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Reflection

Clean web3 publishing with editorial simplicity

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Born From

Warm brown (#271F1B) as the web3 alternative to cold gray: publishing on-chain with the warmth of a journal. The 12px surface blur that makes panels feel like glass over parchment, ephemeral but readable. The generosity of 96px section padding in an ecosystem known for information overload. A monochrome accent that chooses to blend with the text rather than shout, an essay in color.

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#FFFFFF
Background
#F5F5F5
Surface
#271F1B
Text
#888786
Muted
#271F1B
Accent
#D4D2D1
Soft
#DBD5D2
Border
#EBEBEB
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Why It Works

Warm brown text (#271F1B) on white creates an organic editorial feel rare in web3. 24px radius with 28px pill creates generously rounded containers that feel approachable. 12px surface blur with 0.8 opacity adds subtle glass depth without heavy effects. Spacious layout with 96px section padding and 48px grid gap creates editorial breathing room. Lift hover with shadow focus style creates tactile interactions that feel physical.

Best For

Web3 publishing platforms for on-chain articles and essays. Decentralized social media profile pages with content feeds. Crypto community governance proposal interfaces. Web3 portfolio sites for DAOs and protocol teams.

Skip This If

Your product needs dense data interfaces. The spacious 2-column grid with 48px gap creates huge gaps between content. Your brand is technical and developer-focused. The warm brown palette and editorial spacing reads as literary not engineering. You need bold visual hierarchy. The monochrome brown accent (#271F1B) blends with the text color instead of standing out.

Palette

Reflection starts with white.

One accent to break the silence.

Pure white background with a warm brown text (#271F1B) that replaces black everywhere. That warmth transforms the reading experience from "screen" to "paper." But not just any paper. The warm brown reads like aging parchment. Like something preserved. Which is exactly what permanent publishing is.

background#FFFFFF
surface#F5F5F5
surface hover#EBEBEB
text#271F1B
muted#888786
accent#271F1B
accent soft#d4d2d1
border#DBD5D2
Chart Palette
Status
Success
Warning
Error
Contrast
Text 16.2:1AAA
Accent 16.2:1AAA

The surface border (#DBD5D2) is a warm beige that creates gentle separation between elements. The accent soft (#D4D2D1) is barely distinguishable from the border. The whole color system exists within a narrow band of warm neutrals. That restraint creates cohesion. Everything feels like it belongs to the same material world.

When the writing is the product.

The interface should disappear.

Reflection's warm-brown type on white and glass-panel surfaces create a writing platform that feels like putting ink on paper with the permanence of something that lasts.

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Typography

Geist at 400.

Paired with Geist.

Inter at 400 for everything. The heading letter-spacing at -1.44px is notably tight, creating compressed headlines that feel like they're carved rather than typed. That physical quality matches the permanence of on-chain publishing. Words that are immutable should look immutable.

Geist
mono: SF Mono
Display25px
Heading 123px
Heading 222px
Heading 320px
Body18px
Caption17px
Weight: 400/400Heading spacing: -1.44pxBody spacing: normalHeading LH: 1Body LH: 1.56Base: 18pxScale: 1.067Para spacing: 1em

Body text at standard weight with 1.56 line-height creates generous, leisurely reading. The contrast between the dense headings and the open body text creates breathing room. You read the headline and feel its weight. Then the body text gives you space to think about it.

Compressed headings. Generous body.

The tension creates the rhythm.

Reflection's dense headlines and open reading text create a breathing pattern that matches the kind of writing worth publishing permanently.

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Shape

Pill radius. 1px borders.

Reflection's physical language.

Twenty-four pixel radius on containers with 8px on small elements. Very generous rounding that softens every container into an organic shape. The 28px on large elements goes even further. These aren't cards. They're windows. Soft, warm openings in the white page. Combined with the glass effect (12px blur at 0.8 opacity), elements feel like frosted panels through which content is visible.

Card heading
Body text showing how the seed's typography feels inside a real component.
Tag
Hover to feel the interaction
XL Radius
28px
shadowLg
Radius:24px
Radius SM:8px
Radius XL:28px
Border:1px solid
Shadow:Layered soft
Hover:lift
Focus:shadow
Active scale:0.98
Density:spacious
Divider:space

Permanence fits in your hand.

The warmth survives the small screen.

Reflection's frosted panels and warm neutral palette translate to mobile with a tactile intimacy that makes your platform feel more like a journal than an app.

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Ship smarter.

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Atmosphere

Smooth and spacious.

Reflection's invisible layer.

Transparent shadows (all values are rgba 0,0,0 at 0 opacity). No visible depth. But the glass effect is the atmospheric signature. 12px surface blur at 0.8 opacity creates frosted-glass surfaces that are simultaneously present and transparent. Elements don't sit on the page. They exist within it. Lift on hover adds gentle motion to these glass panels. The overall effect is ethereal. Appropriate for content that exists permanently in a decentralized space.

Speed: smoothEasing: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)Easing In: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1)Easing Out: cubic-bezier(0.7, 0, 0.84, 0)Blur: 12pxNoise: noneOpacity: 0.8
Home
Settings
User
Search
Bell
Mail
Star
Heart
Icons: duotone / 20px
Density: spaciousGrid: 2 cols / 48px gapContainer: 1280pxSection: 96px / Content: 40pxSpace unit: 8px

Go build something beautiful.

111 design decisions that all agree with each other. Made for you to use in an instant.

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We handle the "pray" part. Instant detection of your framework, automatic optimization, and edge deployment.
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11s
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Everything you need.

Push and pray.
We handle the "pray" part. Instant detection of your framework, automatic optimization, and edge deployment.
Env variables.
Secure secrets management that actually makes sense. Sync across environments without copying .env files ever again.
Logs.
Real-time streaming logs with zero latency. Filter, search, and debug faster than you can type 'console.log'.

From code to edge.

01

Connect Repository

Link your GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket in two clicks. We scan your tech stack instantly.

02

Automated Build

Our high-speed runners build your app in isolated containers. No cold starts, just speed.

03

Global Propagation

Your app is pushed to 300+ edge locations globally. Sub-10ms latency for every user.

$ git push origin main
Initializing shipwreck build pipeline...
Detecting Framework: Next.js 14
Installing dependencies... [1.2s]
Running production build... [4.5s]
✓ Build successful
Optimizing assets for Edge... [0.8s]
Deploying to 312 nodes...
🚀 Production live: https://shipwreck.sh/v1-final

Observe everything.

A dashboard built for developers who hate dashboards. No fluff, just the metrics that matter for your application health.

  • Automatic SSL Management
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  • Infinite Scalability Engine
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Success Rate
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[12:44:02]POST/api/webhooks/stripe - 202 Accepted
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“

Shipwreck is the first platform that actually stays out of my way. It feels like I’m writing code directly to the browser.

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CTO at Hyperdrive
“

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Lead Engineer at Void
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We migrated 400 microservices in a weekend. Our dev team might actually like me now. Highly recommended.

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Marcus Lee
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