Overview

cute.css is a css framework designed to be modern and minimal, with simplicity for the user in mind; that is why it ships with two pre-built themes (src/themes/), light and dark, with making custom themes easier than other frameworks with simple css variables. It uses html object names rather than classes to make applying styles much easier. See it in action at https://hornersteamclub.github.io.

Styles

header

The header object is for all content above and including the navigation bar, such as titles and brand images.

<header>
    ...
</header>

nav

The nav object is for the navigation bar is to be used under the header tag. Links in the navagation bar are simple a tags.

<header>
    ...
    <nav>
        <a href = "...">...</a>
    </nav>
    ...
</header>

main

The main object is for page content and is to be used after the header tag.

<main>
    ...
</main>

footer

The footer object is for copyright content is used after the main tag.

<footer>
    ...
</footer>

Mobile

cute.css ships with mobile styles built-in to make content readable on devices such as tablets, mini-computers, and smartphones.

Custom Themes

cute.css includes a simple api for creating custom themes, with the help of css variables.

Here is a sample theme from src/basic.cute.css

:root {
    --cute-text: #ffffff;
    --cute-background: #151D21;
    --cute-background-accent: #000000;
    --cute-accent: #2fa5ff;
    --cute-accent-dark: #2571db;
    --cute-accent-greyscale: #777777;
}

Custom themes are put in the same format, with all values as color values (hex, rgb).

--cute-text

Color of text

--cute-background

Color of background

--cute-background-accent

Accent color (complements main) of background

--cute-accent

Accent color of text

--cute-accent-dark

Darker accent color of text

--cute-accent-greyscale

Greyscale accent color of text

Browser Compatibility

cute.css works in all modern browsers, both desktop and mobile.

Copyright © 2021 Aarush Gupta

This code is copyrighted but licensed to the public under the GNU AGPLv3 license and any later versions.