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INTERNAL STANDARD · VERSION 1.0

Brand guidelines

Everything you need to make an asset that looks like it came from Scale MRR — and nothing that doesn’t.

August 2026 · Owner: Blaž Vornšek · Source of truth: the webinar deck
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How to use this

If you’re on the team

Read it once, then use it as a lookup. Every slide, ad, email, document and page has to match the color, type and spacing rules here. If something isn’t covered, ask — don’t improvise.

If you’re using an AI tool

Skip to the AI system prompt at the bottom and paste it into your project instructions. It restates every rule here in a format built for machines.

PRECEDENCE When sources disagree: this document wins, then the webinar deck, then everything else. If an old asset contradicts this, the old asset is wrong — flag it, don’t copy it.
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What the brand has to do

Scale MRR builds, fills and runs Skool communities for coaches and creators — paid on the recurring revenue we create. Our audience is burned out on high-ticket theatrics: hard closes, countdown timers, screenshots of Stripe dashboards.

So the identity has one job: look like the platform economy we operate in — bright, friendly, systematic — not like another guru funnel.

We borrow the visual language of modern product companies: generous white space, one bold weight of one friendly typeface, and a fixed five-color spectrum used with discipline. Playful in color, serious in structure.

TONE IN THREE WORDS Systematic. Optimistic. Direct. We sound like an operator who has run the machine — not a hype man, not a consultant.
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The wordmark

The wordmark is typeset — never drawn. Baloo 2 ExtraBold, lowercase, with the five letters of “scale” each taking one spectrum color in the fixed order, and “mrr” in ink (or white on dark). No icon, no container, no effects.

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LETTER ORDER IS FIXEDs red · c gold · a blue · l green · e purple. Never reshuffled, never randomized.
MINIMUM SIZE24px on screen. Below that, set the whole mark in ink or white — the five colors turn to noise.
NEVERGradients across letters, outlines, shadows, uppercase, or placing it on a photo without a solid panel.
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Color

Five spectrum colors, one ink, and quiet surfaces. The spectrum always appears in the same order: red → gold → blue → green → purple.

The spectrum

Red#E8503APosition 1. Urgency, problems, the ask
Gold#F6B62CPosition 2. Money, highlights on dark
Blue#4A7DF7Position 3. Links, data, distribution
Green#37A45DPosition 4. Revenue, wins, the model
Purple#8A63E8Position 5. Proof, community, closing

Ink, surfaces and support

Ink #191919
All headlines and body. Never pure black
Slate #55565A
Supporting copy, captions
White #FFFFFF
Primary canvas
Paper #F7F6F3
Cards on white; alternate canvas
Night #17181C
Dark panels and statement slides
Night card #1F2126
Cards on night
Border #EDECE8
Hairlines and dividers on light
Deep gold #F0A011
Gold’s stand-in for text on light
THE ONE RULE THAT MATTERS MOST

The spectrum is a system, not a paint box

Any single element gets one spectrum color. The only place all five appear together is the wordmark and the spectrum bar. When a set of items each takes a color (numbered lists, card grids), they take them in spectrum order, cycling — red, gold, blue, green, purple, red…

Grounds stay quiet: white, paper or night. Spectrum colors are never backgrounds for text blocks, never gradients, never tints. Rough proportions: 80% white/paper, 12% ink/night, 8% spectrum.

Contrast — measured, not assumed

FOREGROUNDBACKGROUNDRATIOVERDICT
Ink #191919White16.9:1AAA
WhiteNight #17181C17.6:1AAA
Slate #55565AWhite7.2:1AAA
Gold #F6B62CNight #17181C9.7:1AAA on dark
Red #E8503AWhite3.8:1Large text only — 24px+ bold
Blue #4A7DF7 · Purple #8A63E8White~4:1Large text and links only
Green #37A45DWhite3.3:1Large text only — 24px+ bold
Gold #F6B62CWhite1.9:1Fails — decorative only. Use #F0A011 at 24px+ bold, or gold on night
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Typography

Two faces with strict jobs. Figtree does everything; Baloo 2 exists only for the wordmark.

