--- version: "alpha" name: "Azulejo Português" description: "Portuguese azulejo landing page. Ideal for landing pages, saas. AI-ready template." colors: primary: "#003399" secondary: "#F5F5F0" tertiary: "#C9A84C" neutral: "#1A1A4E" surface: "#B7472A" accent: "#556B2F" typography: h1: fontFamily: Playfair Display fontSize: 2.25rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: Playfair Display fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 label-caps: fontFamily: Playfair Display fontSize: 0.75rem fontWeight: 500 components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.neutral}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Portuguese azulejo landing page. Ideal for landing pages, saas. AI-ready template. The azulejo didn't start Portuguese. It arrived through Moorish craftsmen in the 15th century — geometric, repetitive, hypnotic. But Portugal did what Portugal does: absorbed it, obsessed over it, made it entirely theirs. By the 17th century, blue-and-white tin-glazed tiles covered everything. Churches, train stations, ordinary apartment facades. The pattern became the architecture. What makes azulejos fascinating for design systems is the underlying logic. Each tile is a module. Four tiles make a larger pattern. Sixteen tiles reveal the full composition. It's component thinking, centuries before we had the vocabulary for it. The Moors understood something we keep rediscovering: constraint breeds coherence. Translating this to digital means respecting that modularity. A single element feels incomplete — intentionally so. The system only breathes when repeated, when tiled across surfaces. That's the tension worth preserving: individual restraint serving collective richness. - Density: 5/10 — Balanced - Variance: 4/10 — Moderate - Motion: 4/10 — Subtle - **Style:** Traditional, Ornamental, Mediterranean - **Keywords:** azulejo, portuguese tiles, traditional, ornamental, mediterranean, cobalt blue, handpainted, ceramic, pattern-rich, cultural heritage - **Era:** 16th-18th Century Portuguese Heritage - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✗ No ## Colors - **Cobalt Blue** (#003399) — Accent highlight, links and focus states - **Tile White** (#F5F5F0) — Light surface, card backgrounds - **Warm Gold** (#C9A84C) — Premium accent, decorative highlights - **Deep Navy** (#1A1A4E) — Supporting palette color - **Terracotta** (#B7472A) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Olive Green** (#556B2F) — Success states, positive indicators - **Sun Yellow** (#F4D03F) — Warning states, attention indicators - **Cream** (#FFFFF0) — Secondary surface ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** Playfair Display — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** Playfair Display — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** Playfair Display — 0.875rem, weight 500, slight letter-spacing - **Monospace:** JetBrains Mono — Used for code, metadata, and technical values Scale: - Hero: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem) - H1: 2.25rem - H2: 1.5rem - Body: 1rem / 1.6 - Small: 0.875rem ## Layout - **Grid:** CSS Grid primary. Max-width containment: 1280px centered with 1.5rem side padding. - **Spacing rhythm:** Balanced. Base unit: 0.5rem (8px). - **Section vertical gaps:** clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem). - **Hero layout:** Split-screen (text left, visual right). - **Feature sections:** Zig-zag alternating text+image rows. No 3-equal-columns. - **Mobile collapse:** All multi-column layouts collapse below 768px. No horizontal overflow. - **z-index contract:** base (0) / sticky-nav (100) / overlay (200) / modal (300) / toast (500). ## Elevation & Depth Repeating tile patterns as backgrounds, hand-painted blue illustrations, ornamental dividers, ceramic texture overlays, intricate geometric borders, shadow depth on tiles, delicate scroll motifs, warm Mediterranean gradients - **Physics:** Ease-out curves, 200-300ms duration. Smooth and predictable. - **Entry animations:** Fade + translate-Y (16px → 0) over 420ms ease-out. Staggered cascades for lists: 80ms between items. - **Hover states:** Subtle color shift + shadow adjustment over 200ms. - **Page transitions:** Fade only (200ms). - **Performance:** Only transform and opacity animated. No layout-triggering properties. ## Shapes Base corner radius: 8px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** Subtly rounded (0.5rem) shape. Accent color fill. Hover: 8% darken + subtle lift shadow. Active: -1px translate tactile press. Font weight 600. No outer glows. - **Secondary / Ghost Button:** Outline variant. 1.5px border in muted color. Text in primary color. Hover: subtle background fill. - **Cards:** Subtly rounded (0.5rem) corners. Surface background. Subtle shadow (0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.06)). 1px border stroke. - **Inputs:** Label above input. 1px border stroke. Focus ring: 2px accent color offset 2px. Error text below in semantic red. No floating labels. - **Navigation:** Primary surface background. Active item: accent color indicator. Font weight 500 when active. - **Skeletons:** Shimmer animation matching component dimensions. No circular spinners. - **Empty States:** Icon-based composition with descriptive text and action button. ## Do's and Don'ts - No emojis in UI — use icon system only (Lucide, Heroicons) - No pure black (#000000) — use off-black or charcoal variants - No oversaturated accent colors (saturation cap: 80%) - No 3-column equal-width feature layouts — use zig-zag or asymmetric grid - No `h-screen` — use `min-h-[100dvh]` - No AI copywriting clichés: "Elevate", "Seamless", "Unleash", "Next-Gen" - No broken external image links — use picsum.photos or inline SVG - No generic lorem ipsum in demos - Do Repeating tile patterns - Do Hand-painted blue illustrations - Do Ornamental dividers - Do Ceramic texture overlays - Do Intricate geometric borders - Do Delicate scroll motifs ## Use Case Landing pages, SaaS