Secondary Color Palette Guidelines

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&copy; 2024 AI Usage by Countries. Secondary color palette is a key component of our brand identity, ensuring consistent visual communication across all platforms.

Secondary Color Palette

Complement the primary brand with supportive hues for charts, badges, illustrations, and secondary UI states.

Secondary colors provide variety for data viz, badges, empty states, and secondary buttons. They should never overpower primaries and must maintain accessibility in text/icon contexts.

Highlights, tags, chart series 3.

Alerts, trends up/down, heatmaps.

Badges, charts series 4, illustration accents.

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Light & Dark Mode Adjustments

Desaturate and darken in dark mode to reduce glow. Example: magenta.500 → #c026d3; orange.500 → #ea580c; teal.600 → #0d5f59.

Secondary buttons: teal.600 bg, white text; hover teal.500.

Frequently asked questions

What is the recommended saturation level for secondary colors?

Limit high-saturation colors to ≤15% of a screen to avoid visual overload and maintain readability.

How should tokens be published across different design systems (CSS, JSON, Figma)?

Publish tokens in CSS/JSON/Figma with semantic mappings: --color-chart-series-2 → teal.600, --color-badge-info → cyan.500. Include dark equivalents.

How many distinct secondary colors should be included in the palette?

How many secondaries? 4–6 distinct hues. Can we add gradients? Yes, sparingly for hero/illustration. Do we need tints/shades? Provide at least 3 steps per hue for states and charts.

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