Cal UI Skills
Opinionated constraints for building Cal-style interfaces with AI agents.
When to Apply
Reference these guidelines when:
- •Building light-mode interfaces
- •Creating Cal-inspired design systems
- •Implementing UIs with Inter font and 4px grid
Colors
- •SHOULD use light backgrounds for primary surfaces
- •MUST use
#FDFDFDas page background (surface-base) - •SHOULD reduce color palette (currently 16 colors detected)
- •MUST maintain text contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for accessibility
Semantic Tokens
| Token | HEX | RGB | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
surface-base | #FDFDFD | rgb(253,253,253) | Page background |
surface-raised | #EDEDED | rgb(237,237,237) | Cards, modals, raised surfaces |
surface-overlay | #1C1C1C | rgb(28,28,28) | Overlays, tooltips, dropdowns |
text-primary | #6B6B6B | rgb(107,107,107) | Headings, body text |
text-secondary | #A1A1A1 | rgb(161,161,161) | Secondary, muted text |
text-tertiary | #404040 | rgb(64,64,64) | Additional text |
border-default | #E5E5E5 | rgb(229,229,229) | Subtle borders, dividers |
destructive | #FCC9C1 | rgb(252,201,193) | Error states, delete actions |
Typography
- •MUST use
Interas primary font family - •SHOULD use single font family for consistency
- •MUST use
70px/700for primary headings - •MUST use
16px/400for body text - •SHOULD reduce font weights (currently 5 detected)
- •MUST use
text-balancefor headings andtext-prettyfor body text - •SHOULD use
tabular-numsfor numeric data - •NEVER modify letter-spacing unless explicitly requested
Text Styles
| Style | Font | Size | Weight | Color | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
heading-1 | Inter | 70px | 700 | #2A2A2A | 1 |
text-23px | Inter | 23px | semi_bold | #C1C1C1 | 1 |
text-22px | Inter | 22px | semi_bold | #494949 | 1 |
text-21px | Inter | 21px | 500 | #676767 | 1 |
text-21px | Inter | 21px | semi_bold | #383838 | 1 |
text-19px | Inter | 19px | 500 | #2C2C2C | 1 |
text-19px | Inter | 19px | 500 | #3C3C3C | 1 |
text-19px | Inter | 19px | 500 | #D4D4D4 | 1 |
text-18px | Inter | 18px | 500 | #404040 | 1 |
body | Inter | 16px | 400 | #A4A4A4 | 1 |
Typography Reference
Font Families:
- •
Inter(used 65x)
Font Sizes: 8px, 9px, 10px, 11px, 12px, 13px, 14px, 15px, 16px, 18px, 19px, 21px, 22px, 23px, 70px
Spacing
- •MUST use 4px grid for spacing
- •SHOULD use spacing from scale: 1px, 2px, 3px, 4px, 5px, 6px, 7px, 9px
- •SHOULD use 5px as default gap between elements
- •NEVER use arbitrary spacing values (use design scale)
- •SHOULD maintain consistent padding within containers
Borders
- •MUST use border-radius from scale: 1px, 2px, 3px, 4px, 6px, 7px, 8px, 9px, 10px, 11px
- •SHOULD limit border widths to: 1px, 3px
- •SHOULD use 3px as default border-radius
- •NEVER use arbitrary border-radius values (use design scale)
- •SHOULD use subtle borders (1px) for element separation
Border Radius Reference
Scale: 1px, 2px, 3px, 4px, 6px, 7px, 8px, 9px, 10px, 11px
Layout
- •MUST design for 1920px base viewport width
- •SHOULD use consistent element widths: 16px, 8px, 11px, 10px, 52px
- •SHOULD maintain text-heavy layout with clear hierarchy
- •NEVER use
h-screen, useh-dvhfor full viewport height - •MUST respect
safe-area-insetfor fixed elements - •SHOULD use
size-*for square elements instead ofw-*+h-*
Detected Layout Patterns
- •Main Content: width: 1565px, height: 814px
- •Main Content: width: 1920px, height: 1080px
- •Main Content: width: 1180px, height: 717px
- •Main Content: width: 1178px, height: 701px
Components
Buttons
| Variant | Background | Text | Border | Height | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost | transparent | #6B6B6B | none | - | - |
Interactive States
Focus
- •MUST use
2pxoutline with accent color (#5E6AD2) - •MUST use
2pxoutline-offset - •NEVER remove focus indicators
Hover
- •Buttons (primary): lighten background by 10%
- •Buttons (secondary): use
#EDEDEDbackground - •List items: use
#EDEDEDbackground
Disabled
- •MUST use
opacity: 0.5 - •MUST use
cursor: not-allowed
Interaction
- •MUST use an
AlertDialogfor destructive or irreversible actions - •SHOULD use structural skeletons for loading states
- •MUST show errors next to where the action happens
- •NEVER block paste in
inputortextareaelements - •MUST add an
aria-labelto icon-only buttons
Animation
- •NEVER add animation unless it is explicitly requested
- •MUST animate only compositor props (
transform,opacity) - •NEVER animate layout properties (
width,height,top,left,margin,padding) - •SHOULD use
ease-outon entrance animations - •NEVER exceed
200msfor interaction feedback - •SHOULD respect
prefers-reduced-motion
Performance
- •NEVER animate large
blur()orbackdrop-filtersurfaces - •NEVER apply
will-changeoutside an active animation - •NEVER use
useEffectfor anything that can be expressed as render logic