--- version: "alpha" name: "Mintlify Green Docs" description: "Mintlify-inspired documentation landing page. Ideal for documentação, developer portals, plataformas de docs, knowledge bases. AI-ready template." colors: primary: "#0d0d0d" secondary: "#ffffff" tertiary: "#18E299" neutral: "#d4fae8" surface: "#333333" accent: "#666666" typography: h1: fontFamily: Inter fontSize: 2.5rem fontWeight: 700 body-md: fontFamily: Inter fontSize: 1rem fontWeight: 400 rounded: sm: 9999px md: 19998px lg: 29997px components: button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.neutral}" rounded: "{rounded.sm}" padding: 12px --- ## Overview Mintlify-inspired documentation landing page. Ideal for documentação, developer portals, plataformas de docs, knowledge bases. AI-ready template. Mintlify didn't invent the green-on-dark documentation aesthetic, but they codified it into something repeatable. Before their templates gained traction, developer docs lived in two camps: the sterile white voids of GitBook clones, or the overly branded chaos of marketing teams who couldn't resist adding gradients to API references. Mintlify's contribution was restraint — a single accent color (that now-iconic emerald green), generous whitespace, and typography that actually respects the hierarchy of technical content. The Swiss influence here is undeniable but never heavy-handed. You see it in the grid discipline, the consistent vertical rhythm, the way navigation never competes with content. What makes this system interesting is how it borrows from mid-century print rationalism while solving a distinctly modern problem: making dense technical writing feel approachable without dumbing it down. The green accent does real work. It's not decorative — it signals interactivity, marks navigation state, and creates a visual throughline across pages that might otherwise feel like disconnected walls of monospace text. That single color choice carries the entire personality of the system. - Density: 3/10 — Airy - Variance: 2/10 — Structured - Motion: 4/10 — Subtle - **Style:** Documentation, Green Accent, Inter, Atmospheric Hero, Ultra-Round Corners - **Keywords:** mintlify, documentation, green accent, Inter, atmospheric gradient, ultra-round, Geist Mono, developer docs - **Era:** 2024-2026 Developer Documentation - **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✗ Not Recommended ## Colors - **Quase Preto** (#0d0d0d) — Dark surface, primary background - **Branco** (#ffffff) — Light surface, card backgrounds - **Verde Brand** (#18E299) — Primary accent, CTAs and interactive elements - **Verde Claro** (#d4fae8) — Supporting palette color - **Cinza 700** (#333333) — Secondary text, borders, muted elements - **Cinza 500** (#666666) — Secondary text, borders, muted elements - **Cinza 200** (#e5e5e5) — Secondary text, borders, muted elements - **Verde Deep** (#0fa76e) — Success states, positive indicators ## Typography - **Display / Hero:** Inter — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact - **Body:** Inter — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line - **UI Labels / Captions:** Inter — 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 branco com acento verde (#18E299) para CTAs, hover e focus. Hero com gradiente atmosférico verde-branco como nuvem. Cantos ultra-arredondados: 16px containers, 24px featured, 9999px botões. Bordas 5% opacity (rgba(0,0,0,0.05)). Inter com tracking negativo em display (-0.8px a -1.28px). Geist Mono uppercase para labels técnicos. Três pesos: 400 body, 500 UI, 600 headings. - **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 branco com verde #18E299 - Do Hero gradiente atmosférico - Do Ultra-round corners - Do Bordas 5% opacity - Do Inter tracking negativo - Do Geist Mono labels - Do Responsivo ## Use Case Documentation, Developer portals, Docs platforms, Knowledge bases