DESIGN.md inspired by Uniswap
Uniswap Pink on white — DEX design with Basel sans, unicorn-mark whimsy, and rounded-card softness in a usually-brutalist DeFi space.
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#ffffff - bg-soft
#f5f6fc - bg-warm
#fff4f9 - surface
#ffffff - surface-soft
#fafbfd - surface-strong
#f1f3f9 - brand AA·LG · 3.8
#ff007a - brand-hover
#e60069 - brand-pressed
#cc005f - brand-deep
#a60052 - brand-tint
#ffe5f1 - brand-soft
#ffb3d6 - on-brand
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#5d6785 - text-soft
#888d9b - text-faint — · 1.6
#cdcdcd - text-on-brand
#ffffff - link
#ff007a - link-hover
#cc005f - selected-bg
#ffe5f1 - border — · 1.2
#ededed - border-strong — · 1.6
#cdcdcd - border-soft
#f7f8fa - border-brand
#ff007a - unicorn-purple
#9c52ff - ethereum-blue
#627eea - success
#27ae60 - warning
#f3b71e - danger
#fd4040 - info
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- background → bg
- foreground → text
- primary → brand
- primary-foreground → on-brand
- accent → —
- muted → text-muted
- border → border
- ring → border-brand
Uniswap's marketing system descends from Hayden Adams's 2018 DEX origin, refined through V2 (2020) and V3 (2021) brand iterations. Uniswap Pink `#ff007a` was anchored in V2 — picked specifically to differentiate from the brutalist black-and-blue DeFi default of Aave, Compound, and Curve. Basel (Lift Type's rounded grotesque sans) handles every heading. The unicorn-mark wordmark is Uniswap's defining identity element, used sparingly as accent ornament rather than mascot. Cards have 16-24px radius — softer than typical DeFi protocols. Voice is direct-friendly: "Trade tokens", "Earn fees on liquidity". The whole brand reads as DeFi-for-grown-ups: sophisticated enough to handle V3 concentrated liquidity, friendly enough not to alienate first-time swappers.
- DEX origin shaping protocol-as-design instinct
- rounded grotesque sans for friendly DeFi typography
- brand color anchored in V2 design refresh
- DeFi peers — Uniswap differentiated via pink + rounded
- whimsy in sophisticated DeFi context
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---
name: Uniswap
tagline: Uniswap Pink on white — DEX design with Basel sans, unicorn-mark whimsy, and rounded-card softness in a usually-brutalist DeFi space.
updated_at: 2026-05-08T00:00:00.000Z
published_at: 2026-05-07T20:02:45.378Z
author: webdesignhot
source_url: https://uniswap.org
spec: webdesignhot/0.1
quality: curated
featured: false
categories: [fintech]
tags: [light, playful, sans, rounded, bright]
preview_swatch: ['#ffffff', '#ff007a', '#131313']
related: [phantom-app, metamask, arbitrum]
description: 'Uniswap''s site is the rare DeFi protocol that has decided playfulness is on-brand. The canvas is white, headings sit in Basel (Lift Type''s rounded grotesque) at 56–88px, and the brand color is "Uniswap Pink" `#ff007a` — a hot magenta-pink that anchors every CTA. Where MetaMask leaned warm-friendly and Phantom leaned editorial-restrained, Uniswap leaned playful-confident: rounded 16-24px corners, soft pink-tinted shadows, the unicorn brand mark used sparingly (no NFT-bro language, but the unicorn shows up). Voice is direct-friendly: "Trade tokens", "Earn fees on liquidity". The whole brand reads as "DeFi for grown-ups who haven''t lost their sense of humor".'
