The Socialive Component library - and its underlying design language - were adapted from the existing Socialive brand guidelines. Although well documented and mature enough to guide color and typography choices in marketing collateral, the brand guidelines fell short of the depth and robustness needed for a complex set of web applications. Accommodating this new medium - while staying true to the brand's existing visual identity - required the expansion of the type ramp and the generation of adjacent hues and shades around the brand's primary and secondary colors. Spacing consistency was enforced by a modified 4pt grid, and auxiliary styles like border radiuses and drop shadows were chosen and documented. These styles - along with the expanded color and typography - were stored as Figma styles and then mapped to CSS in the codebase.

The Socialive component library was crafted with the goal of a near pixel perfect implementation of the corresponding Figma library. This was accomplished with the assistance of Tailwind (Figma plugin + Front-end library), some talented teammates, and meticulous attention to detail.