Halo CompassBrand system
Index

29 July 2026

1.1.0

Core release

What changed

  • Promoted Typography and Colour into dedicated public systems with role-based examples, usage boundaries and accessibility guidance.
  • Published machine-readable typography and colour manifests through stable URLs, the agency pack, llms.txt and MCP resources.
  • Expanded the canonical type scale with body, label, weight, leading and tracking tokens while preserving the approved Inter and IBM Plex Mono families.
  • Re-audited the earlier Visual Language guide and retained its manifesto, recognition tests, Edge Rail, Motion Signature, applications, presentation system, components, governance and Lucide icon subset.

7 approved token decisions

9 of 11 contrast checks passed

23 approved icons recovered

Page surface

#F6F5F2

The production value is already used across the current marketing experience; the warm editorial intent is preserved.

Proposal
#F4F2EC
Production
#F6F5F2
Owner
creative

Halo active magenta

#F13AAD

The production value is the deployed brand signal and already has strong/soft companions.

Proposal
#E638A6
Production
#F13AAD
Owner
creative

Verified/success

#2EA77B

The production value is used in current semantic state styling; green remains restricted to verified/success meaning.

Proposal
#2E9D73
Production
#2EA77B
Owner
accessibility

Marketing control radius

14px

Preserves current production controls. Product-specific radii remain in the product layer.

Proposal
10px
Production
14px
Owner
creative

Reading container

760px with a 54ch prose measure

Separates outer reading layout from actual prose measure and matches the current implementation.

Proposal
680px
Production
760px with a 54ch prose measure
Owner
accessibility

Motion duration scale

Interface 160–520ms; editorial 900–1600ms; teaching up to 3600ms

Separates control response from authored teaching sequences while retaining reduced-motion requirements.

Proposal
0ms, 160ms, 300ms, 560ms
Production
160ms through 3600ms
Owner
creative

Small subtle labels on the page surface

#6E716F (4.53:1 on #F6F5F2)

The production token is used at 11–12px and does not meet 4.5:1. The candidate preserves hierarchy while meeting normal-text contrast.

Proposal
Not specified as a distinct primitive
Production
#8C9091 (2.96:1 on #F6F5F2)
Owner
accessibility

Accessibility evidence

Contrast matrix

passNormal editorial text17.07:1minimum 4.5:1
passNormal secondary text5.48:1minimum 4.5:1
passSmall labels and metadata4.53:1minimum 4.5:1
passNormal text on dark sections17.66:1minimum 4.5:1
passNormal secondary text on dark sections9.92:1minimum 4.5:1
passPreferred primary-action label5.27:1minimum 4.5:1
failDiagnostic for current white-label accent controls3.53:1minimum 4.5:1
passPreferred verified-state label6.14:1minimum 4.5:1
failDiagnostic for white labels on verified green3.03:1minimum 4.5:1
passPreferred warning-state label5.11:1minimum 4.5:1
passDiagnostic for white labels on danger4.59:1minimum 4.5:1

Halo Compass brand system

One governed source for people and agents.