# Canonical 8-role aliases (per google-labs-code/design.md PR #76).
# Maps role names to this entry's actual token names so role-aware
# downstream tools resolve `theme.background` → entry's `bg`, etc.
# Auto-generated by scripts/add-aliases.mjs — do not edit manually;
# regenerate after changing color token names.
aliases:
background: bg
foreground: text
primary: brand
primary-foreground: on-brand
muted: text-muted
border: border
ring: border-brand
colors:
bg: '#ffffff'
bg-soft: '#f5f6fc'
bg-warm: '#fff4f9'
surface: '#ffffff'
surface-soft: '#fafbfd'
surface-strong: '#f1f3f9'
brand: '#ff007a'
brand-hover: '#e60069'
brand-pressed: '#cc005f'
brand-deep: '#a60052'
brand-tint: '#ffe5f1'
brand-soft: '#ffb3d6'
on-brand: '#ffffff'
text: '#131313'
text-strong: '#000000'
text-muted: '#5d6785'
text-soft: '#888d9b'
text-faint: '#cdcdcd'
text-on-brand: '#ffffff'
link: '#ff007a'
link-hover: '#cc005f'
selected-bg: '#ffe5f1'
border: '#ededed'
border-strong: '#cdcdcd'
border-soft: '#f7f8fa'
border-brand: '#ff007a'
unicorn-purple: '#9c52ff'
ethereum-blue: '#627eea'
success: '#27ae60'
warning: '#f3b71e'
danger: '#fd4040'
info: '#0068fc'
typography:
display:
family: '"Basel", "Inter", "Söhne", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif'
weights: [500, 600, 700]
body:
family: '"Basel", "Inter", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif'
weights: [400, 500, 600]
mono:
family: '"JetBrains Mono", "IBM Plex Mono", ui-monospace, monospace'
weights: [400, 500]
scale:
display-hero: { size: 88, weight: 600, lineHeight: 1.0, tracking: '-0.025em', family: display }
display-xl: { size: 72, weight: 600, lineHeight: 1.05, tracking: '-0.02em', family: display }
display-lg: { size: 56, weight: 600, lineHeight: 1.1, tracking: '-0.015em', family: display }
h1: { size: 40, weight: 600, lineHeight: 1.15, tracking: '-0.012em', family: display }
h2: { size: 32, weight: 500, lineHeight: 1.2, tracking: '-0.008em', family: display }
h3: { size: 24, weight: 500, lineHeight: 1.25, tracking: '-0.005em', family: display }
h4: { size: 18, weight: 500, lineHeight: 1.3, tracking: '0', family: display }
eyebrow: { size: 12, weight: 600, lineHeight: 1.2, tracking: '0.10em', family: body }
body-lg: { size: 18, weight: 400, lineHeight: 1.5, tracking: '0', family: body }
body: { size: 16, weight: 400, lineHeight: 1.5, tracking: '0', family: body }
body-sm: { size: 14, weight: 400, lineHeight: 1.45, tracking: '0', family: body }
label: { size: 13, weight: 600, lineHeight: 1.3, tracking: '0.04em', family: body }
button: { size: 16, weight: 600, lineHeight: 1.0, tracking: '0.02em', family: body }
address: { size: 13, weight: 400, lineHeight: 1.5, tracking: '0', family: mono }
swap-amount: { size: 36, weight: 500, lineHeight: 1.0, tracking: '-0.012em', family: display }
radius:
micro: 4
sm: 8
md: 12
lg: 16
xl: 24
pill: 9999
spacing:
base: 4
scale: [0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 56, 80, 96, 120, 160]
layout:
page-width: 1280
prose-width: 720
header-height: 72
motion:
ease-standard: 'cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.1, 0.25, 1)'
ease-emphasized: 'cubic-bezier(0.34, 1.56, 0.64, 1)'
duration-fast: 150
duration-standard: 240
duration-slow: 400
reduced-motion: 'respects prefers-reduced-motion: reduce'
breakpoints:
mobile: 480
tablet: 768
desktop: 1280
wide: 1440
shadows:
card: '0 2px 12px rgba(255, 0, 122, 0.06)'
card-hover: '0 8px 24px rgba(255, 0, 122, 0.14)'
modal: '0 24px 64px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20)'
accessibility:
contrast-text-on-bg: 18.0
contrast-text-on-brand: 4.6
focus-ring: '3px solid #ff007a'
reduced-motion-honored: true
components:
button-primary: { bg: brand, text: on-brand, padding: '14px 32px', radius: pill, font: button }
