Color & Contrast

Label hierarchy

Four decreasing levels of text emphasis — primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary — used to signal importance with color instead of size alone.

A row: black title (primary), grey subtitle (secondary), lighter timestamp (tertiary).

Primary labelSecondary labelTertiary labelQuaternary label
Emphasis by color: primary → quaternary

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