Wire
Wire is a diagrammatic, precision-first engineering aesthetic for technical documentation. Cool-tinted dark surfaces with cyan/teal accent. Inter typography at readable weights. Subtle radius. Full semantic color palette.
Color has meaning. Structure has purpose. Every pixel is intentional.
Precision Surfaces
Cool-tinted near-black with blue channel bias. Evokes IDE and terminal environments — the natural habitat of engineering documentation.
Geometric Typography
Inter for body and headings delivers clean geometry. JetBrains Mono for code blocks, labels, and section headers reinforces the technical identity.
Semantic Color
Full palette — success, warning, error, info — plus cyan/teal accent. Color serves meaning, not decoration.
| Property | Ink | Wire | Classic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concept | Print monograph | Engineering blueprint | Modern dashboard |
| Accent | Gold | Cyan / Teal | Orange |
| Radius | 0px — brutalist | 2–4px — precise | 4–12px — soft |
| Shadows | None | Subtle, occasional | Layered elevation |
| Containers | Transparent | Visible, bordered | Filled, elevated |
| Typography | Helvetica Neue thin | Inter + JetBrains Mono | System stack |
| Semantic colors | Gold only | Full palette | Full palette |
yaml
# Set wire as the project theme# in _project.yamlproject: my-engineering-docstheme: wire# All pages inherit the theme automatically.# Do not set theme: on individual page specs.typescript
// Wire surfaces — cool-tinted with blue channel biasconst surface = { base: "rgb(11, 13, 18)", // deepest — gaps, negative space deep: "rgb(8, 10, 14)", // hero blocks, section labels mid: "rgb(17, 20, 28)", // text block containers raised: "rgb(22, 26, 36)", // card surfaces};// Accent: vivid cyanconst accent = "rgb(14, 168, 188)";- 4
- Built-in Themes
- 2,600
- Lines of CSS
- 69KB
- Theme Stylesheet
Step 1
Theme Definition
Step 2
Type Expansion
Step 3
Theme CSS
Step 4
Router Wiring
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