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How to build a UI in the PlanetScale style

PlanetScale (planetscale.com) reads as Pure Monospace ASCII Engineering Manual & Zero-Radius Brutalism — Stark #FAFAFA technical manual canvas set entirely in system monospace with ASCII box-drawing diagrams, 1px #C1C1C1 / #414141 borders, 0px sharp corners, and #F35815 signal orange CTAs. This guide turns its extracted computed styles into an implementation kit: a live preview, the exact palette and type scale, real button and card recipes, the rules to avoid, and drop-in CSS variables, Tailwind config and a Cursor / Claude Code SKILL.md snippet.

Source: computed styles extracted from https://planetscale.com on 2026-10-26 by the taste-skill extractor. Brand fonts may be proprietary; previews fall back to Inter / system fonts. PlanetScale is a trademark of its owner; this page documents publicly visible styling for reference and is not affiliated with PlanetScale.

Live preview with PlanetScale tokens

PlanetScale style · light
Ship the product, not the pixels.
Preview text rendered with the extracted PlanetScale canvas, text, muted and accent tokens.
Get in touch View sandbox
Card on surface + border tokens
Accent link: #F35815 · border #C1C1C1

Color palette (light mode)

RoleValueTailwindUsage
canvasBg#FAFAFAbg-[#FAFAFA]Primary PlanetScale page canvas
surfaceElevated#FFFFFFbg-whitePrimary elevated card & bento surface
surfaceSecondary#111111bg-[#111111]Secondary interactive container / hover fill
borderPrimary#C1C1C1border-[#C1C1C1]Primary structural divider (1px solid #C1C1C1)
borderSecondary#C1C1C1border-[#C1C1C1]Secondary nested module or pill border
textPrimary#111111text-[#111111]Hero H1, section H2 & high-contrast foreground
textMuted#414141text-[#414141]Lead paragraphs, descriptions & muted labels
accentPrimary#F35815bg-[#F35815]Primary interactive CTA & brand highlight (0px (Sharp Brutalist))
accentSecondary#F35815text-[#F35815]Secondary badge, syntax or telemetry highlight

Typography

Heading SF Mono / ui-monospace · body SF Mono / ui-monospace · mono SF Mono / ui-monospace

LevelComputed spec
Hero H120px | line-height 28px (leading-[1.4]) | letter-spacing -0.4px (tracking-[-0.02em]) | weight 700 (font-[700]) | color #111111 (text-[#111111]) | font ui-monospace
Section H2 (Primary)18px | line-height 26px (leading-[1.44]) | letter-spacing -0.2px (tracking-[-0.011em]) | weight 700 (font-[700]) | color #111111 (text-[#111111]) | font ui-monospace
Card / Feature H316px | line-height 24px (leading-[1.5]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 700 (font-[700]) | color #414141 (text-[#414141]) | font ui-monospace
Body Copy (Paragraph)16px | line-height 24px (leading-[1.5]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 400 (font-[400]) | color #414141 (text-[#414141]) | font ui-monospace
Monospace / Code Block16px | line-height 20px (leading-[1.25]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 500 (font-[500]) | color #000000 (text-black) | font ui-monospace

Spacing, radius, depth and motion

Token familyMost frequent values (count on page)
Border radiusnot detected
Box shadownot detected
Grid / flex gap8px ×9 · 24px normal ×3 · 4px ×3 · 24px ×2 · normal 24px ×1 · normal 8px ×1
Container max-width1280px ×3 · 800px ×2
Section vertical paddingnot detected
Easingcubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) ×12
Duration0.15s ×12

Component recipes

Buttons (2 distinct)

RenderedHeightPaddingRadiusBackground / TextBorderFont
Get in touch32px0px 8px0px#F35815
#FFFFFF
none16px / 600
View sandbox32px0px 8px0pxtransparent
#414141
2px solid #F3581516px / 600

No card container was detected on the extracted page; use #FFFFFF surface with #C1C1C1 border.

