Plaid UI Skills
Opinionated constraints for building Plaid-style interfaces with AI agents.
When to Apply
Reference these guidelines when:
- •Building dark-mode interfaces
- •Creating Plaid-inspired design systems
- •Implementing UIs with Inter font and 4px grid
Colors
- •MUST use dark backgrounds (lightness < 20) for primary surfaces - detected lightness: 11
- •MUST use
#1B1B1Bas page background (surface-base) - •MUST use
#7FB4D5for primary actions and focus states (accent) - •SHOULD reduce color palette (currently 17 colors detected)
- •MUST maintain text contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for accessibility
Semantic Tokens
| Token | HEX | RGB | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
surface-base | #1B1B1B | rgb(27,27,27) | Page background |
surface-raised | #1376C1 | rgb(19,118,193) | Cards, modals, raised surfaces |
surface-overlay | #A6C5D9 | rgb(166,197,217) | Overlays, tooltips, dropdowns |
text-primary | #40645C | rgb(64,100,92) | Headings, body text |
text-secondary | #2D4B49 | rgb(45,75,73) | Secondary, muted text |
text-tertiary | #9E9E9F | rgb(158,158,159) | Additional text |
border-default | #373D3E | rgb(55,61,62) | Subtle borders, dividers |
accent | #7FB4D5 | rgb(127,180,213) | Primary actions, links, focus |
Typography
- •MUST use
Interas primary font family - •SHOULD use single font family for consistency
- •MUST use
72px/700for primary headings - •MUST use
23px/400for body text - •SHOULD reduce font weights (currently 4 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 | 72px | 700 | #7CD5B9 | 1 |
body | Inter | 23px | 400 | #BDE4F1 | 1 |
text-19px | Inter | 19px | 500 | #2D4B49 | 1 |
text-19px | Inter | 19px | 500 | #93CAE6 | 1 |
text-19px | Inter | 19px | 400 | #D1D1D1 | 1 |
text-17px | Inter | 17px | 400 | #7FB4D5 | 1 |
text-16px | Inter | 16px | 500 | #83BEE0 | 1 |
text-15px | Inter | 15px | 400 | #35615B | 1 |
text-15px | Inter | 15px | 400 | #374D5A | 1 |
text-14px | Inter | 14px | 400 | #364854 | 1 |
Typography Reference
Font Families:
- •
Inter(used 20x)
Font Sizes: 7px, 11px, 12px, 13px, 14px, 15px, 16px, 17px, 19px, 23px, 72px
Spacing
- •MUST use 4px grid for spacing
- •SHOULD use spacing from scale: 3px, 4px, 5px, 6px, 11px, 41px
- •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: 18px, 19px, 26px, 32px
- •SHOULD use 26px+ radius for pill-shaped elements
- •SHOULD limit border widths to: 1px, 2px, 3px
- •SHOULD use 26px 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: 18px, 19px, 26px, 32px
Layout
- •MUST design for 1920px base viewport width
- •SHOULD use consistent element widths: 5px, 6px, 24px, 77px, 210px
- •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: 1920px, height: 1080px
- •Main Content: width: 1920px, height: 874px
Components
Buttons
| Variant | Background | Text | Border | Height | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost | transparent | #D1D1D1 | none | - | - |
Interactive States
Focus
- •MUST use
2pxoutline with accent color (#7FB4D5) - •MUST use
2pxoutline-offset - •NEVER remove focus indicators
Hover
- •Buttons (primary): lighten background by 10%
- •Buttons (secondary): use
#1376C1background - •List items: use
#1376C1background
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