Colour in digital design is part craft, part communication. The right palette can guide attention, set mood, and signal hierarchy without a single word of copy.

From hex codes to systems

Treat colour as a system: a small set of brand colours, a neutral scale, and semantic tokens for state — success, warning, error. Tokens make dark mode and theming almost free.

Contrast is a feature, not a constraint

Designing for WCAG contrast isn’t a tax on creativity — it’s a forcing function. Accessible palettes tend to be punchier, calmer, and more usable for everyone.

This is a demo blog post.