Dribbble UI Skills

Opinionated constraints for building Dribbble-style interfaces with AI agents.

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:

• Building light-mode interfaces

• Creating Dribbble-inspired design systems

• Implementing UIs with Inter font and 4px grid

Colors

• SHOULD use light backgrounds for primary surfaces

• MUST use #000000 as page background (surface-base )

• MUST use #F2B5D7 for primary actions and focus states (accent )

• SHOULD reduce color palette (currently 40 colors detected)

• MUST maintain text contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for accessibility

Semantic Tokens

Token HEX RGB Usage

surface-base

#000000 rgb(0,0,0) Page background

surface-raised

#FEFEFD rgb(254,254,253) Cards, modals, raised surfaces

surface-overlay

#1B1B1C rgb(27,27,28) Overlays, tooltips, dropdowns

text-primary

#5C5B60 rgb(92,91,96) Headings, body text

text-secondary

#797886 rgb(121,120,134) Secondary, muted text

text-tertiary

#9E9EA7 rgb(158,158,167) Additional text

border-default

#0C110F rgb(12,17,15) Subtle borders, dividers

destructive

#ECC6B6 rgb(236,198,182) Error states, delete actions

accent

#F2B5D7 rgb(242,181,215) Primary actions, links, focus

warning

#FEFEFD rgb(254,254,253) Warning states, cautions

Typography

• MUST use Inter as primary font family

• SHOULD use single font family for consistency

• MUST use 42px / 700 for primary headings

• MUST use 14px / 300 for body text

• SHOULD reduce font weights (currently 6 detected)

• MUST use text-balance for headings and text-pretty for body text

• SHOULD use tabular-nums for numeric data

• NEVER modify letter-spacing unless explicitly requested

Text Styles

Style Font Size Weight Color Count

heading-1

Inter 42px 700 #1D1C27 1

text-37px

Inter 37px 700 #232323 1

text-34px

Inter 34px extra_bold #282342 1

text-27px

Inter 27px semi_bold #CCC9D8 1

text-19px

Inter 19px 400 #B7B7B7 1

text-17px

Inter 17px 400 #9E9EA7 1

text-16px

Inter 16px 400 #626262 1

body

Inter 14px 300 #46607F 1

body-secondary

Inter 14px 400 #77767D 1

body-secondary

Inter 14px 400 #616066 1

Typography Reference

Font Families:

• Inter (used 80x)

Font Sizes: 3px, 4px, 5px, 6px, 7px, 8px, 9px, 10px, 11px, 12px, 13px, 14px, 16px, 17px, 19px, 27px, 34px, 37px, 42px

Spacing

• MUST use 4px grid for spacing

• SHOULD use spacing from scale: 1px, 2px, 3px, 4px, 5px, 6px, 7px, 8px

• SHOULD use 4px as default gap between elements

• NEVER use arbitrary spacing values (use design scale)

• SHOULD maintain consistent padding within containers

Borders

• MUST use border-radius from scale: 1px, 2px, 3px, 4px, 5px, 6px, 7px, 9px, 14px, 15px, 16px, 19px, 22px, 23px

• SHOULD use 22px+ radius for pill-shaped elements

• SHOULD limit border widths to: 1px, 5px

• SHOULD use 14px as default border-radius

• NEVER use arbitrary border-radius values (use design scale)

• SHOULD use subtle borders (1px) for element separation

Border Radius Reference

Scale: 1px, 2px, 3px, 4px, 5px, 6px, 7px, 9px, 14px, 15px, 16px, 19px, 22px, 23px

Layout

• MUST design for 1920px base viewport width

• SHOULD use consistent element widths: 8px, 13px, 18px, 9px, 24px

• SHOULD maintain text-heavy layout with clear hierarchy

• NEVER use h-screen , use h-dvh for full viewport height

• MUST respect safe-area-inset for fixed elements

• SHOULD use size-* for square elements instead of w-*

• h-*

Detected Layout Patterns

• Main Content: width: 1920px, height: 1013px

Components

Buttons

Variant Background Text Border Height Radius

Ghost transparent #5C5B60 none

Interactive States

Focus

• MUST use 2px outline with accent color (#F2B5D7 )

• MUST use 2px outline-offset

• NEVER remove focus indicators

Hover

• Buttons (primary): lighten background by 10%

• Buttons (secondary): use #FEFEFD background

• List items: use #FEFEFD background

Disabled

• MUST use opacity: 0.5

• MUST use cursor: not-allowed

Interaction

• MUST use an AlertDialog for destructive or irreversible actions

• SHOULD use structural skeletons for loading states

• MUST show errors next to where the action happens

• NEVER block paste in input or textarea elements

• MUST add an aria-label to icon-only buttons

Animation

• NEVER add animation unless it is explicitly requested

• MUST animate only compositor props (transform , opacity )

• NEVER animate layout properties (width , height , top , left , margin , padding )

• SHOULD use ease-out on entrance animations

• NEVER exceed 200ms for interaction feedback

• SHOULD respect prefers-reduced-motion

Performance

• NEVER animate large blur() or backdrop-filter surfaces

• NEVER apply will-change outside an active animation

• NEVER use useEffect for anything that can be expressed as render logic