shelby@shelbythomas.xyz

Design system

Colors, typography, and components used on this site.

Color

Paper

#f7f8f8

Page background

Ink

#101010

Primary text and footer

Signal

#126fd3

Accents and progress

Rule

#d9dede

Dividers

Mute

#62696b

Secondary text

Typography

Recent writing

Sentence case, moderate sizes, and medium weight. Headings identify the content; small labels provide context.

A useful idea might come from a book, a training session, or working through something that isn’t going to plan.

Generous leading and a comfortable reading width keep longer essays easy to follow.

Links and focus

Underlined links, clear keyboard focus, and small directional cues.

Photography

Shelby Thomas in a café
A figure writing at a desk in a dim room

Monochrome portraits. Editorial images keep their original color. Simple crops and no texture overlays.

Motion

Normal browser scrolling, a fine progress line, a subtle portrait shift, and sticky side notes. Short entrance animations leave content readable before JavaScript loads. Reduced-motion preferences turn off animation.

Identity

Shelby Thomas wordmarkST monogram