---
version: alpha
name: Zed
description: Light design system extracted from zed.dev (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#FAFAFA"
  on-surface: "#242529"
  surface: "#EBEBEC"
  on-surface-variant: "#525252"
  color-5: "#E6D1D5"
  color-6: "#CDE4D6"
  color-7: "#58585A"
  neutral-950: "#0A0A0A"
  color-9: "#3882B7"
  black: "#000000"
  color-11: "#5B79E3"
  color-12: "#B58DE333"
  color-13: "#DFDFE0"
  color-14: "#DAF1E2"
  neutral-300: "#D4D4D4"
  color-16: "#EBEBEC59"
  primary: "#1348DC"
  on-primary: "#FFFFFF"
  background-dark: "#191C1F"
  on-surface-dark: "#DCE0E5"
  on-surface-variant-dark: "#A1A1A1"
  surface-dark: "#202327"
  primary-dark: "#1348DC"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: Plex Serif
    fontSize: 25.6px
    fontWeight: 390
    lineHeight: 1.25
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Plex Serif
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Writer
    fontSize: 11px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Writer
    fontSize: 12px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.333
  mono-md:
    fontFamily: Menlo
    fontSize: 11px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.818
rounded:
  xs: 2px
  sm: 3px
  md: 4px
  lg: 6px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xxs: 2px
  xs: 4px
  sm: 6px
  md: 8px
  lg: 16px
  base: 4px
  container: 1022px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "#1348DC"
    textColor: "#FFFFFF"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: 6px
    height: 33.5px
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
  button-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "#BF3C27"
    textColor: "#FFFFFF"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: 6px
    height: 33.5px
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
  card:
    backgroundColor: "#F5F5F5"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: 0px
---

# Zed

> Extracted from [https://zed.dev/](https://zed.dev/) 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

Zed uses a light canvas (#FAFAFA) with a palette. Type is set in **Writer**, **Menlo** (mono), **Plex Serif** (display), with 11px body text. Layout: 1022px container, none-detected navigation, 1 sections. Built with next.js, tailwind, google-tag-manager, cloudflare.

## 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` | `#FAFAFA` | 0.985 0 0 | bg | 39.5% | `--color-neutral-50` |
| `on-surface` | `#242529` | 0.265 0.008 274.7 | text | 17.6% | — |
| `surface` | `#EBEBEC` | 0.94 0.001 286.4 | surface | 16.5% | — |
| `on-surface-variant` | `#525252` | 0.439 0 129.6 | muted | 4.5% | `--color-neutral-600` |
| `color-5` | `#E6D1D5` | 0.879 0.024 4.5 | other | 1.8% | — |
| `color-6` | `#CDE4D6` | 0.898 0.031 159 | other | 1.8% | — |
| `color-7` | `#58585A` | 0.461 0.003 286.3 | other | 1.7% | — |
| `neutral-950` | `#0A0A0A` | 0.145 0 129.6 | other | 1.6% | `--color-neutral-950` |
| `color-9` | `#3882B7` | 0.584 0.109 243 | other | 1.4% | — |
| `black` | `#000000` | 0 0 0 | other | 1.3% | `--color-black` |
| `color-11` | `#5B79E3` | 0.606 0.164 269.2 | other | 1.1% | — |
| `color-12` | `#B58DE333` (on bg `#ECE4F5`) | 0.713 0.129 304.8 | other | 1.1% | — |
| `color-13` | `#DFDFE0` | 0.904 0.001 286.4 | other | 1.5% | — |
| `color-14` | `#DAF1E2` | 0.937 0.031 157.2 | other | 0.93% | — |
| `neutral-300` | `#D4D4D4` | 0.87 0 243.8 | other | 0.91% | `--color-neutral-300` |
| `color-16` | `#EBEBEC59` (on bg `#F5F5F5`) | 0.94 0.001 288.4 | other | 0.85% | — |

Contrast: text on background 14.67:1, muted text 7.47:1, accent 6.71:1.

The site responds to `prefers-color-scheme: dark`; the `-dark` tokens hold the dark-mode roles.

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Writer** (CSS: `writer`) | body | 400 | 71.8% | webfont |
| **Menlo** (CSS: `ui-monospace`) | mono | 400 | 23.5% | system (stack `ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, "Libe`, resolved on macos) |
| **Plex Serif** (CSS: `plexSerif`) | display | 390, 400, 410 | 4.7% | webfont |

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

Scale (px): 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18.5, 25.5. Effective ratio ≈ 1.15 (close to a major second). Body 11px at line-height 1.5; display 25.6px with tracking 0em. Headings are sentence case. On a 390px viewport the body is 11px and display 25.6px.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 4px base unit; the most used steps are 2, 4, 6, 8, 16px. Content sits in a 1022px container on a 2-column grid. Text density 0.257 (text area / page area).

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

1. **hero** — “Zed Industries” (900px, bg #292927)

## Elevation & Depth

Style: subtle. Most used shadows:

- `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03) 0px 1px 4px 0px inset`
- `rgb(209, 209, 209) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset, rgb(242, 242, 242) 0px 1px 3px 0px`
- `rgb(127, 39, 26) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset, rgb(251, 236, 234) 0px 1px 3px 0px`

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius 0px; radii in use: 2px, 3px, 4px, 6px, pill. Borders: hairline (1px).

## Components

- **button-primary**: backgroundColor `#1348DC`, textColor `#FFFFFF`, rounded `4px`, padding `6px 4px`, height `33.5px`, fontFamily `Writer`, fontSize `13px`, fontWeight `400`, border `1px solid #2B7FFF66`, shadow `rgb(5, 55, 148) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset, rgb(230, 239, 254) 0px 1px 3px 0px` (e.g. “Download”)
- **button-secondary**: backgroundColor `#BF3C27`, textColor `#FFFFFF`, rounded `4px`, padding `6px 4px`, height `33.5px`, fontFamily `Writer`, fontSize `13px`, fontWeight `400`, border `1px solid #BE3B2799`, shadow `rgb(127, 39, 26) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset, rgb(251, 236, 234) 0px 1px 3px 0px` (e.g. “Download”)
- **card**: rounded `4px`, padding `0px`, backgroundColor `#F5F5F5`, border `1px solid #DFDFE0`, shadow `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0`

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do set body copy in Writer at 11px / 1.5.
- Do use Plex Serif only for display sizes, not for body text.
- Don't introduce font weights beyond 390, 400, 410.
- Do keep corners at 0px for most controls, and use the larger radii only for cards and media.
- 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: `color.accent_strategy`, `imagery.dominant_colors`, `layout.columns`, `layout.hero`, `layout.section_count`, `space.section_padding_px`. Full per-field provenance is in `spec.json`.