Brand toolkit · v1

Bring people back to real life.

Everything you need to represent Amba: color, logo, typography, icons and photography. Built for partners, press and our own team.

Overview

The toolkit.

Color

Butter, ink and a spark.

Butter is the canvas. Ink carries the words in pure black. Sun is a solid, saturated yellow for punchy highlights. Signal Blue is the spark of joy and action, used sparingly. Coral and mint are friendly accents for illustration and detail. Tap a swatch to copy its hex.

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Butter
#FDF6BE
Primary surface.
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Sun
#E8CD00
Solid yellow highlight.
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Ink
#000000
Headlines and body.
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Signal Blue
#00A1F1
Accent, sparingly.
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Coral
#EE9A86
Warm, friendly accent.
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Mint
#6FC9A0
Fresh, friendly accent.
Typography

SF Compact, in caps.

One typeface does the work: SF Compact. Headings and subheadings are set in caps; body stays sentence case. The wordmark is the only exception, set in Chivo Bold and kept in its own mixed case.

Heading · SF Compact Heavy · 95 · caps
Get back to real life.
Subheading · SF Compact Demibold · 30 · caps
Friction by design, in four steps
Body · SF Compact Regular · 26
Tap the tag to unlock the apps you set aside. When you're done, they go back to arm's length. A small physical action interrupts the reflex before the scroll begins.
Logo · Chivo Bold
Iconography

SF Symbols.

Icons come from Apple's SF Symbols, the same set the app draws on. Monoline, rounded, weighted to sit beside the type. Pull the exact symbol from the library and keep one consistent weight across a screen.

lock
lock.open
sparkles
person.2
leaf
bell
Browse the full set at developer.apple.com/sf-symbols →
Details

Numbers and surfaces.

Numbered steps and lists use a blue dot with the number knocked out, so it picks up whatever sits behind it. A small, friendly counter used across the brand.

Surfaces
Corner radius
20px on every surface
No shadows
Flat surfaces, always
Flat fills
Solid color, no gradients
Photography

Lifestyle, lived in.

Photography is warm, candid and real. Natural light, soft film grain, true moments between people. Relaxed and joyful, never staged or stocky.

Friends laughing together outdoors
A relaxed candid moment at home
candid editorial photo of young friends
together outdoors, warm natural light,
35mm film aesthetic, soft grain, authentic,
relaxed joyful mood, muted warm tones,
shot on Portra 400 --ar 4:5 --style raw
The object

Made to be carried.

The tag is the brand made physical: a small object you keep close and pass to a friend. It lives in the world, not behind a screen.

Amba tag carried on a keychain
Sharing the tag outdoors
In-app character

Amba, inside the app.

A translucent orb with a warm, glowing core. It reacts to how the day is going and gives the app its personality. The character lives inside the app only. It is not used in the logo, advertising, or other brand materials.

Neutral
Neutral
Resting
Happy
Happy
A good day
Sad
Sad
A gentle nudge
Angry
Angry
Rare, playful
Tone of voice

Light. Warm. Calm.

Amba sells what you get back, not guilt or discipline. Short, human, a little witty. We invite, we never lecture.

Do

  • Lead with the reward, the life you get back
  • Keep it short, breezy and a touch playful
  • Stay calm and present, no FOMO or urgency
  • Sound human and warm, like a friend
  • Move toward warmth, ease, presence and play

Don't

  • Shame people or call them addicted
  • Preach, moralize, or sound clinical
  • Lean on restriction, willpower or hustle
  • Use fear or "screens are evil" framing
  • Sell guilt, control or dystopian detox
Using our brand

A few simple rules.

  • Don't recolor, distort, or rotate the wordmark.
  • Need something custom? Email info@openamba.app.