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open ↗ 2026-06-11 12:15 UTC · 0 css files · 118kb css
rendered capture (headless)
desktop
desktop capture
mobile · 390px
mobile capture

Live reference

Preview — our components × captured values

Quick look above; the showcases render the full Slipstream bank with sample data. Captured values only on A-side — anatomy stays ours until we craft a library.

Style Guide preset (skin)

primary
#d33a2c
pri-accent
#006fc6
secondary
sec-accent
Surfaces — page · alt · emphasis · inverse
page
#ffffff
alt
emphasis
#d33a2c
inverse
#1b71bb
Heading font
Mija → Google: Bitter
Body font
Elena → Google: Lora
Heading line-height
not detected
Mobile h1
?
Mobile overflow
none
Base size
20px
Type scale
not detected
Rounding
Rounded (11px)
Line width
not detected
Button hover
darken background + shadow
Text-over-image halo
not detected
Heading tracking
not detected
Label tracking
not detected
Focus ring
not detected
Easing
not detected
Container max
1088px
Section padding
32px
Accent gradient
not detected
Icon stroke
not detected
Spacing unit
not detected
Transition
200ms
Link underline
true
Button
not detected

rendered (getComputedStyle on laid-out page) — higher fidelity than the regex engine

Contact form — how the fields render

field border
#000000
field fill
#ffffff
field text
#000000
focus
#000000
submit
#0168b8
Captured from
smashingmagazine.com (inner page)
Fields
1 · single-column
Field border
0px none #000000
Field radius
11px
Field height
60px
Field padding
17.1078px 22.8104px 17.1078px 22.8104px
Field font
Elena 22.8104px
Field shadow
not detected
Focus state
none
Label
no visible labels
Submit
"Meow!" · #0168b8 · radius 0px

Captured form-field facts. These feed the contact-form component — see the field-token proposal in docs/contact-form-component.md.

Capture audit — what's real vs default

13 of 27 values captured from this site. The rest fall back to library defaults — shown so nothing hardcoded can pass as captured.

  • Brand primarycaptured: #d33a2c
  • Secondary colourdefault
  • Page backgroundcaptured: #ffffff
  • Text colourdefault
  • Text colour (inverse)default
  • Heading colourdefault
  • Link colourdefault
  • Link colour (inverse)default
  • Heading fontcaptured: Mija
  • Body fontcaptured: Elena
  • Heading size (H1)captured: 34.2px
  • Heading weightcaptured: 700
  • Heading trackingdefault
  • Primary button bgcaptured: #18a46f
  • Primary button radiuscaptured: 11
  • Roundingcaptured: 11px
  • Line / border widthdefault
  • Button hoverdefault
  • Focus ringdefault
  • Easingdefault
  • Transition speedcaptured: 200ms
  • Container max-widthcaptured: 1088px
  • Section paddingcaptured: 32px
  • Accent gradientdefault
  • Image treatmentcaptured: captured
  • Text-over-image halodefault
  • Icon strokedefault
  • Alt background (derived from page)library default
  • Card paddinglibrary default
  • Small/large shadow scalelibrary default
  • Secondary-button outline stylelibrary default

Inventory (raw evidence)

Palette by frequency
#000000 ·87
#ffffff ·77
#d33a2c ·53
#666666 ·36
#32325d ·19
#333333 ·16
#006fc6 ·12
#dddddd ·8
#eeeeee ·6
#41b14f ·6
#811d15 ·5
#777777 ·5
#137d54 ·5
#0168b8 ·4
#267dcc ·4
#ffe3e3 ·4
#faa4a4 ·4
#3c3c3c ·4
Radii
0px2px5.5px6px11px11.1px14.1px19.2pxpill
Shadow samples
0 13px 7px -15px rgba(50,50,93,.25),0 8px 16px -8px rgba(0,0,0,.3),0 -6px 16px -6px rgba(0,0,0,.025)
0 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.15)
0 2px 6px rgba(0,0,0,.12)
inset 0 3px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3)
inset 0 3px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.3)

Character & component map

Shadow usage
heavy
Border usage
moderate
Gradients
present
Uppercase labels
yes (motif)
Letter-spacing
yes
Components observed vs gaps (gaps left empty — never auto-filled)
  • navobserved
  • heroGAP
  • buttonsobserved
  • cardobserved
  • pricingGAP
  • testimonialGAP
  • feature-gridGAP
  • galleryGAP
  • accordion-faqobserved
  • tabsobserved
  • tableobserved
  • formobserved
  • footerobserved
  • dropdownGAP

Worth considering — seen here, not yet captured

Notable styling present in this site's CSS that the tool doesn't yet turn into a captured value — candidates for future capture. Full coverage & roadmap →

  • scroll-snap
  • will-change (perf)
  • object-fit
  • filter (blur etc.)

Beyond the capture — Claude's read & generative proposals

The character CSS mining can't reach — bespoke anatomy, motifs, the "feel". These are my interpretations and generative suggestions. They are NOT applied to the reconstruction above — they're ideas to react to when this becomes a library's seed.

Not reviewed yet. Ask Claude in chat to “read this teardown” and I'll add observations + generative proposals here.