Brand

OmniVac Design System

The shared building blocks for every OmniVac page — color, type, spacing, backgrounds, cards, banners and components. Hairline borders, generous whitespace, and Russian Red used strictly as an accent. Dark backgrounds live only in the site header and the home hero.

01 — Color

Palette

Red is an accent, never a fill. Layouts rest in ink and neutral hairlines; red appears on interaction and in small uppercase mono microcopy.

Russian Red
#C80000 · accent
Maroon
#780000 · hover
Ink
#141414 · headings
Body
#3a3a3a · text
Muted
#646464 · labels
Hairline
#D7D7D7 · borders
Tint
#f7f7f7 · sections
Card
#ffffff · surface

02 — Typography

Type

IBM Plex Sans for headings and body; IBM Plex Mono for labels, metadata and numbers. Self-hosted for DSGVO compliance.

Display / H1 · Plex Sans 600

Surface Science Solutions

H2 · Plex Sans 600

Engineered around your requirements

H3 · Plex Sans 600

Customised UHV systems

Lead · Plex Sans 400

Modular systems for state-of-the-art surface analysis and sample preparation — planned, integrated and supported from Kaiserslautern.

Body · Plex Sans 400

We combine proven components with deep application know-how. Each system is tailored to your process, your samples and your budget — from a single chamber to a complete multi-technique analysis station.

Eyebrow + rule · Plex Mono
Systems

Complete UHV systems

Mono / metadata · Plex Mono 500
30+ yrs · Kaiserslautern · Owner-managed

03 — Spacing

Spacing scale

A single 4px-based scale keeps rhythm consistent across every section.

Scale · 4 → 88px
4
8
12
16
24
32
48
64
88

04 — Actions

Buttons, links & tags

Buttons Arrow link & tags
About OmniVac
Surface Analysis Thin Film Semiconductor New

05 — Cards

Cards

The signature interaction: on hover the card lifts, the hairline turns red, corner ticks appear and the arrow slides in.

Design-system card (hover me) Live WooCommerce category cards (the injected component) Stat / figure (top hairline)
30+
Years of experience
3
Product lines
100%
In-house engineering
KL
Made in Kaiserslautern

06 — Backgrounds

Backgrounds

Static surfaces plus a set of subtle animated variants. Motion is always gentle and switches off for visitors who prefer reduced motion.

Static
.ov-bg-white
.ov-bg-tint
.ov-bg-dots
.ov-bg-grid
Animated · motion is live on this page
.ov-bg-scan — surface probe sweep
.ov-bg-drift — drifting dot field

07 — Banners

Banners for pages & articles

Hero · image, for landing pages
UHV system
OmniVac

Surface Science Solutions

Modular systems for state-of-the-art surface analysis and sample preparation.

Page-head · light, for articles / inner pages
News

Article title goes here

A short standfirst that introduces the page or story in one or two lines.


08 — Consent

Cookie banner

DSGVO-compliant consent in the same card language — hairline border, soft shadow, red only on the primary action.

Cookie consent (inline preview)
Inline here for reference; on the live site it docks bottom-right via .ov-cookie–fixed once wired to a consent tool.

09 — Usage

Rules of thumb

Do

Use red as an accent

Borders, hover states, corner ticks, small mono labels and the primary button. Red draws the eye to the one thing that matters.

Don’t

Don’t fill with red

No solid red panels, headers or section backgrounds. Structure stays in ink, white and neutral hairlines.

Do

Keep borders hairline

1.5px #D7D7D7 borders and soft, low shadows. Depth comes from subtle hover lifts, not heavy drop-shadows.

Don’t

Don’t overdo motion

Animations stay slow, low-contrast and optional. Always respect prefers-reduced-motion.