● Brand kit · v1.0
Brand Guidelines

How to wearthe KHAL name.

The whole press kit, no email required. Read the rules, take the assets, credit us when you can.

Press inquiriespress@khal.ai
Color · The palette

Six tokens. That's the whole brand.

Click a swatch to copy its hex. Copper is for emphasis, not paragraphs.

Typography · The voice

Geist for system. Fraunces for accent.

Geist handles the technical surface. Fraunces italic is the editorial accent — one line at a time, never a paragraph.

Sans · Display & UI

Geist

Built by builders, not marketers.

Serif Italic · Editorial accent

Fraunces

the customer journey.

Mono · System detail

Geist Mono

tx://2026 · uptime=99.97% · agents=ok

Type scale
  1. Display80–96 / -4% / Medium
  2. H144–60 / -4% / Medium
  3. H232–44 / -3.5% / Medium
  4. Body15–16 / 1.6 / Regular
  5. Eyebrow11 mono / 18% tracking / Uppercase
Atmosphere · The mesh

Soft blurs, slow motion.

We use mesh blurs behind heroes and CTAs. They animate slowly and never compete with the headline. Grab a still if you need one for a slide deck or a press hit.

Warm DarkHero · Charcoal + copper
1600 × 1000
Warm LightLight section · Cream + copper
1600 × 1000
SignalCTA · Copper + blue
1600 × 1000
How to use
  1. 01

    Behind text, drop opacity to 0.4 on dark or 0.18 on light.

  2. 02

    Mask the edges so the blur fades into the page, not slams into it.

  3. 03

    Animate slowly: 0.5–0.6× speed if you're using a shader version. Otherwise leave it still.

  4. 04

    Never the focal point. If the blur is the first thing you notice, it's too strong.

Principles · How we show up

Quiet system, loud results.

KHAL is a technical brand. The way it shows up should feel like the product: clean, observable, quiet about itself.

  1. 01

    Built by builders.

    No agency layer. The copy is written by the people writing the code.

  2. 02

    Anti-hype.

    If a number shows up in the copy, it has to be true in the product.

  3. 03

    Dark by default.

    Charcoal is home. Light sections are the exception, not the rule.

  4. 04

    Restraint over volume.

    Tight type. Small palette. Slow motion. Empty space counts.

Voice · How we talk

Plain sentences. Auditable claims.

Read it back aloud. If it sounds like a brochure, rewrite it.

Built by builders, not marketersOpen sourceAnti-hypeLGPD by designTransparency and controlShip in 15 daysAudit every decision
Do
  • Lead with the outcome. Mechanism after.
  • Use mono for numbers, times, and system states.
  • Cite the metric. If you can't, don't claim it.
  • Short sentences. Active voice. No throat-clearing.
Don't
  • Don't use 'revolutionary', 'cutting-edge', 'synergy', 'unlock'.
  • Don't promise transformation. Promise the next ninety days.
  • KHAL is always uppercase. Lowercase 'khal' is fine in tight UI labels.
  • Don't translate the axioms. They carry the tone in any language.