Rules: what never to do in the PlanetScale style

Copy-paste kit

CSS variables
:root {
  /* PlanetScale style — extracted from planetscale.com by taste-skill */
  --canvas: #FAFAFA;
  --surface: #FFFFFF;
  --text: #111111;
  --text-muted: #414141;
  --accent: #F35815;
  --border: #C1C1C1;
  --font-heading: 'SF Mono / ui-monospace', Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
  --font-body: 'SF Mono / ui-monospace', Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif;
  --font-mono: 'SF Mono / ui-monospace', 'JetBrains Mono', ui-monospace, monospace;
  --h1-size: 20px;
  --h1-tracking: 0em;
  --h1-weight: 700;
  --radius-button: 0px;
  --ease: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
  --duration: 0.15s;
}
tailwind.config.js
// tailwind.config.js — PlanetScale style tokens (taste-skill)
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        canvas: "#FAFAFA",
        surface: "#FFFFFF",
        ink: "#111111",
        muted: "#414141",
        accent: "#F35815",
        line: "#C1C1C1",
      },
      fontFamily: {
        heading: ["SF Mono / ui-monospace", 'Inter', 'system-ui', 'sans-serif'],
        sans: ["SF Mono / ui-monospace", 'Inter', 'system-ui', 'sans-serif'],
        mono: ["SF Mono / ui-monospace", 'ui-monospace', 'monospace'],
      },
      fontSize: { display: ["20px", { letterSpacing: "0em", fontWeight: "700" }] },
      borderRadius: { button: "0px" },
      transitionTimingFunction: { brand: "cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)" },
    },
  },
};
.cursor/skills/planetscale-style/SKILL.md
---
name: planetscale-style
description: Build UI in the PlanetScale visual style (Pure Monospace ASCII Engineering Manual & Zero-Radius Brutalism). Use when the user asks for a PlanetScale-like look.
---

# PlanetScale Style — Quick Rules (source: planetscale.com, extracted by taste-skill)

## Tokens
- canvasBg: #FAFAFA — Primary PlanetScale page canvas
- surfaceElevated: #FFFFFF — Primary elevated card & bento surface
- surfaceSecondary: #111111 — Secondary interactive container / hover fill
- borderPrimary: #C1C1C1 — Primary structural divider (1px solid #C1C1C1)
- borderSecondary: #C1C1C1 — Secondary nested module or pill border
- textPrimary: #111111 — Hero H1, section H2 & high-contrast foreground
- textMuted: #414141 — Lead paragraphs, descriptions & muted labels
- accentPrimary: #F35815 — Primary interactive CTA & brand highlight (0px (Sharp Brutalist))
- accentSecondary: #F35815 — Secondary badge, syntax or telemetry highlight

## Typography
- Heading font: SF Mono / ui-monospace; body: SF Mono / ui-monospace; mono: SF Mono / ui-monospace
- Hero H1: 20px | line-height 28px (leading-[1.4]) | letter-spacing -0.4px (tracking-[-0.02em]) | weight 700 (font-[700]) | color #111111 (text-[#111111]) | font ui-monospace
- Section H2 (Primary): 18px | line-height 26px (leading-[1.44]) | letter-spacing -0.2px (tracking-[-0.011em]) | weight 700 (font-[700]) | color #111111 (text-[#111111]) | font ui-monospace
- Card / Feature H3: 16px | line-height 24px (leading-[1.5]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 700 (font-[700]) | color #414141 (text-[#414141]) | font ui-monospace
- Body Copy (Paragraph): 16px | line-height 24px (leading-[1.5]) | letter-spacing 0px (tracking-[0em]) | weight 400 (font-[400]) | color #414141 (text-[#414141]) | font ui-monospace

## Components
- Primary button: height 32px, padding 0px 8px, radius 0px, bg #F35815, text #FFFFFF, 16px / 600
- Card: bg #FFFFFF, border 1px solid #C1C1C1

## Never
- NEVER substitute generic uncalibrated gray backgrounds for PlanetScale’s exact #FAFAFA canvas and #FFFFFF surface pairing.
- NEVER replace SF Mono / ui-monospace display typography or ignore its signature scale (20px Mono / -0.02em (w700)).
- NEVER use thick opaque borders that clash with #C1C1C1 (1px solid #C1C1C1).
- NEVER deviate from the signature button geometry (0px (Sharp Brutalist)) or introduce off-brand saturated gradients.
- NEVER use default browser monospace when rendering code or telemetry—always pair with SF Mono / ui-monospace.

Full 120-line spec: https://taste-skill.pages.dev/taste/planetscale/
Or install the full spec
npx taste-skill add planetscale

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