Raycast UI Skills
Opinionated constraints for building Raycast-style interfaces with AI agents.
When to Apply
Reference these guidelines when:
- •Building light-mode interfaces
- •Creating Raycast-inspired design systems
- •Implementing UIs with Inter font and 4px grid
Colors
- •SHOULD use light backgrounds for primary surfaces
- •MUST use
#DFDFDFas page background (surface-base) - •SHOULD limit color palette to 9 distinct colors
- •MUST maintain text contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for accessibility
Semantic Tokens
| Token | HEX | RGB | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
surface-base | #DFDFDF | rgb(223,223,223) | Page background |
surface-raised | #08090B | rgb(8,9,11) | Cards, modals, raised surfaces |
text-primary | #636162 | rgb(99,97,98) | Headings, body text |
text-secondary | #A9A7A8 | rgb(169,167,168) | Secondary, muted text |
text-tertiary | #E99CA8 | rgb(233,156,168) | Additional text |
border-default | #282223 | rgb(40,34,35) | Subtle borders, dividers |
destructive | #E99CA8 | rgb(233,156,168) | Error states, delete actions |
Typography
- •MUST use
Interas primary font family - •SHOULD use single font family for consistency
- •MUST use
64px/700for primary headings - •MUST use
12px/400for body text - •MUST limit font weights to: regular, bold, light
- •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 | 64px | 700 | #F1DADF | 1 |
text-18px | Inter | 18px | 400 | #E99CA8 | 1 |
text-16px | Inter | 16px | 400 | #A5A5A7 | 1 |
text-15px | Inter | 15px | 400 | #A9A7A8 | 1 |
text-14px | Inter | 14px | 400 | #5C5C5C | 1 |
text-14px | Inter | 14px | 300 | #616163 | 1 |
text-14px | Inter | 14px | 400 | #5E5E60 | 1 |
text-14px | Inter | 14px | 400 | #626264 | 1 |
text-14px | Inter | 14px | 400 | #5D5E60 | 1 |
body | Inter | 12px | 400 | #5E5E5E | 1 |
Typography Reference
Font Families:
- •
Inter(used 21x)
Font Sizes: 9px, 10px, 11px, 12px, 14px, 15px, 16px, 18px, 64px
Spacing
- •MUST use 4px grid for spacing
- •SHOULD use spacing from scale: 3px, 5px, 6px, 7px, 8px, 9px, 12px, 56px
- •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: 4px, 6px, 10px, 13px, 18px
- •MUST use 1px border width consistently
- •SHOULD use 4px 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: 4px, 6px, 10px, 13px, 18px
Layout
- •MUST design for 1920px base viewport width
- •SHOULD use consistent element widths: 1px, 14px, 1209px, 65px
- •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: 1558px, height: 990px
- •Main Content: width: 1196px, height: 945px
Components
Buttons
| Variant | Background | Text | Border | Height | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost | transparent | #636162 | 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
#08090Bbackground - •List items: use
#08090Bbackground
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