Skool MRR is the next big thing
Figtree · 900 · −0.02em · ink #191919
We build, fill and run Skool communities for coaches and creators — paid thirty percent of the recurring revenue, not a retainer. Revenue goes from lumpy to compounding.
Figtree · 400–500 · 16–18px / 1.6
04 · HOW WE GET PAID
Eyebrow · 800 · 0.16–0.2em caps · one spectrum color
$225,000 MRR · 5–10% churn
JetBrains Mono · figures in tables and data callouts only
THE SIGNATURE MOVE

Heavy ink, one colored number

Our most recognizable pattern: headlines and content in near-black Figtree at heavy weights, with color arriving only through numerals, eyebrows and accent marks — each item taking the next spectrum color in order. Emphasis comes from weight and size, never from coloring words inside a sentence.

1Affordability
2Closing got harder
3Lead quality

Type scale

ELEMENTSIZEWEIGHTTRACKINGLEADING
Hero / slide headline72–116px900−0.02em1.0–1.1
Page / section title44–72px900−0.02em1.05
Card title19–31px80001.2
Lead / subtitle24–38px60001.35
Body16–18px400–50001.6
Deck body24–29px50001.4
Eyebrow13px / 26px deck8000.16–0.2em caps1.2
Big statistic74–230px900−0.02 to −0.03em0.9–1.0
Button15–16px70001

Settings that matter

  • Headlines at 800–900, never lighter — the heavy weight is the brand.
  • Tracking −0.02em on anything 40px+.
  • Sentence case everywhere. Caps only in eyebrows.
  • Fallbacks: Figtree → Avenir → sans-serif; Baloo 2 → Figtree 800.

Never

  • Baloo 2 outside the wordmark — it’s a logo face, not a headline face.
  • Colored words inside a sentence for emphasis.
  • Thin weights (100–300) anywhere.
  • More than two sizes of text on one card.
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Material and space

Corner radii

8pxPills’ inner chips, small tags
14–16pxList rows, buttons, table shells
18–22pxCards and panels
24–26pxHero cards on slides
999pxDots, the spectrum bar, avatars

Borders, shadows, spacing

Flat by default. Cards separate by fill (paper on white, night card on night) or a 1px #EDECE8 hairline — not shadows. If elevation is unavoidable: 0 8px 24px #17181C14, never darker.

Spacing base 4px; common steps 16, 24, 32, 40, 64, 90. Card padding 32–48px. Slides pad 90–110px. Generous gaps beat hairlines — when in doubt, add space.

SIGNATURE ELEMENTS

1 · The spectrum bar

Five equal segments, hard stops, pill-rounded ends. Opens title and closing statements. One per view, never as a divider between every section.

2 · The keel bar

A 10–12px rounded vertical bar keying each statement or list item to one spectrum color, in order. Our replacement for bullets and icons.

3 · The dot

A 14–16px solid circle as the compact list marker in footers and rows. Solid fill only — never outlined, never an emoji or icon.

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Components

Buttons

Book the strategy call See the model Not now

Ink primary, blue secondary, outlined tertiary. 44px minimum height, radius 14px, sentence case, labels name the outcome. Red buttons only for destructive actions.

Stat cards

$225k MRR 25,000 members at $9/month

Big numbers live on night cards, numeral in one spectrum color, caption in #C4C6CB. On light grounds the numeral is ink and only a keel bar carries color.

Eyebrow + title block

02 · THE SHIFT
Why low-ticket recurring wins

Every section opens with this pair. The eyebrow carries the section’s number and one spectrum color; the title stays ink. Never color the title.

Icons

Prefer no icons — numerals, dots and keel bars do the work. Where one is genuinely needed: line icons, 1.5–2px stroke, rounded caps (Lucide or Phosphor regular), ink or one spectrum color. Never filled, never duotone, never emoji.

