Mesh is rare. Wash when you can. Light otherwise.
Three surfaces in the system: the operator's flat Glacier canvas, a light atmospheric wash, and the rare dark mesh. The decision tree below ends in one of three. The operator surface is always the first answer.
Operator. Wash. Mesh.
Same content. Same wordmark. Three different surface choices. Each lives in a specific moment of the product.
Sarah.
Dashboard, inbox, tickets, orders, settings.
Onboarding, marketplace hero, dashboard greeting band.
/login, /onboarding wash, AI-led blocks.
Three questions, one answer.
Walk top-down. The first 'yes' picks the surface.
Is this the operator's working surface?
Yes → Glacier. (Dashboard, inbox, settings, tickets, orders, marketplace.)
Is this a door, an AI moment, or an opinionated brand block?
Yes → mesh-dark. (/login, AI tile.)
Does this surface need atmosphere, but not weight?
Yes → light wash on Glacier. (/onboarding, marketplace hero, greeting band.)
None of the above?
Glacier. The operator surface is the default answer.
Three mesh-dark misuses.
The operator's working surface becomes a brand demo. The data drowns.
Pick light wash, or stay flat Glacier.A form on mesh reads as an auth screen. Operators get confused.
Pick light wash, or stay flat Glacier.Decorative dark blocks dilute the moments where mesh is meaningful.
Pick light wash, or stay flat Glacier.Four rules that keep the rarity rare.
Three mesh-dark surfaces.
Mesh-dark belongs to /login, AI-led blocks, and (with the calmer light-wash cousin) /onboarding. Nowhere else. Rarity is what makes it land.
Light wash before mesh-dark.
bg-onboarding-glow and bg-stripe-mesh on Glacier are the atmosphere-lite choice. Reach for them before the full dark mesh.
Operator surface stays light.
Dashboard, settings, inbox, tickets, marketplace, orders. The operator's working surface is always Glacier. No mesh-dark for visual interest.
Theme is not a toggle.
Insyte does not ship a user-toggleable dark mode. The dark mesh is a brand moment, not a preference. The product is light.