Elevation & glass
Foundations

Elevation & glass

Depth from surfaces, glass, and a soft glow — not heavy shadows.

Surface ladder

light
Canvas--bg
Sunk--surface-sunk
Surface--surface
Surface 2--surface-2
Elevated--elevated
dark
Canvas--bg
Sunk--surface-sunk
Surface--surface
Surface 2--surface-2
Elevated--elevated

Glass surfaces

Each frosted surface reads over the ambient aurora. Note how the frost differs between light and dark.

light
.panel
.glass
.glass-chrome
.glass-modal
.popover
.sunk
dark
.panel
.glass
.glass-chrome
.glass-modal
.popover
.sunk

Glow & shadows

.glow-accent
shadow-pop
shadow-panel

Shadows are used sparingly — for menus and pop layers that float over content.