shadcn themes that carry a whole design system
Complete themes for shadcn/ui and Tailwind: semantic tokens in light and dark, real font pairings, and the generators that produce them.
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The shadcn registry, explained
What a shadcn registry is, how registry.json and registry-item.json fit together, and the case the docs barely cover: shipping a whole theme — tokens, fonts, radii, light and dark — as one installable item.
Updated 2026-07-27
Dark mode colour palettes that hold up
Measured answers to the questions palette galleries skip: whether to use pure black, how to show elevation without shadow, why accents have to move, and the roles a dark palette needs beyond five swatches.
Updated 2026-07-27
Dashboard colour palettes: the part inspiration boards skip
A dashboard palette has three jobs a marketing palette never has: distinguishable data series, status colours that don't collide with your brand, and greys that survive a dense table. Here is how to build one that does all three.
Updated 2026-07-27
SaaS colour palettes, and why they all end up blue
Why SaaS products converge on the same blue-violet accent, what a palette actually has to survive in a product UI, and how to pick a distinctive one that still works on a settings table at 4pm.
Updated 2026-07-27
Font pairings by industry, and why the category is a trap
Every industry font guide gives you the same answer with different labels: a geometric sans for tech, a serif for law, a script for beauty. Here are pairings that actually work per sector, plus the reason the category framing keeps producing lookalike brands.
Updated 2026-07-27