--- version: "alpha" name: "Ethereal" description: "Design an ethereal landing page with extremely soft, delicate tones. Ideal for lookbooks de alta-costura, arte conceitual, designs refinados, portfólios artísticos. AI-ready template." colors: primary: "#F8E8E0" secondary: "#F0F0F5" tertiary: "#E6E0F3" neutral: "#D8D8E0" surface: "#C9A0A0" accent: "#D4C5A0" typography: h1: fontFamily: Cormorant Garamond fontSize: 2.5rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: Cormorant Garamond fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.neutral}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Design an ethereal landing page with extremely soft, delicate tones. Ideal for lookbooks de alta-costura, arte conceitual, designs refinados, portfólios artísticos. AI-ready template. Ethereal as a visual language owes everything to the Symbolist painters — Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau — who rejected realism in favor of suggestion. They understood that what you almost see is more powerful than what you fully render. The technique migrated into Art Nouveau illustration, where Alphonse Mucha layered translucent washes behind his figures, creating depth without weight. In the twentieth century, ethereal found its commercial footing through perfume advertising and fashion illustration. René Gruau's ink-and-wash work for Dior proved that luxury didn't need to shout — it could whisper through negative space and bleeding color. The Japanese concept of 'yūgen' (profound grace) runs parallel here: beauty implied rather than stated. Today's ethereal illustration draws from all of this but adds digital layering — multiply blends, grain textures at 3-5% opacity, color that feels like it was breathed onto the canvas rather than applied. It's maximally restrained. Every element earns its presence through absence of everything else. - Density: 5/10 — Balanced - Variance: 4/10 — Moderate - Motion: 6/10 — Expressive - **Style:** Soft, Delicate, Dreamlike, Otherworldly - **Keywords:** Ethereal, soft tones, delicate layers, dreamlike, otherworldly, gentle, refined, nostalgic, light, airy, translucent - **Era:** Timeless Romantic - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ◐ Partial ## Colors - **Soft Blush** (#F8E8E0) — Primary surface or dominant color - **Mist White** (#F0F0F5) — Light surface, card backgrounds - **Pale Lavender** (#E6E0F3) — Supporting palette color - **Cloud Grey** (#D8D8E0) — Secondary text, borders, muted elements - **Dusty Rose** (#C9A0A0) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Soft Gold** (#D4C5A0) — Premium accent, decorative highlights - **Pale Sky** (#B8D4E3) — Extended palette, decorative use - **Whisper Pink** (#F5E0E8) — Primary text color ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** Cormorant Garamond — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** Cormorant Garamond — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** Cormorant Garamond — 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 Very subtle opacity layers (0.3-0.6), soft gaussian blur backgrounds (5-10px), delicate thin borders (0.5px), gentle fade-in animations (800ms), light text shadows, feathered edges - **Physics:** Spring — stiffness 120, damping 20. Confident, weighted transitions. - **Entry animations:** Fade + translate-Y (16px → 0) over 480ms ease-out. Staggered cascades for lists: 100ms between items. - **Hover states:** Scale(1.03) + shadow lift over 200ms. - **Page transitions:** Fade + slide (300ms). - **Performance:** Only transform and opacity animated. No layout-triggering properties. ## Shapes Base corner radius: 12px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale. ## Components - **Primary Button:** Moderately rounded (0.75rem) 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:** Moderately rounded (0.75rem) 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 Ultra-soft color palette - Do Translucent layered elements - Do Thin elegant typography (weight 300) - Do Gentle fade-in animations - Do Dreamlike atmosphere maintained - Do Responsive with preserved delicacy ## Use Case Haute couture lookbooks, Concept art, Refined designs, Artistic portfolios