button-secondary: { bg: brand-tint, text: brand-pressed, padding: '12px 30px', radius: pill, font: button }
button-ghost: { bg: transparent, text: brand, padding: '10px 20px' }
card: { bg: surface, radius: 16, padding: 24, shadow: 'card' }
swap-card: { bg: surface, radius: 24, padding: 24, border: '1px solid border-soft', shadow: 'card' }
pill: { bg: surface-strong, text: text, radius: pill, padding: '4px 12px', font: 'label' }
input: { bg: surface-soft, border: '1px solid border-soft', text: text, radius: 16, padding: '16px 20px', focus-border: brand }
lineage:
summary: 'Uniswap''s marketing system descends from Hayden Adams''s 2018 DEX origin, refined through V2 (2020) and V3 (2021) brand iterations. Uniswap Pink `#ff007a` was anchored in V2 — picked specifically to differentiate from the brutalist black-and-blue DeFi default of Aave, Compound, and Curve. Basel (Lift Type''s rounded grotesque sans) handles every heading. The unicorn-mark wordmark is Uniswap''s defining identity element, used sparingly as accent ornament rather than mascot. Cards have 16-24px radius — softer than typical DeFi protocols. Voice is direct-friendly: "Trade tokens", "Earn fees on liquidity". The whole brand reads as DeFi-for-grown-ups: sophisticated enough to handle V3 concentrated liquidity, friendly enough not to alienate first-time swappers.'
influences:
- { name: 'Hayden Adams (founder, 2018)', role: 'DEX origin shaping protocol-as-design instinct', url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniswap' }
- { name: 'Basel by Lift Type', role: 'rounded grotesque sans for friendly DeFi typography', url: 'https://lift-type.fr' }
- { name: 'Uniswap Pink (V2 introduction, 2020)', role: 'brand color anchored in V2 design refresh', url: 'https://uniswap.org' }
- { name: 'Aave / Compound / Curve', role: 'DeFi peers — Uniswap differentiated via pink + rounded', url: 'https://aave.com' }
- { name: 'Unicorn mark heritage', role: 'whimsy in sophisticated DeFi context', url: 'https://uniswap.org' }
---
## 1. Visual Theme & Atmosphere
Uniswap's site is the rare DeFi protocol that has decided playfulness is on-brand. The canvas is white `#ffffff`, headings sit in Basel (Lift Type's rounded grotesque sans) at 56–88px, and the brand color is **Uniswap Pink** `#ff007a` — a hot magenta-pink that anchors every CTA. Where MetaMask leaned warm-friendly and Phantom leaned editorial-restrained, Uniswap leaned **playful-confident**: rounded 16-24px corners, soft pink-tinted shadows, the unicorn brand mark used sparingly (no NFT-bro language, but the unicorn shows up).
The swap interface is the brand's product-as-hero pattern — a 24px-radius card with token selectors, amount inputs, and a single Pink CTA "Swap". Cards have 16px radius elsewhere. Voice is direct-friendly: "Trade tokens", "Earn fees on liquidity". The unicorn-mark wordmark anchors brand identity but doesn't get anthropomorphized.
CTAs are pill-radius (9999px) with white text on Pink bg. Body uses 16px line-height 1.5. Mono renders Solana-style truncated addresses. The whole brand reads as **DeFi-for-grown-ups**: sophisticated enough for V3 concentrated liquidity, friendly enough not to alienate first-time swappers.
**Key Characteristics:**
- White canvas + Uniswap Pink `#ff007a`
- Basel (Lift Type) rounded grotesque sans
- Pill-radius CTAs, 16-24px cards
- Swap-card UI (24px radius) as product hero
- Unicorn wordmark mark, never anthropomorphized
- Soft pink-tinted shadows
- Mono for blockchain addresses
- Light-only canvas (V4 site has both, marketing is light)
- Direct-friendly voice
- Light-grey-tinted purple `#9c52ff` and Ethereum blue accents in chips
## 2. Color Palette & Roles
### Primary
- **Background** (`#ffffff`): white.
- **Bg Soft** (`#f5f6fc`): cool-blue-tinted alternate.