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Applied use cases

Decks and presentations

16:9, 1920×1080. White is the default slide ground; paper for texture-shift slides; night for statement and proof slides — roughly one in four. Eyebrow top-left in one spectrum color (26px/800/0.16em). Headlines Figtree 900 ink, 72px+. Deck body never below 24px. Lists use keel bars or colored numerals in spectrum order. Wordmark on title and closing slides only. Charts: one spectrum color per series, ink axes, no 3D, no shadows.

Documents

White page. Title Figtree 900, 24pt ink. H2 15pt/800 with the section’s eyebrow above in one spectrum color. Body 11pt/400 ink, 1.4 spacing. Tables: paper header row, hairline rules. Wordmark 24px top left; page number and “Scale MRR — Internal” in footer, 9pt slate.

Social and ads

Solid white or night grounds. One headline, Figtree 900, as large as the frame allows. Spectrum bar or a single keel bar as the only decoration. Wordmark always present, 24px minimum. Formats 1:1, 4:5, 9:16. No gradients, no stock photos, no screenshots of dashboards.

Video and thumbnails

Lower thirds: night panel at 94%, white name Figtree 800, spectrum-color role line in 800 caps. Thumbnails: white or night ground, five words max, one face on one third. No arrows, no circled faces, no shocked expressions — that’s the grammar we position against.

Email

Build defensively. White background, 600px max width, system-safe fallbacks (Avenir/Helvetica). One ink CTA button, 44px minimum, radius 14px. Wordmark as text or a hosted PNG — never rebuilt in email-client fonts.
NEVER, IN ANY MEDIUM Countdown timers, fake urgency badges, income-claim screenshots, drop-shadowed or outlined text, gradients. That’s the visual grammar of the high-ticket world we’re walking away from.
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Voice

Sounds like us

  • “Every month starts from last month’s base.”
  • “Churn is our KPI, not theirs.”
  • “Tell me where this breaks.”
  • Numbers with mechanisms: “$9/month × 25,000 members”

Doesn’t

  • “Crush it,” “10X,” “insane results”
  • Exclamation points and all-caps emphasis
  • Income guarantees or implied promises
  • Adjectives doing a number’s job

Short sentences. Operator-to-operator. State the mechanism, then the number, then stop. Skepticism is our reader’s default — earn trust with specifics, not enthusiasm.

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Do and don’t

Do

  • Keep grounds white, paper or night
  • Set all reading text in ink #191919
  • One spectrum color per element, in fixed order across sets
  • Use keel bars, dots and colored numerals instead of icons
  • Set headlines Figtree 800–900, −0.02em at display sizes
  • Use gold on night, deep gold #F0A011 on light
  • Keep the wordmark letter colors in fixed order

Don’t

  • Gradients — anywhere, ever
  • Spectrum colors as text-block backgrounds or tints
  • Gold #F6B62C text on white
  • Baloo 2 outside the wordmark
  • Color words inside a sentence for emphasis
  • Emoji, filled icons, duotone icons
  • Black #000000 for text or backgrounds
  • More than one spectrum bar per view
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AI system prompt

Paste this into Claude Projects, ChatGPT custom instructions, or any AI tool that generates assets for us.

SCALE-MRR-BRAND-PROMPT.TXT
BRAND: Scale MRR. Agency that builds, fills and runs Skool communities for
coaches and creators, paid 30% of recurring revenue. The design must read as
a modern product company - bright, friendly, systematic - never a guru funnel.

