{
  "name": "Friendealer — Lilas Aurore",
  "version": "brand step 2 (2026-09-29), vector v2 + mascot rig",
  "colors": {
    "lilac-light": { "hex": "#A597FF", "use": "top of the head (gradient start), highlights, illustrations on ink" },
    "lilac":       { "hex": "#8C7BFF", "use": "the bird's plumage (dominant hue), graphic accents; not for text on white (3.3:1)" },
    "violet":      { "hex": "#6A4FF0", "use": "lower body, wing base; primary brand colour for buttons and links (white text on it 5.3:1, AA)" },
    "violet-deep": { "hex": "#4E34D6", "use": "iris rim, pressed states, small text in colour on white (7.5:1, AAA)" },
    "cream":       { "hex": "#FFF3E4", "use": "face mask, belly, light app-icon background, text on ink (15.9:1)" },
    "peach":       { "hex": "#FF9F86", "use": "cheeks only (warmth); never a large area" },
    "coral":       { "hex": "#FF7A66", "use": "the curl of the tuft (signature), warm accents, notifications on ink (6.8:1 on ink)" },
    "sunflower":   { "hex": "#FFC857", "use": "beak, feet, base of the curl and of the leaf, highlights, star / seed of the sharing pose" },
    "sunflower-deep": { "hex": "#FFA743", "use": "beak and feet shade" },
    "aqua":        { "hex": "#2FD9C8", "use": "wing feathers, tail, leaf tip, iris glow; success accents on ink (9.9:1 on ink)" },
    "aqua-deep":   { "hex": "#12B5AB", "use": "wing feather shade; not for text on white (2.6:1)" },
    "ink":         { "hex": "#1A1240", "use": "pupils, eyelids, wordmark and text on light, dark app-icon background, dark UI" },
    "ink-2":       { "hex": "#2A2160", "use": "raised surfaces on ink, glow at the centre of the dark app icon" },
    "grey-text":   { "hex": "#5E5878", "use": "secondary text on white (6.7:1)" },
    "white":       { "hex": "#FFFFFF", "use": "catchlights, backgrounds" },
    "mouth":       { "hex": "#E8566B", "use": "inside of the open beak (illustration only)" }
  },
  "gradients": {
    "plumage": "linear-gradient(180deg, #A597FF 0%, #8C7BFF 45%, #6A4FF0 100%)",
    "wing":    "violet #6A4FF0 -> lilac #8C7BFF over an aqua #12B5AB -> #2FD9C8 feather layer (tip and scalloped trailing edge)",
    "head":    "linear-gradient(180deg, #A597FF 0%, #8C7BFF 60%, #7C69FA 100%)",
    "body":    "linear-gradient(180deg, #8C7BFF 0%, #6A4FF0 100%)",
    "face-patch": "linear-gradient(180deg, #FFF8EF 0%, #FFEEDD 100%)",
    "iris":    "linear-gradient(180deg, #5A40E6 5%, #7D66F8 48%, #2FD9C8 90%) in a #2B1F7A rim, pupil radial #3A2BA0 -> #1E1550, ink upper-lid crescent inside the eye (never a brow), one big and one small white catchlight",
    "beak":    "linear-gradient(180deg, #FFD470 0%, #FFA743 100%), seam #E98A2E, open mouth #C93F5A, tongue #E8566B",
    "curl":    "coral #FF7A66 (tip) -> #FF936A -> sunflower #FFC857 (root)",
    "leaf":    "sunflower #FFC857 (root) -> aqua #2FD9C8 (tip)",
    "icon-ink":   "radial-gradient(circle at 50% 62%, #2A2160 0%, #1A1240 55%)",
    "icon-cream": "radial-gradient(circle at 50% 60%, #FFF9F1 0%, #FFF3E4 60%)"
  },
  "roles": {
    "text-on-light": "ink #1A1240 on white 17.4:1 / on cream 15.9:1 (AAA)",
    "text-on-ink": "cream #FFF3E4 15.9:1 or white 17.4:1 (AAA)",
    "primary-button": "violet #6A4FF0 with white text 5.3:1 (AA for all text sizes)",
    "link-on-white": "violet #6A4FF0 5.3:1 (AA) or violet-deep #4E34D6 7.5:1 (AAA)",
    "accents-on-ink": "coral 6.8:1, aqua 9.9:1, sunflower 11.3:1, lilac 5.3:1, lilac-light 7.0:1",
    "never": "coral, peach, sunflower or aqua as text on white; lilac text on white; red / orange / yellow as the dominant body colour (Angry Birds); turquoise or green body (Duolingo); blue bird (Twitter); multicolour gradient squircle (Instagram)"
  },
  "mascot": "per-part colours, pivots and animation rules: friendealer/mascot/README.md",
  "with-mraya": "MRAYA (teal #0D2A2D / gold #E7C789) and Friendealer (lilac / ink) never share a background: on MRAYA screens the 'a Friendealer app' seal uses the colour mark on a deep-teal pill with ivory text.",
  "fonts": {
    "wordmark": "Plus Jakarta Sans ExtraBold (800), outlined to paths in logo/*.svg; tracking -8/1000 em plus optical kerning (see tools/build-vector.mjs, WMOPT)",
    "ui": "Plus Jakarta Sans (400-800) — SIL Open Font License 1.1, see fonts/README.md"
  }
}