---
version: alpha
name: Arcteryx
description: Dark design system extracted from arcteryx.com (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#1A1A1A"
  on-surface: "#FFFFFF"
  color-3: "#000000"
  inactive-state-grey: "#B2B2B2"
  color-5: "#F5F5F5"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: Elan Itc Pro
    fontSize: 32px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1
  title-md:
    fontFamily: Helvetica Now Display
    fontSize: 28px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.35
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Helvetica Now Display
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
    letterSpacing: 0.02em
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Helvetica Now Display
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
    letterSpacing: 0.02em
rounded:
  md: 4px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xxs: 2px
  xs: 4px
  sm: 8px
  md: 10px
  lg: 12px
  xl: 16px
  2xl: 24px
  3xl: 32px
  4xl: 38px
  5xl: 39.5px
  6xl: 40px
  base: 4px
  container: 1361px
components:
  button-secondary:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px
    height: 44px
  input:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px
    height: 52px
---

# Arcteryx

> Extracted from [https://arcteryx.com/gb/en](https://arcteryx.com/gb/en) on 2026-11-12 by Emblematic. Every value below was read from the rendered DOM (computed styles, `document.fonts`, and the fonts Chrome actually used to paint text), not estimated from pixels. When the YAML front matter and this prose disagree, the YAML wins. Copy values from this file exactly; don't transcribe them from memory. Don't copy logos, imagery, illustrations or marketing copy.

## Overview

Arcteryx uses a dark canvas (#1A1A1A) with a monochrome palette. Type is set in **Helvetica Now Display**, **Elan Itc Pro** (display), with 16px body text. Layout: 1361px container, top-static+transparent navigation, 6 sections. Built with next.js, sanity, fastly.

## Colors

Area-weighted from painted backgrounds, text and borders on the 1440px light capture. Roles are inferred from usage (largest background, most text, interactive fills). Every hex is an exact computed value; a role marked *unverified* is a best guess that has not passed review, so its canonical token (e.g. `primary`) is left out of the front matter.

| Token | Hex | OKLCH | Role | Share of paint | CSS variable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `background` | `#1A1A1A` | 0.218 0 0 | bg | 78.6% | `--black` |
| `on-surface` | `#FFFFFF` | 1 0 0 | text | 19.6% | `--white` |
| `color-3` | `#000000` | 0 0 0 | other | 1.5% | — |
| `inactive-state-grey` | `#B2B2B2` | 0.764 0 0 | other | 0.13% | `--inactive-state-grey` |
| `color-5` | `#F5F5F5` | 0.97 0 0 | other | 0.06% | — |

Contrast: text on background 17.4:1.

Gradients in use: `linear-gradient(rgb(255, 255, 255), rgb(255, 255, 255))`.

The site does not change under `prefers-color-scheme: dark`.

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Helvetica Now Display** (CSS: `helvetica-now-display`) | body | 400, 700 | 79.9% | webfont |
| **Elan Itc Pro** (CSS: `elan-itc-pro`) | display | 400 | 19.9% | webfont |

Declared in `@font-face` but not used to paint text on this page: Urw Din, Urw Din Condensed, Urw Din Semi Condensed. Don't treat these as the page's fonts.

Scale (px): 12, 14, 16, 18, 22, 28, 32. Effective ratio ≈ 1.189 (close to a minor third). Body 16px at line-height 1.5; display 32px with tracking 0em. Headings are upper case. On a 390px viewport the body is 16px and display 28px.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 4px base unit; the most used steps are 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 32, 38, 39.5, 40px. Sections open with about 142px of space before their first line of text. Content sits in a 1361px container on a 4-column grid. Text density 0.054 (text area / page area).

Section order (desktop). Kinds below the review threshold are shown as *section*:

1. **nav** (49px)
2. **hero** (894px, bg #FFFFFF)
3. **section** — “The 2026 gift guide” (2011px, bg #FFFFFF)
4. **section** — “Arc’teryx Presents” (1256px, bg #FFFFFF)
5. **section** (821px, bg #1A1A1A)
6. **footer** (298px, bg #1A1A1A)

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius 0px; radii in use: 4px, pill. Borders: hairline (1px).

## Components

- **button-secondary**: textColor `#FFFFFF`, rounded `0px`, padding `0px 0px`, height `44px`, fontFamily `helvetica-now-display`, fontSize `16px`, fontWeight `400`, border `1px solid #FFFFFF`
- **input**: rounded `0px`, height `52px`, padding `0px 45px`, backgroundColor `#1A1A1A`, border `1px solid #FFFFFF`

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do keep the palette monochrome; there is no chromatic brand accent on the page.
- Do set body copy in Helvetica Now Display at 16px / 1.5.
- Do use Elan Itc Pro only for display sizes, not for body text.
- Don't introduce font weights beyond 400, 700.
- Don't add drop shadows; depth comes from tone and borders.
- Do keep corners at 0px for most controls.
- Do snap spacing to multiples of 4px.
- Don't copy this site's logos, illustrations, photography or copy; use the system, not the brand assets.

## Provenance

Spec v2, extractor 0.2.0. Render quality: **ok**. Vision pass: not run. Fields below confidence 0.7 are hedged or left out above: `components`, `layout.columns`, `layout.hero`, `layout.section_count`, `sections[].kind`, `space.section_padding_px`. Full per-field provenance is in `spec.json`.