There are countless design tools scattered across the web some noisy, some niche, some needlessly complex. But every so often, something surfaces that feels quiet, focused, and genuinely useful. Colors & Fonts is one of those rare gems: a thoughtful, ever-expanding library of tools built to help web developers and digital designers work more precisely with two of the most foundational elements in visual design color and typography.
Crafted by Michael Andreuzza and built with Astro JS and Tailwind CSS, the site brings together a suite of small but potent utilities. From curated gradient collections and palette generators to a robust typography toolkit and CSS-friendly font utilities, everything here feels like it was designed by someone who builds real products not just dribbles nice mockups.
What You’ll Find Inside
Color Tools That Respect Context
Whether you need to build a monochrome palette, convert between HEX, RGB, HSL, or OKLCH formats, or test your design’s accessibility with a contrast checker, the tools feel purpose-built rather than bloated. There’s even a color system generator that lets you craft scalable, token-friendly color libraries especially handy if you’re working with design systems or building component libraries in Tailwind.
Typography Without Guesswork
On the type side, there’s a type scale calculator, font pairing guides using Google Fonts, local font previewers, and even a font-face generator that outputs production-ready CSS. For developers who want to stay inside the browser while experimenting, this saves time and context-switching.
Design Systems at a Glance
Colors & Fonts doesn’t stop at creation tools. It also hosts a broad survey of color systems used by companies like Stripe, Atlassian, Material, Primer, and more. Studying these systems provides insight into how established teams approach visual hierarchy, accessibility, and tone through color something that’s hard to glean from static brand guidelines.
Tiny Tools with Big Impact
There’s a set of understated but clever utilities like a box-shadow generator, clip-path builder, text transformers, and a design token generator that outputs tokens in multiple formats (CSS variables, SASS, JSON). These feel like they were made by someone who spends as much time in VS Code as in Figma.
Why It Matters
In an industry that often prizes novelty over nuance, Colors & Fonts stands out for its utility and restraint. It doesn’t try to solve every problem, nor does it hide basic tools behind unnecessary complexity. Instead, it provides a reliable, well-organized space where working designers and developers can find exactly what they need to make more deliberate design choices.
How I Use It in My Workflow
I often reach for Colors & Fonts when setting up foundational styles for a project especially during early prototyping or when translating design tokens into Tailwind utility classes. It’s also become a regular reference when working on accessibility audits or building custom themes that need precise control over contrast and color harmony.
If you want to see how I integrate tools like this into real projects, or explore some of the systems I’ve built on top of Tailwind CSS, head over to ctrlatimran.com. I occasionally break down workflows, publish experiments, or share how tools like Colors & Fonts shape the early stages of design thinking in my own process.