product marketing sites
Help centers and onboarding

Do's and don'ts

Do leave generous white space around screenshots.
Do keep icons thin and single-color.
Don't put saturated brand colors next to the muted palette.
Don't stack shadows; one soft level is enough.