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# Design System: Raycast — Visual Theme & Atmosphere

Raycast's marketing site feels like the dark interior of a precision instrument — a Swiss watch case carved from obsidian. The background isn't just dark, it's an almost-black blue-tint (`#07080a`) that creates a sense of being inside a macOS native application rather than a website. Every surface, every border, every shadow is calibrated to evoke the feeling of a high-performance desktop utility: fast, minimal, trustworthy.

The signature move is the layered shadow system borrowed from macOS window chrome: multi-layer box-shadows with inset highlights that simulate physical depth, as if cards and buttons are actual pressed or raised glass elements on a dark desk. Combined with Raycast Red (`#FF6363`) — deployed almost exclusively in the hero's iconic diagonal stripe pattern — the palette creates a brand that reads as "powerful tool with personality." The red doesn't dominate; it punctuates.

Inter is used everywhere — headings, body, buttons, captions — with extensive OpenType features (`calt`, `kern`, `liga`, `ss03`) creating a consistent, readable typographic voice. The positive letter-spacing (0.2px–0.4px on body text) is unusual for a dark UI and gives the text an airy, breathable quality that counterbalances the dense, dark surfaces. GeistMono appears for code elements, reinforcing the developer-tool identity.

**Key Characteristics:**
- Near-black blue-tinted background (`#07080a`) — not pure black, subtly blue-shifted
- macOS-native shadow system with multi-layer inset highlights simulating physical depth
- Raycast Red (`#FF6363`) as a punctuation color — hero stripes, not pervasive
- Inter with positive letter-spacing (0.2px) for an airy, readable dark-mode experience
- Radix UI component primitives powering the interaction layer
- Subtle rgba white borders (0.06–0.1 opacity) for containment on dark surfaces
- Keyboard shortcut styling with gradient key caps and heavy shadows
