Color System: Management Productivity Tool
Design Application and Functionality
The color system is applied across various UI components, including alert bars, storage meters, and buttons within a cloud storage dashboard. Red is strategically used to indicate critical warnings (e.g., nearing storage capacity), encouraging users to take immediate actions, such as upgrading their storage plans. This choice enhances the functionality and user experience, ensuring that essential notifications are immediately
noticeable.
Color System and Hexadecimal Codes
- Primary Color: Burgundy (#800020) - Chosen for its elegance and ability to convey a sense of sophisticated energy.
- Secondary Color: Teal (#136F87) - Used to provide a refreshing contrast to the primary color, supporting clarity and focus.
- Tertiary Color: Light Sky Blue (#88C7DE) - Adds a calming effect, perfect for less critical information and guiding users through their workflow.
- Neutral Color: Sage Green (#78A28F) - Acts as a balancing and harmonizing background, promoting cognitive ease.
- Neutral Variant: Stable Grey (#7C7978) - Provides subtlety and stability, ideal for background elements that require less visual prominence.
- Warning Color: Vivid Red (#BA1A1A) - Utilized for alerts and critical warnings, ensuring they are apparent and prompt immediate action.
Tools and Accessibility
Adobe Color was employed to ensure the color palette meets WCAG color contrast standards for accessibility. This allows the design to be usable by a broad audience, including those with visual impairments. The Figma Material 3 Design Kit and the Material Theme Builder 3.0 plugin were instrumental in applying the colors within the UI, ensuring consistent and effective use across different components.
Design Philosophy and Objectives
The design philosophy emphasizes a user-centered approach, leveraging color psychology to enhance user interactions with the UI. Each color choice is informed by the emotional and psychological impact it is intended to have on users, from instilling trust and promoting efficiency to ensuring clarity and alertness. The ultimate goal is to create a UI that is not only visually engaging but also functionally superior, reflecting the brand's commitment to excellence and innovation in digital work management.
Reviews
3 reviews
I think you've done fantastic work! Your explanations clearly demonstrate how the color choices align with the brand image, ensure accessibility, and maintain consistency between the dark and light themes.
While the colors applied to the interface result in a design that is quite dark and dramatic—even in the light version—it's ultimately a matter of personal taste. To me, the overall tone feels a bit somber, which may not be as motivating for getting work done. However, that's just my impression. Overall, you've really done great work!
Ken you made an awesome job in showing how the color palette would be presented in the final product, as well as how each of the color are going to positively improve the reactions the user would have toward the product.
Great job keep it up.
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