What we decided,and why

Canonical design decisions, dated. The living spec for each value lives in Foundations. This is the record of when it became canonical.

04Palette calibrated to the MN Cup deck
Adopted 2026-07-20
The decision
The canonical blue is #4878B8 and the warm accent is #A88858, sampled directly from the finalist pitch deck. Introduced a five-hue categorical accent system (teal, blue, green, violet, slate, gold) for the continuum-of-care and biomarker domains, and retired the terracotta accent, which the deck does not use.
RationaleThe system should mirror the colors the brand actually ships.
01Palette modes
Adopted 2026-07-07
The decision
Two canonical palette modes. Clinical / Cool is the default, for data, regulatory, financial, and technical surfaces. Editorial / Warm is for brand, consumer, and hero surfaces. The document type picks the mode. When in doubt, blue.
Clinical / Cool
Default
Paper#FAF9F5
Blue#4878B8
Deep blue#3C6098
Blue tint#D3E1F1
Clay#A88858
Ink#23231F
Editorial / Warm
Ivory#F5F1E8
Clay#A88858
Ink#23231F
Live palette spec in Foundations →
RationaleOne system spoke to clinicians, investors, and regulators at once; splitting it into a cool mode and a warm mode lets each surface read right without forking the brand.
02Marker
Adopted 2026-07-07
The decision
The clay Anthropic arrow, a line plus a chevron in #A88858, is the canonical list and section marker. It replaces bullet dots and diamonds everywhere.
Retired
•Dot bullet
◆Diamond bullet
Canonical
List and menu items
Section and CTA markers
RationaleA directional marker reads as forward motion and points the eye to the next item; dots and diamonds only sit there. One marker, used consistently, makes lists feel like the same product.
03Focal numbers
Adopted 2026-07-07
The decision
Tiempos Fine serif carries display and KPI numbers, the ones a reader is meant to stop on. Die Grotesk with tabular-nums carries dense data tables, where digits must align in columns.
Display / KPI · Tiempos
97.4%Fall-detection sensitivity
Data table · Die Grotesk tabular
Room 1018.3 s
Room 21412.0 s
Room 3096.75 s
Type scale in Foundations →
RationaleA hero metric should feel editorial and be felt; a table of forty rows should be scannable and align. Serif for the one number that matters, tabular sans for the many that must line up.