COLORS - use these hex values exactly, never approximate:
  Spectrum (fixed order: red, gold, blue, green, purple):
    Red    #E8503A   Gold   #F6B62C   Blue   #4A7DF7
    Green  #37A45D   Purple #8A63E8
  Ink       #191919  all headlines and body text. Never pure black
  Slate     #55565A  supporting copy, captions
  White     #FFFFFF  primary canvas
  Paper     #F7F6F3  cards on white; alternate canvas
  Night     #17181C  dark panels and statement slides (~1 view in 4)
  Night card#1F2126  cards on night; body on night #D2D3D7 / captions #C4C6CB
  Border    #EDECE8  hairlines on light. On night: #2E3036
  Deep gold #F0A011  gold's stand-in for text on light grounds
  RULES: one spectrum color per element. Sets of items take colors in
  spectrum order, cycling. All five together ONLY in the wordmark and the
  spectrum bar. Spectrum colors are never text-block backgrounds, never
  tints, NEVER gradients. Proportions ~80% white/paper, 12% ink/night,
  8% spectrum. Gold #F6B62C text is illegal on white (1.9:1) - use #F0A011
  at 24px+ bold, or put gold on night. Red/blue/green/purple on white:
  large text (24px+ bold) only; body text is always ink or slate.

WORDMARK: "scale mrr" in Baloo 2 ExtraBold, lowercase.
  s=#E8503A c=#F6B62C a=#4A7DF7 l=#37A45D e=#8A63E8; "mrr" ink (white on
  dark). Letter colors never reshuffle. Min 24px; below that, single color.
  Baloo 2 appears NOWHERE else. No icon, no container, no effects.

FONTS: Figtree for everything (headlines 800-900, body 400-500, eyebrows
  800 caps at 0.16-0.2em); JetBrains Mono for figures in tables/data
  callouts. Fallback Figtree -> Avenir -> sans-serif. Sentence case
  everywhere; caps only in eyebrows. Tracking -0.02em at 40px and above.
  Never thin weights, never colored words inside a sentence.

TYPE SCALE: hero 72-116/900; section title 44-72/900; card title 19-31/800;
  lead 24-38/600; body 16-18/400-500 at 1.6; deck body 24-29/500 (never
  below 24 on slides); eyebrow 13/800 caps (26px on 1920x1080 slides);
  big stat 74-230/900; button 15-16/700.

SIGNATURE ELEMENTS:
  Spectrum bar: 5 equal segments in order, hard stops, pill radius,
    ~260-340px wide on slides. Title + closing views only, one per view.
  Keel bar: 10-12px rounded vertical bar keying each list item to one
    spectrum color, in order. Replaces bullets and icons.
  Dot: 14-16px solid circle list marker. Colored numerals: numbered items
    get 900-weight numerals in spectrum order, text stays ink.
  Eyebrow + title: every section opens with a spectrum-color eyebrow
    (number + label) over an ink title. Never color the title.

MATERIAL: flat design. Separation by fill (paper on white, #1F2126 on
  night) or 1px #EDECE8 hairline - not shadows. If needed: 0 8px 24px
  #17181C14 max. Radii: 14-16 buttons/rows, 18-22 cards, 24-26 hero
  cards, 999 pills/dots. Spacing base 4px; card padding 32-48px; slide
  padding 90-110px. Buttons: ink primary, blue secondary, outlined
  tertiary; 44px min height; labels name the outcome.

ICONS/IMAGERY: prefer none - numerals, dots, keel bars do the work.
  If needed: line icons 1.5-2px rounded (Lucide/Phosphor), ink or one
  spectrum color. Never filled, duotone, or emoji. No stock photos, no
  dashboard screenshots, no arrows-and-shocked-face thumbnails.

DECKS: 16:9 1920x1080. White default ground, night for statement/proof
  slides (~1 in 4). Eyebrow top-left, headline Figtree 900 ink 72px+,
  wordmark on title and closing slides only. Charts: one spectrum color
  per series, ink axes, no 3D, no shadows.

VOICE: operator-to-operator. Short sentences, mechanism then number then
  stop. No hype ("crush it", "10X"), no exclamation points, no all-caps
  emphasis, no income guarantees.

HARD NEVERS: gradients; spectrum tints or colored text-block backgrounds;
  gold #F6B62C on white; Baloo 2 outside the wordmark; emoji; black
  #000000; drop-shadowed or outlined text; countdown timers and urgency
  badges; more than one spectrum bar per view.
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Scale MRR — Brand Guidelines v1.0 · August 2026 · Internal · Questions go to Blaž