Airtable UI Skills

Opinionated constraints for building Airtable-style interfaces with AI agents.

When to Apply

Reference these guidelines when:

• Building light-mode interfaces

• Creating Airtable-inspired design systems

• Implementing UIs with Inter font and 4px grid

Colors

• SHOULD use light backgrounds for primary surfaces

• MUST use #FDF5EA as page background (surface-base )

• SHOULD limit color palette to 8 distinct colors

• MUST maintain text contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1 for accessibility

Semantic Tokens

Token HEX RGB Usage

surface-base

#FDF5EA rgb(253,245,234) Page background

surface-raised

#13151D rgb(19,21,29) Cards, modals, raised surfaces

text-primary

#B5B8BC rgb(181,184,188) Headings, body text

text-2

#666159 rgb(102,97,89) Additional text

text-tertiary

#6B2B66 rgb(107,43,102) Additional text

border-default

#2F2C2F rgb(47,44,47) Subtle borders, dividers

warning

#FDF5EA rgb(253,245,234) Warning states, cautions

Typography

• MUST use Inter as primary font family

• SHOULD use single font family for consistency

• MUST use 145px / 700 for primary headings

• MUST use 24px / 400 for body text

• MUST limit font weights to: medium, regular, bold

• MUST use text-balance for headings and text-pretty for body text

• SHOULD use tabular-nums for numeric data

• NEVER modify letter-spacing unless explicitly requested

Text Styles

Style Font Size Weight Color Count

heading-1

Inter 145px 700 #23211E 1

body

Inter 24px 400 #6B2B66 1

text-20px

Inter 20px 500 #343231 1

text-18px

Inter 18px 400 #666159 1

text-18px

Inter 18px 400 #6D2862 1

caption

Inter 17px 400 #706A62 1

label

Inter 15px 400 #B5B8BC 1

Typography Reference

Font Families:

• Inter (used 7x)

Font Sizes: 15px, 17px, 18px, 20px, 24px, 145px

Spacing

• MUST use 4px grid for spacing

• SHOULD use spacing from scale: 5px

• SHOULD use 5px as default gap between elements

• NEVER use arbitrary spacing values (use design scale)

• SHOULD maintain consistent padding within containers

Borders

• MUST use border-radius from scale: 7px

• MUST use 1px border width consistently

• SHOULD use 7px as default border-radius

• NEVER use arbitrary border-radius values (use design scale)

• SHOULD use subtle borders (1px) for element separation

Border Radius Reference

Scale: 7px

Layout

• MUST design for 1920px base viewport width

• SHOULD maintain text-heavy layout with clear hierarchy

• NEVER use h-screen , use h-dvh for full viewport height

• MUST respect safe-area-inset for fixed elements

• SHOULD use size-* for square elements instead of w-*

• h-*

Components

Buttons

Variant Background Text Border Height Radius

Ghost transparent #B5B8BC none

Interactive States

Focus

• MUST use 2px outline with accent color (#5E6AD2 )

• MUST use 2px outline-offset

• NEVER remove focus indicators

Hover

• Buttons (primary): lighten background by 10%

• Buttons (secondary): use #13151D background

• List items: use #13151D background

Disabled

• MUST use opacity: 0.5

• MUST use cursor: not-allowed

Interaction

• MUST use an AlertDialog for destructive or irreversible actions

• SHOULD use structural skeletons for loading states

• MUST show errors next to where the action happens

• NEVER block paste in input or textarea elements

• MUST add an aria-label to icon-only buttons

Animation

• NEVER add animation unless it is explicitly requested

• MUST animate only compositor props (transform , opacity )

• NEVER animate layout properties (width , height , top , left , margin , padding )

• SHOULD use ease-out on entrance animations

• NEVER exceed 200ms for interaction feedback

• SHOULD respect prefers-reduced-motion

Performance

• NEVER animate large blur() or backdrop-filter surfaces

• NEVER apply will-change outside an active animation

• NEVER use useEffect for anything that can be expressed as render logic