the cinematic family

Cinematic

Near-black paper, italic Fraunces, one loud moment per scene.

Cinematic is the moody-luxury family. Its canonical mode is dark — near-absolute black paper, warm cream ink, Fraunces display carrying the voice with selective italic emphasis, and a single saturated accent operating as a per-scene emotional beat. The mood is prestige film title card: slow, confident, emotionally saturated, restraint earning the one loud moment.

The references are specific. A24 and Neon film landing pages. Criterion Collection essay covers. Hennessy Paradis campaigns. Aman and Six Senses hospitality. Byredo and Frédéric Malle perfumery. Michelin tasting-menu presentations. If the build reads as a dark-mode SaaS product, the family has failed.

Fraunces carries the display voice; Inter handles body and UI; JetBrains Mono renders act markers, timestamps, credits, and kickers. Section padding is generous because scene pacing is a feature. Cinematic is wrong for cheerful, utilitarian, or data-dense products — and exactly right for everything that wants to feel like a film.

Default palette · Purple · 2 recommended palettes below

Best for

Film, series, and prestige streaming
Luxury fashion campaigns
Premium spirits and perfumery
Michelin and tasting-menu hospitality
Cinema-forward design studios

Character

narrative
moody
luxurious
saturated
patient

TypeFraunces · Inter · JetBrains Mono

How it differs

Atelier shares Cinematic's Fraunces voice but stays on warm paper; Cinematic goes near-black. Editorial is daylight magazine; Cinematic is the night film.

Try a paletteDark mode →

Violet Purple

01 - Typography

The voice of cinematic.

Hero title - Fraunces

Made with intention.

Hero subtitle - Inter

A supporting lead carries the second voice without competing.

Section title - Fraunces

Section heading at the second tier

Section subtitle - Inter

Supporting copy holds context next to the title without competing for attention.

Card title - Fraunces

Card title at the third tier

Body - Inter

The body face carries paragraphs, captions, and inline labels - anywhere prose reads at length. It is tuned for legibility at small sizes and reads naturally next to the display face above.

Caption

Smaller supporting copy, used for metadata and inline notes.

Meta - JetBrains Mono

01 - 02 - 03 - v1.0 - 99.9% - $29 - 240ms

02 - Palette

Resolved palette.

The same family-aware mapping the product runtime applies. Each token has been resolved against the active palette and theme.

Backgroundcolor-mix(in srgb, rgb(168 85 247) 10%, white)

Surfacecolor-mix(in srgb, rgb(168 85 247) 4%, white)

Bordercolor-mix(in srgb, rgb(192 38 211) 12%, white)

Ink#0f172a

Brandrgb(168 85 247)

Brand · strongrgb(192 132 252)

Accentrgb(192 38 211)

On brandrgb(255 255 255)

03 · Primitives

The building blocks.

Each control below is the real component the runtime renders. The same buttons, badges, inputs, and chips appear in every generated site that picks this family.

Buttons

Badges

DefaultAccentOutlineInk

How content sits.

Five archetypes - feature, pricing, profile, stat, and testimonial. They use server-rendered family type and palette tokens so this section keeps first-paint SSR parity.

Feature

Generated families, real engineering

Every family ships as manifest data. The server render resolves the same typography, composition, and palette tokens the product uses.

ManifestTokens

Pricing

Recommended

Studio

$29/ month

Unlimited generations
Custom domains
Priority models

Profile

Mara ChenProduct design lead

Twelve years leading design at high-growth SaaS. Available for fractional engagements this quarter.

AvailableFractional

Stat

99.9%

Uptime across all rendered sites this quarterLast 90 days

Testimonial

"The shared semantic tokens made the new family feel consistent from the first pass."

Jules ParkStaff designer, Patagonia Digital

05 - Motion

How it moves.

Hover or focus either surface. The transition uses CSS variables and respects reduced motion without requiring a hydrated showcase.

Card - hover

Lift on hover, hairline tightens

Move your pointer over this card. The surface rises a few pixels and the border tightens to the brand color.

Button - focus

Tab into the button below. The focus ring uses the family's brand color and transitions at this family's curve.

06 · Recommended palettes

Try a different chord.

Each palette below pairs with this family. The cards link straight to a fresh render of this page in that palette — share the URL, it's crawlable.

VioletTry →

PurpleTry →

06 · Compositions

A few of the section topologies.

Compositions are family-agnostic — every family can render every topology. Combined with card layouts and collection layouts, the engine produces dozens of section presentations per section type. Diagrams show the shape; the family supplies the skin.

banner

Banner

Content stacks above a wide image rail.

breakout

Breakout

A featured module breaks the grid edge.

bands

Bands

Alternating horizontal bands of copy and media.

feature

Feature

Lead module anchors a supporting grid.

See all compositions →

07 · See it live

See a full page.

A complete site rendered in Cinematic. Open the example to walk through every section in the family's voice.

Open example →Open demo