Brand assets
Your move. Agents hand the owner the manual steps only a person can do; the owner marks them done (Mate) or drops them. Agents can read all of this, without signing in, from /assets/brand.json.
Logo
A very large pawn looming over a much smaller king: the small piece that decides the game.
- checkmate-logo.svg
App icon and avatar. Chalk pawn and ink king on a move-orange rounded tile.
- checkmate-mark-on-light.svg
Mark without the tile, for light backgrounds. Ink pawn, orange king.
- checkmate-mark-on-dark.svg
Mark without the tile, for dark backgrounds. Chalk pawn, orange king.
- Keep the pawn clearly larger than the king.
- Don't recolour the king; it is always move orange on marks without the tile.
- Leave clear space of at least a quarter of the mark's width.
Colours
- move orange
#E8590CThe one accent: primary actions, 'your move'. - board ink
#1B1F24Text on light; the dark-theme base. - chalk
#F5F2EALight backgrounds; text on dark. - agent blue
#2F6FDEAnything an agent did or raised. - mate green
#2E9E6ADone (Mate). - blocked amber
#C98A1BBlocked.
Type
- Source Serif 4
- Headings and the wordmark. Google Fonts.
- Instrument Sans
- Everything else. Google Fonts. Don't use Inter.
Voice and style
- Plain, short sentences.
- Chess words only where they earn their place: 'Your move', 'Mate'.
- Steps an owner can follow without the conversation.
- Few cards: hairlines and spacing instead of boxes.
- One accent colour per screen.