Color & design system guides
Practical, no-fluff writing on accessible color palettes, design tokens, Tailwind v4 themes and dark mode — every guide ties back to a free ChromaBrew tool so you can apply it immediately.
Design systems
- Design systems
How to build an accessible color palette (2026 guide)
Stop guessing at color combos. Here's how to turn one brand color into a full accessible palette that passes WCAG AA and AAA.
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Dark mode the right way: don't just invert your colors
Dark mode isn't light mode with darker colors. Here's the semantic-token approach that actually looks good and passes contrast.
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Color theory
Development
- Development
Generate a Tailwind v4 color scale from one color
One brand color → a complete Tailwind v4 50–950 scale as a @theme block. Here's how, and why the steps stay perceptually even.
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SVG vs JPG: when to use which (and how to convert)
Vector or raster? A practical breakdown of SVG vs JPG and how to convert between them without losing your sanity.
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