Design system · AI & LLM

OpenAI.

Calm, near-monochrome system anchored in deep teal-black with generous white space and editorial typography.

Palette sample

First 5 hex codes lifted from the DESIGN.md color sections. The full palette and roles live in the source spec.

#ffffff
#0d0d0d
#e5e5e5
#1a1a1a
#fafafa

Visual theme

OpenAI's product surface reads like a research lab dressed for the public — clinical, restrained, deliberately quiet. The page background is a true white (`#ffffff`) layered against a near-black ink (`#0d0d0d`) with a subtle teal undertone, so even the text feels slightly cooled rather than aggressively dark. The result is a chromatic neutrality that puts model output, code, and prose front and center, not the chrome around them.

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