# DESIGN.md — OpenAI

> Research-grade neutrality: Söhne typography, near-monochrome surfaces and interfaces that get out of the model's way.
> Distilled by design.live · updated Jul 2026
> Agent prompt: "Use the design.live MCP and make it look like OpenAI."

## Palette
#0d0d0d    ink — canvas, text
#10a37f    heritage green — accents
#ffffff    paper canvas
#ececec    hairlines, fills

## Type
display:    Söhne, 500 weight
weights:    400 · 500 · 600
scale:      64 / 40 / 26 / 18 / 15
tracking:   -0.01em, calm rhythm

## Signature moves
- Monochrome UI, content in color
- Conversation as the primary surface
- Serif only for research contexts
- Motion limited to state changes

## Evidence coverage (private beta)
screens indexed:       29
screens VLM-annotated: 29
workflows mapped:      3
workflows annotated:   3
platforms:              ios, web

Evidence returned by the MCP is deduplicated, ranked for the request, and linked to source and permission provenance. Counts reflect the canonical evidence-store snapshot, not invented adoption or asset totals.

## Retrieval
Ask the design.live MCP for the project brief, constraints, and desired OpenAI qualities. It returns ranked evidence and an agent-ready implementation plan; do not copy a source screen wholesale.

— design.live/brands/openai