- **Bg Warm** (`#fff4f9`): pale-pink wash for hero.
- **Text** (`#131313`): body.
### Brand — Uniswap Pink
- **Brand** (`#ff007a`): primary CTA, brand mark.
- **Brand Hover** (`#e60069`), **Pressed** (`#cc005f`), **Deep** (`#a60052`).
- **Brand Tint** (`#ffe5f1`): selection wash.
### Accent
- **Unicorn Purple** (`#9c52ff`): rare accent, sometimes in unicorn mark
- **Ethereum Blue** (`#627eea`): chain chip color
### Surface
- **Surface** (`#ffffff`), **Surface Soft** (`#fafbfd`), **Surface Strong** (`#f1f3f9`).
### Borders
- **Border** (`#ededed`), **Border Strong** (`#cdcdcd`), **Border Soft** (`#f7f8fa`).
### Semantic
- success `#27ae60`, warning `#f3b71e`, danger `#fd4040`, info `#0068fc`.
## 3. Typography Rules
### Font Family
- **Display + Body**: Basel (Lift Type's rounded grotesque). Falls back to Inter → Söhne.
- **Mono**: JetBrains Mono / IBM Plex Mono for addresses.
### Hierarchy
| Role | Font | Size | Weight | LH | Tracking |
|------|------|------|--------|-----|----------|
| display-hero | Basel | 88 | 600 | 1.0 | -0.025em |
| display-lg | Basel | 56 | 600 | 1.1 | -0.015em |
| h1 | Basel | 40 | 600 | 1.15 | -0.012em |
| h2 | Basel | 32 | 500 | 1.2 | -0.008em |
| h3 | Basel | 24 | 500 | 1.25 | -0.005em |
| eyebrow | Basel | 12 | 600 | 1.2 | 0.10em UPPER |
| body | Basel | 16 | 400 | 1.5 | 0 |
| label | Basel | 13 | 600 | 1.3 | 0.04em |
| button | Basel | 16 | 600 | 1.0 | 0.02em |
| address | JetBrains Mono | 13 | 400 | 1.5 | 0 |
| swap-amount | Basel | 36 | 500 | 1.0 | -0.012em |
### Principles
- **Basel for everything**, mono for addresses.
- **600 weight on display + buttons** — confident but not aggressive.
- **Tight tracking on display** (-0.025em hero).
- **Mixed case display, UPPER eyebrows.**
## 4. Component Stylings
### Buttons (3 variants — pill-radius)
**Primary** — Uniswap Pink:
- bg `#ff007a`, text white, 16px Basel 600 0.02em
- Padding 14×32, radius 9999 (pill)
