Brand

Logo

The mark is the aura seen from above: one cell, then the ring of seven, then the ring of nineteen, from the brightest to the darkest. The light always comes from the centre.

Leave at least one cell of the mark free all around it.
Below 24 px tall, use the mark on its own. Never smaller than 16 px.
Do not rotate it: at 30 degrees it becomes another shape.
No outlines, shadows, glows or blue. Blue belongs to the black side, not to the brand.

Logo, dark backgrounds (SVG)Logo, light backgrounds (SVG)Mark (SVG)Single-colour mark (SVG)

Colour

The interface is night blue, never pure black. Colour appears only where there is light: the gold lantern of white, the blue lantern of black and the ember of check.

Night

Night 950 Sunken areas, text on gold #0E1119
Night 900 App background #151A25
Night 800 Panels #1D2331
Night 700 Raised surfaces, hover #272F40
Night 600 Borders and dividers #34405A

Lanterns

Lantern 100 The core of the lantern #FFF1C9
Gold 400 White's aura, the brand, the main action #F5B83D
Amber 700 Outer ring of the mark #C47B16
Azure 400 Black's aura #5AA9FF
Azure 600 Black's aura on light boards #2D7FE6

Text

Mist 100 Main text #E8ECF4
Mist 300 Secondary text #A9B4C8
Mist 500 Hints and placeholders #7D889C

Signals and pieces

Ember 500 Check, danger, low time #FF5A5F
Leaf 500 Success, rating gained #5BC88A
Ivory White pieces #F4EEE2
Obsidian Black pieces #2A3040

Gold is the only colour for actions. Blue is never a button.
Ember only warns: check, errors, low time. Leaf only confirms: wins, rating gained.

Type

Three families: cut corners for what you read at a distance, a warm humanist for everything else, and fixed-width digits so clocks never wobble.

Chakra Petch

Headlines, the logo, big numbers.

Your Leader is in check
Figtree

Menus, buttons, chat and the move list.

Inside your aura the Escort runs in straight lines; outside it, it jumps. Read the light before you move.
Khess Cifras

Clocks, ratings and scores.

10:000:19.81450

Pieces

Ivory and obsidian, carved with flat facets lit from the left. The only colour on a piece is the Leader's lantern, so the Leader is found at once.

Banner
Medallion
Letters

Boards

Sixty-one cells in three tones, so two neighbours never match. The frame is the outline of the mark at board scale. Stone is the default: neutral, so the auras carry the colour.

Stone
Sand
Slate
Forest
Ice
Night

Icons

One family for navigation, flat emblems for each piece, and movement badges that read at 12 px.

Navigation

nav-play
nav-online
nav-bots
nav-friend
nav-watch
nav-learn
nav-leaderboard
nav-analysis
nav-settings
nav-profile
nav-home
nav-logout

Emblems

emblem-leader
emblem-escort
emblem-lance
emblem-crossbow
emblem-rider
emblem-soldier

Movement

mode-step
mode-run
mode-jump
mode-shoot
mode-soldier

Bots

Six opponents with a face and a character, from first steps to master. Each medallion carries as many stripes as its level.

Pino Level 1

Just learned how the pieces move. Leaves pieces hanging and forgives yours.
Brisa Level 2

Likes to gallop around with her Riders. Spots simple captures, misses most threats.
Tizón Level 3

Aggressive and impatient. Will trade anything to get close to your Leader.
Vega Level 4

A patient archer. Keeps her Crossbows covered and punishes loose pieces.
Orión Level 5

Plays around the auras: knows when your pieces lose their power.
Aurelia Level 6

The strongest Khess player we know. Searches deep and rarely blunders.

Motion

Pieces settle; light spreads. Moves are quick and never bounce. What changes the aura takes a little longer, because that is the news.

Hover 80 ms The piece rises by 2%.
Move 180 ms Slides in a straight line; a jump lifts slightly halfway.
Capture 220 ms The captured piece dissolves.
Crossbow shot 260 ms A bolt flies to the target, then the capture.
The Leader moves 560 ms The aura spreads out from the Leader's cell; badges that change flash once.
Check 1.4 s The glow under the Leader pulses twice and stays.
Low time under 20 s The clock turns ember.

With reduced motion turned on, pieces appear in place and nothing pulses; check is still marked, without the pulse.

Voice

Khess talks like a good opponent: direct, warm and calm. Short sentences, the important word first, piece names capitalised. No exclamation chains, no capitals for emphasis, no emoji.

Main button Play
Looking for a game Looking for an opponent…
Your turn Your move
Check Your Leader is in check
A win You won by checkmate
A loss without moves No moves left: your opponent wins
A draw Draw by repetition
Little time left 10 seconds left
Network trouble Connection lost. Reconnecting…