--- version: "alpha" name: "Capsule" description: "Capsule — Modular pill-shaped cards on warm bone with a full pastel-pop palette. Bodoni Moda typography. warm bone background, ink-black structure, and a full pastel-pop palette (coral,. Best for lifestyle brand, creator portfolio, DTC product launch. AI-ready design system." colors: primary: "#F5F5F0" secondary: "#1A1A1A" tertiary: "#E85D4E" neutral: "#C4D94E" surface: "#C5B5E0" accent: "#8BB4F7" typography: h1: fontFamily: Bodoni Moda fontSize: 2.5rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: Bodoni Moda fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 rounded: sm: 999px md: 1998px lg: 2997px spacing: sm: 1.5rem md: 3.0rem lg: 6.0rem components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.neutral}" rounded: "{rounded.sm}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Capsule — Modular pill-shaped cards on warm bone with a full pastel-pop palette. Bodoni Moda typography. warm bone background, ink-black structure, and a full pastel-pop palette (coral,. Best for lifestyle brand, creator portfolio, DTC product launch. AI-ready design system. The capsule shape didn't arrive from nowhere — it's a direct descendant of the rounded rectangle obsession that dominated early 2000s interface design. Think of those chunky Aqua buttons in Mac OS X, the bubbly navigation bars in MSN Messenger, the inflated pill tabs in Winamp skins. That era treated software like candy: glossy, tactile, almost edible. The form communicated approachability at a time when computers were still intimidating objects in most households. When flat design steamrolled everything post-2012, the capsule went underground. Sharp corners and stark geometry ruled. But the pendulum swung back — hard. Around 2020, Gen Z designers started excavating Y2K aesthetics with genuine affection rather than irony. The pill shape re-emerged stripped of its Aqua-era gloss, now rendered flat or with barely-there soft shadows. Pastel palettes replaced the chrome gradients. The result is something that feels simultaneously nostalgic and contemporary — a shape that carries warmth without the visual weight of its ancestors. Today's capsule components sit at the intersection of neomorphism's subtlety and flat design's clarity. They reject the cold precision of purely geometric systems in favor of something more human, more playful, more willing to admit that interfaces can simply feel nice. - Density: 5/10 — Balanced - Variance: 5/10 — Moderate - Motion: 4/10 — Subtle - **Style:** Modular, Y2K, Pastel-Pop, Pill-Shaped - **Keywords:** Pill-shaped cards, Y2K, pastel-pop, modular, Bodoni Moda, playful, modern, warm bone - **Era:** 2020s Modern - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✗ None ## Colors - **Bg** (#F5F5F0) — Primary surface or dominant color - **Fg** (#1A1A1A) — Accent highlight, links and focus states - **Coral** (#E85D4E) — Secondary accent - **Lime** (#C4D94E) — Accent color, emphasis elements - **Lavender** (#C5B5E0) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Sky** (#8BB4F7) — Background alternate - **Violet** (#A06CE8) — Muted text / borders - **Yellow** (#F2D160) — Extended palette - **Peach** (#F5B895) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Mint** (#A8E6CF) — Extended palette, decorative use ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** Bodoni Moda — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** Space Grotesk — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** Space Grotesk — 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 display font Bodoni Moda for hero headlines, smooth hover transitions (200-250ms), subtle lift shadows, pill-shaped (border-radius: 999px) card badges, full pastel-pop palette blocks - **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: 999px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** 999px (pill shape) border-radius. 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:** 999px (pill shape) 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 Bodoni Moda display font loaded via Google Fonts - Do Color palette variables applied consistently - Do Typography scale: hero clamp(2.5rem,5vw,4rem) - Do H1 2.25rem - Do body 1rem/1.6 - Do WCAG AA contrast ratio verified (4.5:1 body text) - Do Mobile responsive layout (stack below 768px) ## Use Case lifestyle brand, creator portfolio, DTC product launch, wellness or beauty pitch, Y2K-tinged brand work