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), gray subtitle (secondary), lighter timestamp (tertiary).

1Primary label2Secondary label3Tertiary label4Quaternary label
Compare levels 1 to 4 by size, weight, and tone

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