---
version: alpha
name: Instrument
description: Dark design system extracted from www.instrument.com (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#070708"
  on-surface: "#E8E8E9"
  on-surface-variant: "#808080"
  outline: "#E8E8E91F"
  theme-background-neutral: "#07070880"
  theme-foreground-neutral: "#E8E8E980"
  primary: "#E8E8E9"
  on-primary: "#E8E8E9"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: Instrument Serif
    fontSize: 64px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.125
    letterSpacing: -0.02em
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Instrument Sans
    fontSize: 12px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.333
    letterSpacing: 0.11em
  title-md:
    fontFamily: Instrument Sans
    fontSize: 28px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.143
    letterSpacing: -0.01em
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Instrument Sans
    fontSize: 18px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.556
    letterSpacing: 0.02em
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Instrument Sans
    fontSize: 15px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.6
    letterSpacing: 0.03em
rounded:
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xxs: 3px
  xs: 4px
  sm: 5px
  md: 6px
  lg: 8px
  xl: 10px
  2xl: 12px
  3xl: 16px
  4xl: 20px
  5xl: 24px
  6xl: 32px
  7xl: 48px
  8xl: 96px
  9xl: 217.5px
  base: 4px
  container: 1344px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px
    height: 48px
---

# Instrument

> Extracted from [https://www.instrument.com/](https://www.instrument.com/) 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

Instrument uses a dark canvas (#070708) with a monochrome palette. Type is set in **Instrument Sans**, **Instrument Serif** (display), with 18px body text. Layout: 1344px container, top-sticky+transparent navigation, 8 sections. Built with nuxt, storyblok, hubspot, netlify.

## 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` | `#070708` | 0.129 0.003 286 | bg | 76.6% | `--theme-background` |
| `on-surface` | `#E8E8E9` | 0.931 0.001 286.4 | text | 22.1% | `--theme-foreground` |
| `on-surface-variant` | `#808080` | 0.6 0 0 | muted | 0.53% | — |
| `outline` | `#E8E8E91F` (on bg `#222223`) | 0.931 0.001 286.4 | border | 0.39% | `--theme-foreground-shade` |
| `theme-background-neutral` | `#07070880` (on bg `#070708`) | 0.129 0.003 286 | other | 0.22% | `--theme-background-neutral` |
| `theme-foreground-neutral` | `#E8E8E980` (on bg `#787879`) | 0.931 0.001 286.4 | other | 0.20% | `--theme-foreground-neutral` |

Contrast: text on background 16.44:1, muted text 5.1:1, accent 16.44:1.

Gradients in use: `linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px, rgba(232, 232, 233, 0.5) 100%)`.

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

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Instrument Sans** (CSS: `Instrument-Sans`) | body | 400 | 56.6% | webfont |
| **Instrument Serif** (CSS: `Instrument-Serif`) | display | 400 | 43.4% | webfont |

Declared in `@font-face` but not used to paint text on this page: Instrument Mono. Don't treat these as the page's fonts.

Scale (px): 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 23, 28, 36, 64, 352. Effective ratio ≈ 1.641 (close to a golden ratio). Body 18px at line-height 1.556; display 64px with tracking -0.02em. Headings are upper case. On a 390px viewport the body is 16px and display 35px.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 4px base unit; the most used steps are 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 48, 96, 217.5px. Sections open with about 109px of space before their first line of text. Content sits in a 1344px container on a 12-column grid. Text density 0.149 (text area / page area).

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

1. **nav** (50px, bg #070708)
2. **hero** (1351px, bg #070708)
3. **section** — “Recent work” (638px, bg #070708)
4. **section** (1247px, bg #070708)
5. **section** (398px, bg #070708)
6. **section** (1081px, bg #070708)
7. **section** (1501px, bg #070708)
8. **footer** — “Follow along” (493px, bg #E8E8E9)

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius is a full pill; radii in use: pill. Borders: hairline (1px).

## Components

- **button-primary**: backgroundColor `#E8E8E9`, textColor `#E8E8E9`, rounded `0px`, padding `0px 0px`, height `48px`, fontFamily `Instrument-Sans`, fontSize `18px`, fontWeight `400`

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do keep the palette monochrome; there is no chromatic brand accent on the page.
- Do set body copy in Instrument Sans at 18px / 1.556.
- Do use Instrument Serif only for display sizes, not for body text.
- Do tighten large headlines (-0.02em at 64px).
- Don't introduce font weights beyond 400.
- Don't add drop shadows; depth comes from tone and borders.
- Do keep corners at pill 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: `layout.columns`, `layout.hero`, `layout.section_count`, `sections[].kind`, `space.section_padding_px`. Full per-field provenance is in `spec.json`.