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tldraw • very good free whiteboard — Design System

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An infinite-canvas whiteboard that's instantly familiar — the toolbar is the entire UI, the rest is yours.

Theme: light Category: creative Tags: warm · sans-only · type-first · minimal · playful · vibrant · creative · soft-corners

Description

tldraw is a collaborative drawing app whose entire design system fits in two floating UI clusters: a centered bottom toolbar of drawing tools and a right-side style picker of pure color swatches and shape options. Off-white canvas, black/dark UI elements, vibrant categorical color set, and a custom display logo treatment. The product is the canvas — chrome stays out of the way.

Colors

NameHexGroupRoleTailwind
neutral-950#000000neutralneutral step 950
neutral-50-1#f9fafbneutralneutral step 50gray-50 (Δ0)
neutral-800#1d1d1dneutralneutral step 800stone-900 (Δ0.016)
neutral-300#9fa8b2neutralneutral step 300gray-400 (Δ0.021)
pink-300#e085f4pinkpink step 300
pink-500#ae3ec9pinkpink step 500
blue-500#4465e9blueblue step 500
neutral-900#0c0d0eneutralneutral step 900stone-950 (Δ0.012)
neutral-500#6e7477neutralneutral step 500neutral-500 (Δ0.009)
neutral-100#edf0f2neutralneutral step 100gray-100 (Δ0.014)
neutral-700-1#323334neutralneutral step 700
neutral-50-2#ffffffneutralneutral step 50zinc-50 (Δ0.015)
neutral-700-2#2e2e2eneutralneutral step 700
blue-400#4ba1f1blueblue step 400blue-400 (Δ0.019)

Surfaces (Elevation)

LevelNameHexPurpose
0background#ffffffPage background
1surface-1#edf0f2Cards / elevated panels
2surface-2#9fa8b2Elevation tier 2
3surface-3#6e7477Elevation tier 3
4surface-floor#323334Elevation tier 4

Elevation philosophy. Floating UI clusters lift slightly off the canvas with a subtle border and rounded corners. Two elevation tiers: canvas (flat) and floating toolbars (one shadow tier above).

Typography

Inter — weight 500

body

Type Scale

RoleSizeLine-heightTracking
display24px1.6
body12px1.6
link12px1.6
ui-action12px1.6

Spacing & Radius

Radius

  • none: 0
  • lg: 9px

Spacing

  • base: 4px

Layout

Two floating clusters anchored to the bottom (toolbar) and right (style/color/shape pickers). Top-left holds branding + menu. The rest is the infinite canvas.

Imagery

No marketing imagery — this is the live product surface. Vibrant categorical color swatches, simple geometric shape primitives, and arrow/text/sticker tool icons.

Do

  • Keep the canvas white and chrome-light — the drawing space is the product
  • Use the bottom toolbar pattern for primary tools — it's the navigational anchor
  • Anchor the color picker on the right with full saturation swatches in a 4-column grid
  • Pair vibrant categorical colors with neutral controls (black tools, gray surfaces)

Don't

  • Don't add chrome bars, sidebars, or borders to the canvas
  • Don't use serif type — the whole UI is sans/system
  • Don't shadow the floating panels heavily; subtle elevation is enough
  • Don't crowd the toolbar — group by function, hide advanced behind overflow