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MongoDB Design System

MongoDB's brand green #00ed64 on deep teal #001e2b with Euclid Circular A, as a DESIGN.md with colors, type and components for React and AI tools.

Primary color
#00ed64
Typeface
Euclid Circular A
Shape
Mixed
Base radius
8px
Colors
34
Type tokens
18
Components
44
Spacing values
12

About MongoDB DESIGN.md

Curated by Dov Azencot, updated May 12, 2026. Source mongodb.com (opens in a new tab).

MongoDB's design system runs on a tight two-mode contract. Deep teal "#001e2b" hero bands frame primary CTAs in bright MongoDB green "#00ed64", and the rest of the page drops to stark white "#ffffff" for documentation, pricing, and course catalogs. The brand has refined this contrast since the rebrand era, and today every surface — homepage, Atlas product page, Community Edition, MongoDB University, AI use cases, and the 3-tier pricing page — uses the same dark-band-plus-green-pill pattern. The pill button is the brand signature: 9999px radius applied universally to primary, secondary, on-dark, ghost, and badge CTAs. There is no rounded-rectangle button anywhere in the system. Euclid Circular A is the geometric sans-serif that holds the entire typographic scale, and Source Code Pro shows up only inside terminal-styled code mockup cards.

This page packages MongoDB's full specification into a single DESIGN.md file aligned with the Google Labs spec. Inside: 34 colors tokens (brand green ramp, deep teal palette, four category accents, surface and hairline neutrals, full text scale), 16 typography tokens at sizes from 11px micro-uppercase to 72px hero display, a 7-step rounded scale topping out at the universal 9999px pill, 13 spacing tokens running from 4px through a 120px hero band, and 44 components definitions covering buttons, cards, pricing tiers, course tiles, code mockups, inputs, tabs, badges, comparison tables, and the dark teal footer region.

Feed the file to Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or any AI coding tool that reads structured tokens. The agent will reproduce the deep-teal-and-green discipline rather than substitute a generic shadcn theme — green stays scoped to CTAs and inline links, dark hero bands frame primary actions, and category accents stay locked to course tags. The token names map cleanly onto Tailwind config keys or CSS variables. MongoDB is worth studying because the system proves a developer-tool brand can stay both stark and warm — the deep teal is serious, the bright green is human, and the discipline of holding only two saturated colors across six product surfaces is rare.

What makes it distinct

5 highlights

  1. Dual-mode identityDeep teal #001e2b hero bands paired with bright #00ed64 green pill CTAs, no third surface mode
  2. Universal pill buttonsEvery primary, secondary, on-dark, and badge CTA renders at 9999px radius across all six pages
  3. Category-coded course tagsPurple #7b3ff2, orange #fa6e39, pink #f06bb8, and blue #3d4f9f appear only on MongoDB University tiles
  4. Euclid Circular A across 18 type tokensFrom 72px hero display at weight 500 down to 11px uppercase eyebrows at weight 600
  5. Source Code Pro reserved for terminal-aesthetic code mockups on dark #001e2b canvas, never for prose

Live at mongodb.com

MongoDB in production, as captured. Scroll the window to see the whole page.

MongoDB's website at mongodb.com

34 colors

MongoDB's system anchors on #00ed64 (primary) as its primary color. Type is set in Euclid Circular A across 18 tokens from 11px to 72px, weights 400–600. Shape language is mixed across 44 components, blending pills, soft rounds, and squarer corners.

Brand & Accent

Sparing, CTA-only voltage · 14

Surface

Page and card backgrounds · 5

Text

Headlines, body, captions · 6

Borders & Hairlines

Dividers, outlines, rules · 4

Semantic

Status, errors, success, links · 1

Other

Specialty colors · 4

18 type tokens

Set in Euclid Circular A across 18 tokens, from 11px to 72px, weights 400–600. Shown in its own stack: where the font isn't installed, the fallback the file names stands in.

  • hero-display72px · weight 500 · lh 1.1 · tracking -1.5pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • display-lg56px · weight 500 · lh 1.15 · tracking -1pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • heading-148px · weight 500 · lh 1.2 · tracking -0.5pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • heading-236px · weight 500 · lh 1.25 · tracking -0.5pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • heading-328px · weight 500 · lh 1.3The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • heading-422px · weight 500 · lh 1.35The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • heading-518px · weight 600 · lh 1.4The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • subtitle18px · weight 400 · lh 1.5The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • body-md16px · weight 400 · lh 1.55The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • body-md-medium16px · weight 500 · lh 1.55The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • body-sm14px · weight 400 · lh 1.5The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • body-sm-medium14px · weight 500 · lh 1.5The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • caption13px · weight 400 · lh 1.4The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • caption-bold13px · weight 600 · lh 1.4The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • micro12px · weight 500 · lh 1.4The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • micro-uppercase11px · weight 600 · lh 1.4 · tracking 1pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • button-md14px · weight 600 · lh 1.3The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
  • code-md14px · weight 400 · lh 1.55The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Radii and spacing

7 corner radii and 12 spacing values. Shape language: mixed, on a 8px base radius.

Radii7

  • xs4px
  • sm6px
  • md8px
  • lg12px
  • xl16px
  • xxl24px
  • full9999px

Spacing12

  • xxs4px
  • xs8px
  • sm12px
  • md16px
  • lg20px
  • xl24px
  • xxl32px
  • xxxl40px
  • section-sm48px
  • section64px
  • section-lg96px
  • hero120px

44 components

Each rendered from its tokens (color, type, radius, padding) on MongoDB's own canvas.

