AI•Pkg Brand Guidelines
AI•Pkg is an AI package management platform. The brand identity is built around a purple isometric package box with four floating icon elements — each representing a core capability — rendered in distinct, color-theory-validated accent colors. This guide defines the official color palette, logo construction, usage rules, and visual standards for all AI•Pkg materials.Logo Overview
The AI•Pkg logo consists of two primary elements: the isometric package box (rendered in the core purple palette) and four floating capability icons that appear to be emerging from or entering the box. Below the box sits the AI•Pkg wordmark in Purple Deep.Primary Logo
The full-color logo on a white or light background. This is the default usage for most contexts.
Icon-Only Mark
The isometric box with floating icons, without the wordmark. Use when space is constrained or the brand name appears elsewhere nearby.
Logo Anatomy
Hover over any chip to identify each element, its color family, and its role in the unified mark.The logo is composed of these structural groups:
| Element | Description | Color Family |
|---|---|---|
| Box Body | Isometric package with front face, lid panels, and center crease | Core Purple (gradient) |
| Box Ribbons | Left ribbon and right swooping ribbon | Purple Medium + Lavender |
| Wordmark | ”AI•Pkg” letterforms beneath the box | Purple Deep |
| Servers Icon | Three-tier rack with status indicators (top-right) | Teal |
| Database Icon | Cylinder with horizontal striations (bottom-left) | Amber |
| Prompt Icon | Terminal window with text lines (top-center) | Blue |
| Code Icon | Editor window with angle brackets (center-right) | Red |
The four floating icons always appear as a complete set. Never isolate a single icon from the logo for standalone use — they are part of the unified mark.
Color Palette
The AI•Pkg palette is divided into two families: the Core Purple palette (used for the box, ribbons, strokes, and wordmark) and the Chromatic Icon palette (one distinct color per floating icon element).Core Purple Palette
These colors form the structural foundation of the logo and all primary brand materials.Core Purple
| Token | HEX | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Purple Deep | #471B78 | Strokes, outlines, wordmark, dark accents |
| Purple Primary | #7840AE | Box face fills, general-purpose brand purple |
| Purple Medium | #8A57C6 | Ribbons and secondary structural fills |
| Purple Light | #C279F0 | Gradient top stop on box face and lid gradients |
| Purple Soft | #9A66E2 | Gradient bottom stop on lid panels |
| Lavender Pale | #F1E8F1 | Box side panel, ribbon highlight, light accents |
Gradients
The box uses linear gradients to create the isometric 3D effect. These should be preserved exactly as specified. Click Copy CSS on any swatch to copy the gradient definition.Chromatic Icon Palette
Each of the four floating capability icons has its own color family. These were selected using HSL color-wheel analysis to ensure a minimum 40° hue separation between every pair and at least 30° separation from the core purple (270°).Teal (Servers — Infrastructure)
Amber (Database — Storage)
Blue (Prompt — Interaction)
Red (Code — Creation)
- Servers — Teal
- Database — Amber
- Prompt — Blue
- Code — Red
Hue position: 175° · Semantic meaning: Infrastructure, reliability, uptime
The teal accent provides strong visual contrast against the warm purple box. It sits near purple’s complement on the color wheel, creating natural tension and energy.
| Role | HEX | RGB | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accent | #0E8077 | 14, 128, 119 | Server middle panel fill |
| Background | #E5EFEE | 229, 239, 238 | Reserved for UI contexts |
| Panel | #EFF4F4 | 239, 244, 244 | Server top and bottom panel fills |
Color Harmony Visualization
The four icon hues are placed on the color wheel with verified angular separation. Hover over any color in the diagram to see its connections.| Pair | Hue Distance | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Servers ↔ Database | 135° | Well-separated |
| Servers ↔ Prompt | 40° | Distinguishable |
| Servers ↔ Code | 180° | Complementary |
| Database ↔ Prompt | 175° | Near-complementary |
| Database ↔ Code | 45° | Distinguishable |
| Prompt ↔ Code | 140° | Well-separated |
Logo Usage
Clear Space
Maintain a minimum clear space around the logo equal to the height of the “A” in the wordmark on all sides. No other graphic elements, text, or visual clutter should enter this boundary.Minimum Size
The full logo (box + wordmark) should not be reproduced smaller than 48px wide on screen or 12mm wide in print. The icon-only mark (box without wordmark) should not be smaller than 32px wide on screen or 8mm wide in print.Background Requirements
Preferred: White
The logo was designed for white or very light backgrounds. This is the default and preferred usage.
