notion-ui-skills

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Notion's UI design system. Use when building interfaces inspired by Notion's aesthetic - light mode, Inter font, 4px grid.

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Notion UI Skills

Opinionated constraints for building Notion-style interfaces with AI agents.

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:
  • Building light-mode interfaces
  • Creating Notion-inspired design systems
  • Implementing UIs with Inter font and 4px grid

Colors

  • SHOULD use light backgrounds for primary surfaces
  • MUST use
    #F6F6F6
    as page background (
    surface-base
    )
  • MUST use
    #97CAEE
    for primary actions and focus states (
    accent
    )
  • SHOULD reduce color palette (currently 15 colors detected)
  • MUST maintain text contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for accessibility

Semantic Tokens

TokenHEXRGBUsage
surface-base
#F6F6F6rgb(246,246,246)Page background
surface-raised
#E5E5E4rgb(229,229,228)Cards, modals, raised surfaces
surface-overlay
#DFEFFErgb(223,239,254)Overlays, tooltips, dropdowns
text-primary
#5D686Argb(93,104,106)Headings, body text
text-2
#3E3E3Ergb(62,62,62)Additional text
text-tertiary
#505050rgb(80,80,80)Additional text
border-default
#EDEEECrgb(237,238,236)Subtle borders, dividers
accent
#97CAEErgb(151,202,238)Primary actions, links, focus

Typography

  • MUST use
    Inter
    as primary font family
  • SHOULD use single font family for consistency
  • MUST use
    66px
    /
    700
    for primary headings
  • MUST use
    16px
    /
    500
    for body text
  • SHOULD reduce font weights (currently 6 detected)
  • MUST use
    text-balance
    for headings and
    text-pretty
    for body text
  • SHOULD use
    tabular-nums
    for numeric data
  • NEVER modify letter-spacing unless explicitly requested

Text Styles

StyleFontSizeWeightColorCount
heading-1
Inter66px700#2121211
text-29px
Inter29pxextra_bold#2929291
text-27px
Inter27px400#4D4D4D1
text-21px
Inter21px500#2525251
text-19px
Inter19pxsemi_bold#3333331
text-18px
Inter18pxsemi_bold#3838381
text-18px
Inter18px400#4E4E4E1
body
Inter16px500#5454541
body-secondary
Inter16px400#9B9B9B1
body-secondary
Inter15px400#5F5F5F2

Typography Reference

Font Families:
  • Inter
    (used 33x)
Font Sizes: 8px, 10px, 11px, 12px, 13px, 14px, 15px, 16px, 18px, 19px, 21px, 27px, 29px, 66px

Spacing

  • MUST use 4px grid for spacing
  • SHOULD use spacing from scale: 1px, 2px, 4px, 5px, 6px, 11px, 14px, 18px
  • SHOULD use 1px as default gap between elements
  • NEVER use arbitrary spacing values (use design scale)
  • SHOULD maintain consistent padding within containers

Borders

  • MUST use border-radius from scale: 3px, 4px, 6px, 15px
  • MUST use 1px border width consistently
  • SHOULD use 4px as default border-radius
  • NEVER use arbitrary border-radius values (use design scale)
  • SHOULD use subtle borders (1px) for element separation

Border Radius Reference

Scale: 3px, 4px, 6px, 15px

Layout

  • MUST design for 1920px base viewport width
  • SHOULD use consistent element widths: 16px, 13px, 17px, 18px, 10px
  • SHOULD maintain text-heavy layout with clear hierarchy
  • NEVER use
    h-screen
    , use
    h-dvh
    for full viewport height
  • MUST respect
    safe-area-inset
    for fixed elements
  • SHOULD use
    size-*
    for square elements instead of
    w-*
    +
    h-*

Detected Layout Patterns

  • Main Content: width: 1920px, height: 1080px
  • Main Content: width: 1822px, height: 1008px

Components

  • MUST use
    0px
    height for input fields

Buttons

VariantBackgroundTextBorderHeightRadius
Ghosttransparent#767674none--

Inputs

  • Height:
    0px

Interactive States

Focus

  • MUST use
    2px
    outline with accent color (
    #97CAEE
    )
  • MUST use
    2px
    outline-offset
  • NEVER remove focus indicators

Hover

  • Buttons (primary): lighten background by 10%
  • Buttons (secondary): use
    #E5E5E4
    background
  • List items: use
    #E5E5E4
    background

Disabled

  • MUST use
    opacity: 0.5
  • MUST use
    cursor: not-allowed

Interaction

  • MUST use an
    AlertDialog
    for destructive or irreversible actions
  • SHOULD use structural skeletons for loading states
  • MUST show errors next to where the action happens
  • NEVER block paste in
    input
    or
    textarea
    elements
  • MUST add an
    aria-label
    to icon-only buttons

Animation

  • NEVER add animation unless it is explicitly requested
  • MUST animate only compositor props (
    transform
    ,
    opacity
    )
  • NEVER animate layout properties (
    width
    ,
    height
    ,
    top
    ,
    left
    ,
    margin
    ,
    padding
    )
  • SHOULD use
    ease-out
    on entrance animations
  • NEVER exceed
    200ms
    for interaction feedback
  • SHOULD respect
    prefers-reduced-motion

Performance

  • NEVER animate large
    blur()
    or
    backdrop-filter
    surfaces
  • NEVER apply
    will-change
    outside an active animation
  • NEVER use
    useEffect
    for anything that can be expressed as render logic