Swiss: Minimal Grid Design System

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Swiss

Black, white and one signal red on a strict grid.

Swiss follows the International Typographic Style: big grotesque type, a strict grid, square corners and lots of white. Red is the only color and appears in a few precise places.

Preview

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

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

Tokens

Colors

Light theme

background#FFFFFFoklch(1 0 0)
foreground#0A0A0Aoklch(0.145 0 0)
card#FFFFFFoklch(1 0 0)
card-foreground#0A0A0Aoklch(0.145 0 0)
popover#FFFFFFoklch(1 0 0)
popover-foreground#0A0A0Aoklch(0.145 0 0)
primary#D70015oklch(0.553 0.225 27.269)
primary-foreground#FFFFFFoklch(1 0 0)
secondary#F0F0F0oklch(0.955 0 0)
secondary-foreground#0A0A0Aoklch(0.145 0 0)
muted#F0F0F0oklch(0.955 0 0)
muted-foreground#595959oklch(0.464 0 0)
accent#EBEBEBoklch(0.94 0 0)
accent-foreground#0A0A0Aoklch(0.145 0 0)
destructive#B3000Foklch(0.482 0.197 27.345)
border#D4D4D4oklch(0.87 0 0)
input#BDBDBDoklch(0.798 0 0)
ring#D70015oklch(0.553 0.225 27.269)
chart-1#D70015oklch(0.553 0.225 27.269)
chart-2#0A0A0Aoklch(0.145 0 0)
chart-3#7A7A7Aoklch(0.58 0 0)
chart-4#1F4FD1oklch(0.484 0.207 264.286)
chart-5#E3A100oklch(0.753 0.156 79.154)

Dark theme

background#0A0A0Aoklch(0.145 0 0)
foreground#F5F5F5oklch(0.97 0 0)
card#121212oklch(0.182 0 0)
card-foreground#F5F5F5oklch(0.97 0 0)
popover#121212oklch(0.182 0 0)
popover-foreground#F5F5F5oklch(0.97 0 0)
primary#FF3341oklch(0.65 0.236 23.908)
primary-foreground#0A0A0Aoklch(0.145 0 0)
secondary#1C1C1Coklch(0.226 0 0)
secondary-foreground#F5F5F5oklch(0.97 0 0)
muted#1A1A1Aoklch(0.218 0 0)
muted-foreground#A3A3A3oklch(0.715 0 0)
accent#222222oklch(0.252 0 0)
accent-foreground#F5F5F5oklch(0.97 0 0)
destructive#FF5A5Foklch(0.689 0.2 22.384)
border#2E2E2Eoklch(0.301 0 0)
input#3A3A3Aoklch(0.348 0 0)
ring#FF3341oklch(0.65 0.236 23.908)
chart-1#FF3341oklch(0.65 0.236 23.908)
chart-2#F5F5F5oklch(0.97 0 0)
chart-3#8A8A8Aoklch(0.633 0 0)
chart-4#5C85FFoklch(0.649 0.187 267.126)
chart-5#FFC02Eoklch(0.843 0.163 82.698)

Fonts

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

Type scale

display · 88/0.95 · -0.035emThe quick brown fox
h1 · 56/1 · -0.025emThe quick brown fox
h2 · 32/1.1 · -0.015emThe quick brown fox
h3 · 20/1.25The quick brown fox
body · 16/1.5The quick brown fox
small · 13/1.4 · 0.01emThe quick brown fox

Radius, spacing and shadow

Corner radiussm 0pxmd 0pxlg 0pxxl 4px

Spacingxs 8pxsm 16pxmd 32pxlg 48pxxl 96px

ShadowNone: depth comes from borders and color.

Layout

Max width: 1440px
Text width: 60ch
Columns: 12
Gutter: 16px

Best for

Agencies and studios
Architecture and events
Portfolios
Developer docs that want character

Do's and don'ts

Do make the headline the biggest thing on the page.
Do leave empty columns in the grid.
Don't round corners or add shadows.
Don't use red for decoration.