- Hover: bg `#e60069`, scale 1.02
**Secondary** — pink tint:
- bg `brand-tint`, text `brand-pressed`, pill radius
**Ghost**: bg transparent, text pink, padding 10×20.
### Cards
- bg white, **16px radius**, padding 24
- Soft pink-tinted shadow `0 2px 12px rgba(255,0,122,0.06)`
- Hover: shadow shifts to `0 8px 24px rgba(255,0,122,0.14)`
### Swap Card (the product hero)
- bg white, **24px radius**, padding 24, 1px soft border, soft pink shadow
- "From" + "To" sections with 16px radius inner inputs
- Token selector pills (pill-radius, surface-strong bg)
- Single Pink CTA "Swap" full-width pill at bottom
### Pills (token selectors, network chips)
- Token: pill radius, surface-strong bg, with token icon + symbol
- Network: pill radius, network-color outlined
### Inputs (token amount)
- bg surface-soft, 1px soft border, 16px radius (rounded for swap-card aesthetic)
- Focus: border pink
### Navigation
- 72px sticky header, white bg
- Uniswap unicorn wordmark left (pink), top-level nav center, "Connect Wallet" pink pill CTA right
## 5. Layout Principles
- Base 4px, 96-160px between sections
- Page max width 1280px
- Hero: swap-card centered with overlapping headline above
- Feature grid: 3-up at desktop, 2-up at tablet
## 6. Shapes & Radius Scale
| Tier | Value | Use |
|------|-------|-----|
| Micro | 4 | indicators |
| Standard | 8 | tooltips |
| Comfortable | 12 | dropdowns |
| Relaxed | 16 | **default cards** |
| Featured | 24 | **swap card** (product hero) |
| Pill | 9999 | **buttons + token pills** |
## 7. Depth & Elevation
| Level | Treatment |
|-------|-----------|
| 1 | `0 2px 12px rgba(255,0,122,0.06)` resting cards |
| 2 | `0 8px 24px rgba(255,0,122,0.14)` hover |
| 3 | `0 12px 32px rgba(255,0,122,0.18)` swap-card |
| 4 | `0 24px 64px rgba(0,0,0,0.20)` modal |
## 8. Interaction & Motion
- Standard ease, emphasized for celebrate states
- 150ms hover, 240ms standard, 400ms slow
- Swap-card hover: shadow lift + 1.005 scale
- Token selector dropdown: 240ms slide-down
## 9. Accessibility & A11y
- text on bg = **18.0:1** AAA
- on-brand on brand: white on Uniswap Pink = **4.6:1** AA
- 3px Uniswap Pink focus ring
Token selectors `role="combobox"` with proper aria. Swap card flow accessible via keyboard tab order. Address truncation has full-address available via tooltip.
## 10. Responsive Behavior
mobile <479: hero 88→48; nav hamburger; swap-card full-width. tablet: 2-up grid. desktop+: 3-up.
## 11. Content & Voice
### Tone
**Direct-friendly.** Sophisticated DeFi without lecturing.
### Microcopy patterns
- Primary CTA: **"Connect Wallet"** / **"Swap"** / **"Provide liquidity"**
- Errors: **"Insufficient balance — add more ETH to swap"**
- Loading: **"Confirming swap…"**
- Success: **"Swapped 100 USDC for 0.05 ETH"**
### CTA verb conventions
- **Connect / Swap / Provide / Stake / Bridge**
- Avoid: NFT-bro language, "Get started" alone
## 12. Dark Mode & Theming
**Light-only** marketing site. The Uniswap Interface (app.uniswap.org) has both modes — dark uses bg `#191b1f` with pink unchanged.
## 13. Lineage & Influences
Uniswap descends from Hayden Adams's 2018 DEX origin, refined through V2 (2020) and V3 (2021) brand iterations. Uniswap Pink `#ff007a` was anchored in V2 — differentiating from Aave/Compound/Curve's brutalist black-and-blue. Basel (Lift Type) handles typography. The unicorn wordmark is the brand's defining identity.
**Named influences:**
- **Hayden Adams (founder, 2018)** — DEX origin
- **Basel by Lift Type** — rounded grotesque sans
- **Uniswap Pink (V2, 2020)** — brand anchor
- **Aave / Compound / Curve** — DeFi peers differentiated against
- **Unicorn mark heritage** — whimsy in sophisticated DeFi
## 14. Do's and Don'ts
### Do
- **Uniswap Pink `#ff007a` for primary CTA + brand only.**
- **Basel (or Inter fallback) for everything.**
- **Pill-radius CTAs, 16px cards, 24px swap-card.**
- **Soft pink-tinted shadows.**
- **Unicorn mark in wordmark, sparingly elsewhere.**
- **Mono for addresses.**
- **Direct-friendly voice.**
### Don't
- **Don't substitute pink.** `#ff007a` is the brand, not Tailwind pink.
- **Don't anthropomorphize the unicorn.**
- **Don't add gradients on CTA.**
- **Don't all-caps headlines.**
- **Don't add NFT-bro microcopy.**
- **Don't use brutalist DeFi aesthetics.** Rounded + pink IS Uniswap.
## 15. Agent Prompt Guide
### Quick Color Reference
- bg: `#ffffff`
- text: `#131313`
- brand (Uniswap Pink): `#ff007a` / hover `#e60069`
- unicorn-purple: `#9c52ff`
- ethereum-blue: `#627eea`
- border: `#ededed`
### Example Component Prompts
> Build a Uniswap-style hero: white canvas, swap-card centered (24px radius, 24px pad, pink shadow), 88px Basel 600 heading "Swap any token, on any chain" above. Pink `#ff007a` CTA "Connect Wallet" pill-radius 16px Basel 600 0.02em.
