Usage Guidelines

Color

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Intro

Color helps our product experiences be intuitive, delightful and on-brand. As a design element, color is used to in 3 primary ways: Hierarchy, Feedback and Accessibility.

Hierarchy

A visual path to begin and complete a workflow.

Feedback

Visual treatments that indicate system status, interaction states, and input validation.

Accessibility

All Dim Sum components meet or exceed AA requirements readability and contrast. Be sure to measure contrast ratios throughout your design and implementation process (Read more on our accessibility standards).

Palette

The palette extends the ICE corporate standards to align with the direction and styling in the SaaS market space. Colors are bold and vibrant, and offer a wide range of quality, character and tone. The palette includes three classes: Brand, Neutral, and Feedback.

Brand

The blue swatch reinforces brand while indicating functionality and interaction. Primary uses include clickable states, layout hierarchy, and corporate identity.

SwatchColorHex #Usage

100f6fbffBackground Elements: NA;

200ebf6ffMultiple Component (Hover; Background); Inline Highlight Variant paired with Brand-800 (Inline Highlight Variant Text);

300a3d6ffForeground Elements: Input Controls (Hover/Active: Border);

40052a6ecBackground Elements: NA;

5001394e5Foreground Elements: Dropdown Menu V2 (Active, Focus: Border); Card V3 (Accented Variant); Text (Large-Bold 18.66-24 px)

6001e79c2Foreground Elements: Secondary Button (Default; Label Text);
Input Control (Help message); Text (Regular Default; Hyperlinks);

700006aa9Primary Button (Hover; Background);

800005181Input Control (Active: Border);
Global Header (Background); Iconography; Text; Inline Highlight Variant Text paired with brand-200;

Neutral

Gray tones help define page layout, mid-level hierarchy. and some feedback states. These are the also commonly used in most typography such as Page Titles, Control Labels and Paragraph text.

SwatchColorHex #Usage

000ffffffPrimary Button (Default; Text);

050f6f7f9Input Text, Card v3 (Disabled; Background);

080ebedf0Checkbox, Radio Button (Disabled; Background); Inline Highlight Variant Fill paired with Neutral-600 (Inline Highlight Variant Text);

100e0e3e8Primary Button (Disabled; Background);

200cbcfd7Misc. (Disabled; Background);

300b0b9c8Misc. (Disabled; Background);

4008c93a6Foreground Elements: Input and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Graphical Objects (empty state iconography), Text (Large-Bold 18.66-24 px), Separator;

500697489Foreground Elements: Input Hint, Helper, and Selection Text (Disabled/Label);

600464f5cForeground Elements: Input and Selection Controls (Default/Label, and Subtitle Text); Inline Highlight Variant Text paired with Neutral-080;

700353c46Foreground Elements: Header Title Text; Paragraph Text; Iconography;

80025295fForeground Elements: Input and Selection Controls (Default/Label); Header Title Text; Iconography;

Feedback

Used to provide feedback from system operations.

Success

SwatchColorHex #Usage

400e1f4edInput and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Inline Highlight Variant Fill paired with Success-950 (Inline Highlight Variant Text);

600289f6bInput and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Iconography; Text (Large-Bold 18.66-24 px);

900207e56Input and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Text; Iconography;

950185d44Input and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Inline Highlight Variant Text paired with Success-400 (Inline Highlight Variant Fill);

Warning

SwatchColorHex #Usage

400ffefd8Input and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Inline Highlight Variant Fill paired with Warning-950 (Inline Highlight Variant Text)

600e06c29Input and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Iconography; Text (Large-Bold 18.66-24 px);

900b25119Input and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Text; Iconography;

950853c12Input and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Inline Highlight Variant Text paired with Warning-400 (Inline Highlight Variant Fill);

Danger

SwatchColorHex #Usage

400fbebedInput and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Inline Highlight Variant Fill paired with Danger-950 (Inline Highlight Variant Text)

600ed5a64Input and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Iconography; Text (Large-Bold 18.66-24 px);

900c64252Input and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Text; Iconography;

950a11b2bInput and Selection Controls (Default; Border); Inline Highlight Variant Text paired with Danger-400 (Inline Highlight Variant Fill);

Color System

Color follows a predictable scale driven by type and a range. Each heu or color has a Base (500) and from this base, we extract shades and tints of that heu. Each variation of this color is given a three-digit rage number. This provides a predictable color scale of "allowed" colors in the system; the higher a number is, the darker the color.

Usage in Code

We make use of Sass Functions to extract colors from each type in a consistent way.

color($type, $range)

Applies a color from our palette to a CSS property. $type refers to the type of color you would like to use (brand, neutral, feedback). $range refers to the scale or how dark you would like to color to be. If $range is not specified, the color will default to the base color for that type.

.div-container {
background-color: color(brand-primary, 700); // returns a hex value for that type of color and its range
}

Color Contrast Checker

color-contrast($background-color, $dark-color: color(neutral, 900), $light-color: color(neutral, 000))

Applies a color from our palette to a CSS property based on a given background color in accordance with accessibility standards. $background-color refers to the background color in which the foreground color is going to sit. $dark-color (Optional) refers to the dark color you wish to display if there is enough contrast. $light-color (Optional) refers to the light color you wish to display if there is enough contrast. If neither $dark-color or $light-colorare specified, the colors will default tocolor(neutral, 900)andcolor(neutral, 000)` respectively.

**$button-background-color: color(brand-primary, 700);
$button-text-color-dark: color(brand-primary, 800);
$button-text-color-light: color(brand-primary, 200);

.button {
background-color: $button-background-color;
color: color-contrast($button-background-color, $button-text-color-dark, $button-text-color-light); // returns a hex value with enough contrast for its background
}**

Supporting Material

Color in Design System
https://medium.com/eightshapes-llc/color-in-design-systems-a1c80f65fa3

The Color System
https://material.io/design/color/the-color-system.html#color-usage-palettes

Updated 9 months ago