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Design Systems

Building a Full Design System from Your PaletteRx Palette

A color palette is to a design system what a foundation is to a house: essential, but not livable on its own. Here is how to extend your palette into production.

Design Systems

CSS Custom Properties: The Foundation of Modern Color Systems

CSS custom properties have fundamentally changed how we manage colors. They are the universal format that lets one PaletteRx export work across every platform.

Tutorials

Tailwind CSS Color Configuration with PaletteRx

PaletteRx exports a ready-to-paste Tailwind colors config object with semantic, role-based naming. No manual hex-code typing required.

Color Theory

The Psychology of Color in Conversion-Focused Design

The internet is full of claims about color psychology. Here is what the research actually shows, and why contrast matters more than any specific color choice.

Color Theory

Dark Mode Design: Building Palettes That Work Both Ways

Dark mode is not just 'invert the colors.' Building a single palette that works in both contexts requires understanding how perception shifts on dark backgrounds.

WordPress

Advanced Themer + PaletteRx: A Complete Integration Workflow

Advanced Themer manages design tokens as CSS custom properties. PaletteRx generates the exact format for AT's CSS Variables import feature.

Tutorials

Live Preview: See Your Colors in Context Before Committing

Swatches lie. A color that looks perfect in a grid might look completely wrong on a real webpage. PaletteRx's Live Preview shows your colors in context.

Accessibility

Designing for Color-Blind Users: A Practical Accessibility Guide

About 1 in 12 men have some form of color vision deficiency. Your design must never rely on color alone to convey meaning. Here is how to get it right.

WordPress

Exporting to WordPress theme.json for Block Themes

WordPress block themes use theme.json to define the editor color palette. PaletteRx generates the exact schema WordPress expects, ready to drop into your theme.

Color Theory

Understanding Color Temperature in Web Design

Warm colors feel energetic and urgent. Cool colors feel calm and trustworthy. The balance between them shapes the entire emotional tone of your site.

Accessibility

Why Your Palette Needs Light and Dark Base Colors

If your health score is stuck below 60%, the most likely reason is missing base colors. They are the unsung heroes that make everything else work.

Getting Started

How the Health Score Helps You Build Better Palettes

The health percentage in PaletteRx's header is your single-number summary of palette readiness. Here is what each of the five checkpoints measures and how to fix failures.

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