> Design a swap card: 24px radius, white surface, 1px soft border, pink-tinted shadow. "From" section with token selector pill + amount input. Arrow swap-direction button center. "To" section identical. "Swap" CTA full-width pink pill at bottom.
> Render a token selector pill: pill radius, surface-strong `#f1f3f9` bg, token icon left + symbol "ETH" 16px Basel 600. Chevron right.
> Build a "Connect Wallet" CTA: pill radius, Uniswap Pink bg, white 16px Basel 600 0.02em "Connect Wallet", padding 14×32. Hover: bg `#e60069`, scale 1.02.
> Design an address display: JetBrains Mono 13px gray on white, "0xa1B2...E5f6" truncated, copy-icon button in pink.
### Iteration Guide
1. **White + Uniswap Pink + Basel + Unicorn mark.**
2. **Pill-radius CTAs, 16-24px cards.**
3. **Swap-card 24px radius is the product hero.**
4. **Soft pink-tinted shadows.**
5. **Mono for addresses.**
6. **Sophisticated-friendly voice.**
7. **Reject brutalist DeFi, NFT-bro language, gradient CTAs.**
1. Visual Theme & Atmosphere
Uniswap’s site is the rare DeFi protocol that has decided playfulness is on-brand. The canvas is white #ffffff, headings sit in Basel (Lift Type’s rounded grotesque sans) at 56–88px, and the brand color is Uniswap Pink #ff007a — a hot magenta-pink that anchors every CTA. Where MetaMask leaned warm-friendly and Phantom leaned editorial-restrained, Uniswap leaned playful-confident: rounded 16-24px corners, soft pink-tinted shadows, the unicorn brand mark used sparingly (no NFT-bro language, but the unicorn shows up).
The swap interface is the brand’s product-as-hero pattern — a 24px-radius card with token selectors, amount inputs, and a single Pink CTA “Swap”. Cards have 16px radius elsewhere. Voice is direct-friendly: “Trade tokens”, “Earn fees on liquidity”. The unicorn-mark wordmark anchors brand identity but doesn’t get anthropomorphized.
CTAs are pill-radius (9999px) with white text on Pink bg. Body uses 16px line-height 1.5. Mono renders Solana-style truncated addresses. The whole brand reads as DeFi-for-grown-ups: sophisticated enough for V3 concentrated liquidity, friendly enough not to alienate first-time swappers.
Key Characteristics:
- White canvas + Uniswap Pink
#ff007a - Basel (Lift Type) rounded grotesque sans
- Pill-radius CTAs, 16-24px cards
- Swap-card UI (24px radius) as product hero
- Unicorn wordmark mark, never anthropomorphized
- Soft pink-tinted shadows
- Mono for blockchain addresses
- Light-only canvas (V4 site has both, marketing is light)
- Direct-friendly voice
- Light-grey-tinted purple
#9c52ffand Ethereum blue accents in chips
2. Color Palette & Roles
Primary
- Background (
#ffffff): white. - Bg Soft (
#f5f6fc): cool-blue-tinted alternate. - Bg Warm (
#fff4f9): pale-pink wash for hero. - Text (
#131313): body.
Brand — Uniswap Pink
- Brand (
#ff007a): primary CTA, brand mark. - Brand Hover (
#e60069), Pressed (#cc005f), Deep (#a60052). - Brand Tint (
#ffe5f1): selection wash.
Accent
- Unicorn Purple (
#9c52ff): rare accent, sometimes in unicorn mark - Ethereum Blue (
#627eea): chain chip color
Surface
- Surface (
#ffffff), Surface Soft (#fafbfd), Surface Strong (#f1f3f9).
Borders
- Border (
#ededed), Border Strong (#cdcdcd), Border Soft (#f7f8fa).
Semantic
- success
#27ae60, warning#f3b71e, danger#fd4040, info#0068fc.
