---
version: "alpha"
name: "ElevenLabs Ethereal Voice"
description: "Design an ElevenLabs-inspired ethereal landing page. Ideal for voice ai, plataformas de áudio, text-to-speech, ferramentas de mídia. AI-ready template."
colors:
  primary: "#ffffff"
  secondary: "#f5f5f5"
  tertiary: "#000000"
  neutral: "#4e4e4e"
  surface: "#777169"
  accent: "#e5e5e5"
typography:
  h1:
    fontFamily: system-ui for display
    fontSize: 2.25rem
    fontWeight: 700
  body-md:
    fontFamily: system-ui for display
    fontSize: 1rem
    fontWeight: 400
  label-caps:
    fontFamily: system-ui for display
    fontSize: 0.75rem
    fontWeight: 500
rounded:
  sm: 9999px
  md: 19998px
  lg: 29997px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.neutral}"
    rounded: "{rounded.sm}"
    padding: 12px
---

## Overview

Design an ElevenLabs-inspired ethereal landing page. Ideal for voice ai, plataformas de áudio, text-to-speech, ferramentas de mídia. AI-ready template. ElevenLabs didn't just build a voice AI product — they built a visual language that treats sound as sacred space. Their design system draws heavily from Swiss minimalism, but filtered through the lens of audio engineering: precise, clinical, yet somehow warm. The waveform becomes ornament, the only decorative element permitted in an otherwise ruthlessly stripped-back interface.

The ethereal quality comes from restraint. Where competitors clutter their UIs with skeuomorphic audio metaphors — fake mixing boards, gratuitous equalizer animations — ElevenLabs lets negative space do the talking. Typography is tight, grids are rigid, and color is rationed like it costs money. The waveform visualizations float in generous whitespace, breathing the way good Swiss poster design breathes.

This approach has roots in Dieter Rams by way of Müller-Brockmann. The grid isn't decorative; it's structural. Every element earns its pixel. The result feels less like a tech product and more like an instrument — something designed to disappear behind the work it enables.

- Density: 3/10 — Airy
- Variance: 2/10 — Structured
- Motion: 4/10 — Subtle

- **Style:** Near-White Canvas, Waldenburg Light 300, Multi-Layer Shadows, Warm Stone Pills, Audio Aesthetic
- **Keywords:** elevenlabs, ethereal, voice AI, Waldenburg, weight 300, warm stone, multi-layer shadows, pill buttons, whisper shadows, audio waveform
- **Era:** 2024-2026 Voice AI Premium
- **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✗ Not Recommended

## Colors

- **Branco** (#ffffff) — Light surface, card backgrounds
- **Cinza Claro** (#f5f5f5) — Secondary text, borders, muted elements
- **Preto** (#000000) — Dark surface, primary background
- **Stone Quente** (rgba(245,242,239,0.8)) — Supporting palette color
- **Cinza Escuro** (#4e4e4e) — Deep contrast surface
- **Cinza Quente** (#777169) — Secondary text, borders, muted elements
- **Borda** (#e5e5e5) — Extended palette, decorative use
- **Sombra Quente** (rgba(78,50,23,0.04)) — Extended palette, decorative use


## Typography

- **Display / Hero:** system-ui for display — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact
- **Body:** system-ui for display — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line
- **UI Labels / Captions:** system-ui for 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

Canvas near-white com subtom quente (#f5f5f5, #f5f2ef). Waldenburg weight 300 (light) para headlines — tipografia etérea como ondas sonoras. Inter com letter-spacing positivo (+0.14px a +0.18px) para body arejado. Sombras multi-camada em opacidade sub-0.1 (inset + outline + elevation). Botões pill (9999px) com fundo warm stone translúcido. Sombras warm-tinted (rgba(78,50,23,0.04)). WaldenburgFH bold uppercase para CTAs específicos. Bordas inset half-pixel (0px 0px 0px 0.5px inset).

- **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: 9999px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale.


## Components

- **Primary Button:** Pill-shaped (9999px) 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:** Pill-shaped (9999px) 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 Canvas near-white com subtom quente
- Do Headlines weight 300 etéreas
- Do Inter com tracking positivo
- Do Sombras multi-camada sub-0.1
- Do Pill buttons 9999px
- Do Warm stone CTA
- Do Bordas inset half-pixel
- Do Responsivo


## Use Case

Voice AI, Platforms de áudio, Text-to-speech, Tools de mídia

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