Acceptable: Light Neutral
Light grey (
#F5F5F5 or lighter) or light warm-neutral backgrounds are acceptable.Acceptable: Dark
On dark backgrounds (
#1A1A2E or similar), the logo remains legible because the box gradients and icon backgrounds provide their own contrast. The wordmark may need to be rendered in white (#FFFFFF) instead of Purple Deep.Avoid: Colored
Avoid placing the logo on saturated colored backgrounds, especially purples, blues, or teals that compete with the palette.
Logo Don’ts
Don't recolor the box
The purple box is the brand anchor. Never change its gradient fills, stroke color, or ribbon colors.
Don't isolate individual icons
The four floating icons are part of the unified mark. Never extract a single icon (e.g., the database cylinder) for standalone use as a brand element.
Don't rotate or skew
The isometric perspective is carefully constructed. Never rotate, skew, distort, or apply 3D transforms to the logo.
Don't add effects
No drop shadows, glows, bevels, or other raster effects should be applied to the logo. The SVG is designed to be used as-is.
Don't swap icon colors
Each icon has a specific assigned color (teal=servers, amber=database, blue=prompt, red=code). These semantic assignments are fixed and should not be swapped.
Typography
Primary Typeface
The AI•Pkg wordmark is set in Poppins SemiBold — a geometric sans-serif with a pointed “A” apex, single-story open “g”, angular “k” arms, and a high x-height. Poppins is the recommended primary typeface for all brand materials to maintain consistency with the wordmark.| Role | Typeface | Weight | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlines | Poppins | Bold (700) | Page titles, section headers, hero text |
| Subheadings | Poppins | SemiBold (600) | Card titles, sidebar labels, feature names |
| Body | Poppins | Regular (400) | Paragraphs, descriptions, documentation text |
| Code / Technical | JetBrains Mono | Regular (400) | Code snippets, CLI commands, API references |
| Small / Captions | Poppins | Medium (500) | Labels, metadata, footnotes |
Why Poppins? The wordmark’s letterform geometry — pointed A apex, open single-story g, rounded P bowl, and angular k — matches Poppins most closely among available typefaces. Using Poppins throughout brand materials creates a cohesive typographic identity that extends naturally from the logo. Poppins is open-source (Google Fonts) and has excellent multi-language support.
Type Scale Specimen
The scale uses a 1.25 ratio (Major Third) for consistent visual rhythm. The specimen below loads Poppins live.| Level | Size | Line Height | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 36px / 2.25rem | 1.2 | Hero sections, landing pages |
| H1 | 28px / 1.75rem | 1.3 | Page titles |
| H2 | 22px / 1.375rem | 1.35 | Section headers |
| H3 | 18px / 1.125rem | 1.4 | Subsection headers |
| Body | 16px / 1rem | 1.6 | Default body text |
| Small | 14px / 0.875rem | 1.5 | Captions, labels, metadata |
| Code | 14px / 0.875rem | 1.6 | Monospace content |
Iconography
When creating custom icons or illustrations for AI•Pkg materials beyond the logo, follow these principles:Stroke-Based
Prefer 2px rounded-cap strokes on a transparent background, matching the logo’s illustration style.
Isometric When Applicable
For 3D or dimensional illustrations, use the same isometric projection angle as the box logo.
Use Brand Colors
All icon and illustration colors should be drawn from the defined brand palette — core purples for structural elements, chromatic accents for category-specific elements.
Consistent Weight
Maintain consistent stroke weight and corner radius across all iconography. The logo uses 2–2.5px strokes with round caps.
Voice & Tone
AI•Pkg’s brand voice is technical, confident, and approachable — the kind of voice that can explain a complex package dependency graph without being condescending about it.| Attribute | Do | Don’t |
|---|---|---|
| Precise | ”Resolves transitive dependencies in under 200ms" | "Super fast dependency resolution” |
| Confident | ”AI•Pkg manages your AI packages" | "AI•Pkg tries to help with package management” |
| Approachable | ”Get started in three commands" | "Initiate the bootstrapping protocol” |
| Honest | ”Currently supports Python and Node.js" | "Works with everything” |
Digital Applications
Favicon
Use the isometric box icon-only mark (without wordmark or floating icons) as the favicon. At 16×16 and 32×32, the floating icons are too small to render clearly.Social Media Avatar
Use the full icon-only mark (box with floating icons) on a white circular or rounded-square background. Ensure the clear space rules are respected within the avatar boundary.Documentation Site
The AI•Pkg documentation uses the brand purple as the primary accent color for navigation, links, and interactive elements:Documentation Site Tokens
Semantic Callout Colors
CSS Custom Properties
For web implementations, use these CSS custom properties:Tailwind CSS Configuration
For Tailwind CSS projects, extend the default theme:Asset Checklist
Version: 1.0 · Last updated: March 2026 · Palette variant: Chromatic (Option B)