3. Typography Rules
Font Family
- Display + Body: Basel (Lift Type’s rounded grotesque). Falls back to Inter → Söhne.
- Mono: JetBrains Mono / IBM Plex Mono for addresses.
Hierarchy
| Role | Font | Size | Weight | LH | Tracking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| display-hero | Basel | 88 | 600 | 1.0 | -0.025em |
| display-lg | Basel | 56 | 600 | 1.1 | -0.015em |
| h1 | Basel | 40 | 600 | 1.15 | -0.012em |
| h2 | Basel | 32 | 500 | 1.2 | -0.008em |
| h3 | Basel | 24 | 500 | 1.25 | -0.005em |
| eyebrow | Basel | 12 | 600 | 1.2 | 0.10em UPPER |
| body | Basel | 16 | 400 | 1.5 | 0 |
| label | Basel | 13 | 600 | 1.3 | 0.04em |
| button | Basel | 16 | 600 | 1.0 | 0.02em |
| address | JetBrains Mono | 13 | 400 | 1.5 | 0 |
| swap-amount | Basel | 36 | 500 | 1.0 | -0.012em |
Principles
- Basel for everything, mono for addresses.
- 600 weight on display + buttons — confident but not aggressive.
- Tight tracking on display (-0.025em hero).
- Mixed case display, UPPER eyebrows.
4. Component Stylings
Buttons (3 variants — pill-radius)
Primary — Uniswap Pink:
- bg
#ff007a, text white, 16px Basel 600 0.02em - Padding 14×32, radius 9999 (pill)
- Hover: bg
#e60069, scale 1.02
Secondary — pink tint:
- bg
brand-tint, textbrand-pressed, pill radius
Ghost: bg transparent, text pink, padding 10×20.
Cards
- bg white, 16px radius, padding 24
- Soft pink-tinted shadow
0 2px 12px rgba(255,0,122,0.06) - Hover: shadow shifts to
0 8px 24px rgba(255,0,122,0.14)
Swap Card (the product hero)
- bg white, 24px radius, padding 24, 1px soft border, soft pink shadow
- “From” + “To” sections with 16px radius inner inputs
- Token selector pills (pill-radius, surface-strong bg)
- Single Pink CTA “Swap” full-width pill at bottom
Pills (token selectors, network chips)
- Token: pill radius, surface-strong bg, with token icon + symbol
- Network: pill radius, network-color outlined
Inputs (token amount)
- bg surface-soft, 1px soft border, 16px radius (rounded for swap-card aesthetic)
- Focus: border pink
Navigation
- 72px sticky header, white bg
- Uniswap unicorn wordmark left (pink), top-level nav center, “Connect Wallet” pink pill CTA right
5. Layout Principles
- Base 4px, 96-160px between sections
- Page max width 1280px
- Hero: swap-card centered with overlapping headline above
- Feature grid: 3-up at desktop, 2-up at tablet
6. Shapes & Radius Scale
| Tier | Value | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Micro | 4 | indicators |
| Standard | 8 | tooltips |
| Comfortable | 12 | dropdowns |
| Relaxed | 16 | default cards |
| Featured | 24 | swap card (product hero) |
| Pill | 9999 | buttons + token pills |
7. Depth & Elevation
| Level | Treatment |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 2px 12px rgba(255,0,122,0.06) resting cards |
| 2 | 0 8px 24px rgba(255,0,122,0.14) hover |
| 3 | 0 12px 32px rgba(255,0,122,0.18) swap-card |
| 4 | 0 24px 64px rgba(0,0,0,0.20) modal |
8. Interaction & Motion
- Standard ease, emphasized for celebrate states
- 150ms hover, 240ms standard, 400ms slow
- Swap-card hover: shadow lift + 1.005 scale
- Token selector dropdown: 240ms slide-down
9. Accessibility & A11y
- text on bg = 18.0:1 AAA
- on-brand on brand: white on Uniswap Pink = 4.6:1 AA
- 3px Uniswap Pink focus ring
Token selectors role="combobox" with proper aria. Swap card flow accessible via keyboard tab order. Address truncation has full-address available via tooltip.
