# DESIGN.md — Perplexity

> Deep teal on soft paper, editorial answer layouts and citations treated as first-class UI — search rebuilt on trust.
> Distilled by design.live · updated Jun 2026
> Agent prompt: "Use the design.live MCP and make it look like Perplexity."

## Palette
#20808d    true turquoise — brand
#091717    offblack — text
#fbfaf4    paper white
#13343b    peacock — depth

## Type
display:    FK Grotesk, 500 weight
weights:    400 · 500 · 600
scale:      52 / 34 / 24 / 17 / 14
tracking:   -0.01em

## Signature moves
- Answers typeset like articles
- Citations as visible chips
- Teal reserved for interactive
- Threads over sessions

## 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 Perplexity qualities. It returns ranked evidence and an agent-ready implementation plan; do not copy a source screen wholesale.

— design.live/brands/perplexity