  • Button Primary
    Button Primarybutton-primary
  • Button Primary Pressed
    Button Primary Pressedbutton-primary-pressed
  • Button Primary Disabled
    Button Primary Disabledbutton-primary-disabled
  • Button Secondary
    Button Secondarybutton-secondary
  • Button On Dark
    Button On Darkbutton-on-dark
  • Button Secondary On Dark
    Button Secondary On Darkbutton-secondary-on-dark
  • Button Ghost
    Button Ghostbutton-ghost
  • Button Link
    Button Linkbutton-link
  • Card Base
    Card Basecard-base
  • Card Feature
    Card Featurecard-feature
  • Card Product Deploy
    Card Product Deploycard-product-deploy
  • Card Feature Dark
    Card Feature Darkcard-feature-dark
  • Card Course
    Card Coursecard-course
  • Card Cert
    Card Certcard-cert
  • Pricing Card
    Pricing Cardpricing-card
  • Pricing Card Featured
    Pricing Card Featuredpricing-card-featured
  • Type here…
    Text Inputtext-input
  • Type here…
    Text Input Focusedtext-input-focused
  • Search Pill
    Search Pillsearch-pill
  • Search Pill Large
    Search Pill Largesearch-pill-large
  • Pill Tab
    Pill Tabpill-tab
  • Pill Tab Active
    Pill Tab Activepill-tab-active
  • Segmented Tab
    Segmented Tabsegmented-tab
  • Segmented Tab Active
    Segmented Tab Activesegmented-tab-active
  • Badge Green
    Badge Greenbadge-green
  • Badge Green Soft
    Badge Green Softbadge-green-soft
  • Badge Purple
    Badge Purplebadge-purple
  • Badge Orange
    Badge Orangebadge-orange
  • Badge Popular
    Badge Popularbadge-popular
  • Promo Banner
    Promo Bannerpromo-banner
  • Hero Band Dark
    Hero Band Darkhero-band-dark
  • Hero Platform Card
    Hero Platform Cardhero-platform-card
  • Cta Banner Dark
    Cta Banner Darkcta-banner-dark
  • Code Block
    Code Blockcode-block
  • Code Mockup Card
    Code Mockup Cardcode-mockup-card
  • Comparison Table
    Comparison Tablecomparison-table
  • Comparison Row
    Comparison Rowcomparison-row
  • Service Tile
    Service Tileservice-tile
  • Why Card
    Why Cardwhy-card
  • Customer Testimonial Card
    Customer Testimonial Cardcustomer-testimonial-card
  • Logo Wall Item
    Logo Wall Itemlogo-wall-item
  • Faq Accordion Item
    Faq Accordion Itemfaq-accordion-item
  • Footer Region
    Footer Regionfooter-region
  • Footer Link
    Footer Linkfooter-link

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MongoDB design system FAQ

MongoDB's tokens, its components and how to use this DESIGN.md in your project.

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One machine-readable file. Drop it into Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or any AI tool that reads DESIGN.md.

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    One machine-readable file: every color, type, radius, spacing, and component token of MongoDB.

  2. Feed it to your AI tool

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  3. Reference the tokens directly

    Or paste the values into your Tailwind config, CSS variables, or component library: every color, size and radius is a quoted, ready-to-copy value.

Read the full DESIGN.md overview, rationale, do’s and don’ts

Overview

MongoDB carries a strong dual-mode visual identity — dark deep-teal hero bands at "#001e2b" paired with bright MongoDB green "#00ed64" CTA pills, sitting alongside stark white "#ffffff" documentation and pricing surfaces. The homepage opens with "One data platform. Unlimited AI potential." headline over a deep navy hero, the green pill at the visual center as the primary CTA. Lower on the page, embedded code mockup cards with terminal aesthetic sit on the dark hero band, breaking out into white feature cards below. The pricing page renders a 3-tier comparison (Free / Flex / Dedicated) with a featured tier highlighted in soft mint "#e3fcef" background and a 2px "#00ed64" border. The MongoDB University page presents a course catalog grid where each tile carries a colored category tag — purple "#7b3ff2", orange "#fa6e39", pink "#f06bb8", and blue "#3d4f9f" — the only place outside the brand green where saturated color appears in the system.

The system uses Euclid Circular A as its display face. The face is contemporary geometric — confident but not overly playful — and pairs naturally with both the developer-tool aesthetic of the database product and the educational positioning of the learning surfaces. Cards use 12px corners; buttons use 9999px pills universally. The brand-teal palette at "#001e2b" anchors hero bands, footer, code mockups, and the dark CTA banners. Source Code Pro is scoped strictly to terminal-styled code mockup content — it never appears in prose, headers, or UI labels.

Key Characteristics:

  • Deep navy/teal hero bands at "#001e2b" with bright MongoDB green "#00ed64" CTA pills
  • Stark white "#ffffff" pricing and documentation surfaces with colored category tags for course tiles (purple, orange, pink, blue)
  • Euclid Circular A across every UI surface from 11px micro-uppercase to 72px hero display
  • Pill-shaped buttons (9999px) universal across primary, secondary, on-dark, ghost, and badge CTAs
  • 3-tier pricing comparison (Free / Flex / Dedicated) with featured-mint highlight tier at "#e3fcef" + green border
  • Code mockup cards with terminal-aesthetic dark canvas at "#001e2b"

Known Gaps

  • Specific dark-mode token values for canvas and surface beyond hero bands not surfaced in the public spec
  • Animation and transition timings not extracted; recommend 150–200ms ease as a working default
  • Form validation success state not explicitly captured — only focus and error/disabled documented
  • Course-tile category color mappings (purple for Database & Security, orange for Search, pink and blue variants) are observation-based rather than confirmed brand documentation

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