10. Responsive Behavior
mobile <479: hero 88→48; nav hamburger; swap-card full-width. tablet: 2-up grid. desktop+: 3-up.
11. Content & Voice
Tone
Direct-friendly. Sophisticated DeFi without lecturing.
Microcopy patterns
- Primary CTA: “Connect Wallet” / “Swap” / “Provide liquidity”
- Errors: “Insufficient balance — add more ETH to swap”
- Loading: “Confirming swap…”
- Success: “Swapped 100 USDC for 0.05 ETH”
CTA verb conventions
- Connect / Swap / Provide / Stake / Bridge
- Avoid: NFT-bro language, “Get started” alone
12. Dark Mode & Theming
Light-only marketing site. The Uniswap Interface (app.uniswap.org) has both modes — dark uses bg #191b1f with pink unchanged.
13. Lineage & Influences
Uniswap descends from Hayden Adams’s 2018 DEX origin, refined through V2 (2020) and V3 (2021) brand iterations. Uniswap Pink #ff007a was anchored in V2 — differentiating from Aave/Compound/Curve’s brutalist black-and-blue. Basel (Lift Type) handles typography. The unicorn wordmark is the brand’s defining identity.
Named influences:
- Hayden Adams (founder, 2018) — DEX origin
- Basel by Lift Type — rounded grotesque sans
- Uniswap Pink (V2, 2020) — brand anchor
- Aave / Compound / Curve — DeFi peers differentiated against
- Unicorn mark heritage — whimsy in sophisticated DeFi
14. Do’s and Don’ts
Do
- Uniswap Pink
#ff007afor primary CTA + brand only. - Basel (or Inter fallback) for everything.
- Pill-radius CTAs, 16px cards, 24px swap-card.
- Soft pink-tinted shadows.
- Unicorn mark in wordmark, sparingly elsewhere.
- Mono for addresses.
- Direct-friendly voice.
Don’t
- Don’t substitute pink.
#ff007ais the brand, not Tailwind pink. - Don’t anthropomorphize the unicorn.
- Don’t add gradients on CTA.
- Don’t all-caps headlines.
- Don’t add NFT-bro microcopy.
- Don’t use brutalist DeFi aesthetics. Rounded + pink IS Uniswap.
15. Agent Prompt Guide
Quick Color Reference
- bg:
#ffffff - text:
#131313 - brand (Uniswap Pink):
#ff007a/ hover#e60069 - unicorn-purple:
#9c52ff - ethereum-blue:
#627eea - border:
#ededed
Example Component Prompts
Build a Uniswap-style hero: white canvas, swap-card centered (24px radius, 24px pad, pink shadow), 88px Basel 600 heading “Swap any token, on any chain” above. Pink
#ff007aCTA “Connect Wallet” pill-radius 16px Basel 600 0.02em.
Design a swap card: 24px radius, white surface, 1px soft border, pink-tinted shadow. “From” section with token selector pill + amount input. Arrow swap-direction button center. “To” section identical. “Swap” CTA full-width pink pill at bottom.
Render a token selector pill: pill radius, surface-strong
#f1f3f9bg, token icon left + symbol “ETH” 16px Basel 600. Chevron right.
Build a “Connect Wallet” CTA: pill radius, Uniswap Pink bg, white 16px Basel 600 0.02em “Connect Wallet”, padding 14×32. Hover: bg
#e60069, scale 1.02.
Design an address display: JetBrains Mono 13px gray on white, “0xa1B2…E5f6” truncated, copy-icon button in pink.
Iteration Guide
- White + Uniswap Pink + Basel + Unicorn mark.
- Pill-radius CTAs, 16-24px cards.
- Swap-card 24px radius is the product hero.
- Soft pink-tinted shadows.
- Mono for addresses.
- Sophisticated-friendly voice.
- Reject brutalist DeFi, NFT-bro language, gradient CTAs.
Drop uniswap into your project, then ship the actual sections in an afternoon.
npx @webdesignhot/design-md add uniswap npx agentkit init --design uniswap