Cocoon CS Styleguide

This page is the shared design and content reference for the marketing site. Use it at /about/styleguide/ to review the current brand system, component rules, and page presentation standards.

Core Direction

Dark, credible, operational, and controlled. Cocoon CS should feel expert-led rather than decorative or startup-flashy.

Implementation Rule

Use cards for bounded panels, pill buttons for CTAs, and keep all other theme-owned surfaces square.

Shared Layout And Elementor Modules

These are the bridge patterns that appear across the site outside route-specific page families: visual cards, link cards, callouts, icon boxes, image boxes, icon lists, dividers, toggles, and meta grids.

elementor-bridge.css specimens

Icon Box

Used in migrated Elementor content and normalized by the bridge stylesheet.

Image box specimen

Image Box

Use when migrated content needs an image-led promo block.

  • Icon lists use a normalized bridge treatment across imported pages.
  • This keeps migrated sections visually aligned with the newer shell.
Toggle / FAQ item

Use this for migrated FAQ blocks and any elementor-native disclosure content still in the site.

Shell, Navigation, And Footer

The shared shell must be represented here with live markup, not screenshots. That includes breadcrumbs, mega menus, footer columns, and the dark footer bottom bar.

site-overrides.css + header.html

One governed program. Continuous readiness.

Connect controls, evidence, policies, risk, suppliers, and reporting in one operational workspace.

  • Keep ownership and remediation visible
  • Reuse evidence across overlapping frameworks
  • Turn activity into decision-ready reporting
Explore the platform

Shared CTA Bands And Marketing Modules

These are live shell modules already used across the site: centered CTA bands, the continuously moving framework-logo marquee, highlight cards, testimonial accents, and the short bottom-line strip.

site-overrides.css + inline-content.css

Header CTA Module

Use this full-width band when a page needs one strong next step.

Light CTA Band

Use the light version when the page needs a calmer handoff before the footer.

Explore the Platform

Bottom-Line Strip

Short proof-driven closeout strip used where the page needs one last compact summary statement.

Coverage Audit

This page now loads every active custom route stylesheet and shows a live specimen for each module family. Treat this as the audit index for making sure no Cocoon CS style exists only on its source route.

Shared System

  • site-overrides.css: breadcrumbs, mega menus, CTA bands, shared cards, shared forms, dark list surfaces, content grids, mobile navigation, and footer shell.
  • elementor-bridge.css: icon boxes, image boxes, icon lists, toggles, counters, dividers, and the normalized Elementor content shell.
  • sofax-overrides.css: shell buttons, the framework-logo marquee, home testimonial accents, highlight cards, and footer presentation.

Core Route Families

  • services.css, solutions.css, platform.css, service-index-3.css, and service-details.css are represented in the route-family specimens below.
  • about-company.css, resources-page.css, industries.css, industry-detail.css, and partnership-program.css are represented in the about, resources, industry, and partner specimens below.

Framework And Compliance Families

  • frameworks.css, framework-detail.css, cmmc.css, compliance-toolkit.css, and compliance-as-a-service.css each have live specimens on this page.
  • These cover framework bands, proof cards, phase cards, stat cards, CMMC grids, toolkit link cards, CAAS logo rows, and engagement cards.

Editorial And Embedded Modules

  • blog-sidebar.css and blog-single.css are represented with a listing card and article-body specimen.
  • inline-content.css is represented with legacy embedded forms, survey shells, schedule tables, CTA bands, and download cards.

Color System

The site should stay anchored to the current Cocoon CS palette, with the dark gradient leading hero sections and restrained accent use elsewhere.

Primary Text

#0B081D

Use for body copy, dark surfaces, and the gradient anchor.

Secondary

#1D174D

Use for shell depth, dark fills, and hero gradient finish.

Accent

#63599D

Use for emphasis, hover states, and supportive borders.

Primary Surface

#F7F9FC

Use for the default page background and calm section breaks.

Border Tone

#E6EEF5

Use for card edges, dividers, and subtle visual structure.

Banner Gradient

160deg

Default hero treatment: dark, high contrast, and brand-led.

Typography And Voice

Manrope is the official and only primary website typeface across headings, body copy, navigation, forms, statistics, labels, and calls to action. Its modern geometric construction gives Cocoon CS a clear SaaS product character while remaining highly readable for detailed compliance content.

H1 headline for a category-defining promise

H2 section headline with clear scope

H3 support headline for grouped content

Body copy uses a 16-pixel base with a 1.68 line-height and subtle optical spacing. Lead copy may rise to 18 pixels without changing the reading rhythm. Avoid filler language, hype phrasing, and vague category talk.

Inline links should use accent emphasis and become underlined on hover.

Messaging Rules

  • Heading hierarchy must stay visually obvious: H1 is larger than H2, and H2 is larger than H3.
  • Heading letter-spacing uses a restrained Manrope optical scale: H1 uses -0.012em, H2 uses -0.008em, and H3 uses -0.004em.
  • Body copy uses 0.003em letter-spacing, while navigation, buttons, captions, and compact interface text use 0.005em.
  • Use stronger positive tracking only for short uppercase labels. Never reuse tracking values from another typeface.
  • Lead with the problem, operating model, or buyer outcome.
  • Prefer concrete verbs such as centralize, govern, map, track, and maintain.
  • Avoid overclaiming with words like revolutionary, magical, or effortless.
  • Use the brand name as Cocoon CS.
  • Kickers, eyebrows, eyelines, and overlines are not allowed anywhere on the site.
  • Write for serious buyers comparing cybersecurity compliance options.

Buttons And CTAs

Buttons are one of the only surfaces allowed to use radius. Keep them pill-shaped, high contrast, and decisive.

Form Buttons

Cards, Surfaces, And Layout Rhythm

Cards may use 6px radius. Everything else should stay square. Sections should breathe, with strong container alignment and clear scanning order.

Use cards for bounded information

Cards should carry white backgrounds, light borders, restrained shadow, and enough padding to feel composed.

Use large vertical spacing

Most sections should land between 80 and 120 pixels of top and bottom padding on desktop, then compress cleanly on tablet and mobile.

Keep content on a disciplined measure

Use centered containers and avoid arbitrary offsets that break the overall shell alignment.

Form Guidance

Forms should look controlled and practical: white inputs, square corners, strong labels, and one clear submit action.

Dark Interactive List Surfaces

On dark surfaces, listbox and dropdown content must use high-contrast text, visible focus, and square interior surfaces. Dark text on a dark panel is not acceptable.

Rule

  • List content shown on dark surfaces must use light text with at least clear AA-level contrast.
  • Hovered, focused, and selected items need distinct states that remain visible against the dark shell.
  • The list surface itself should stay square. If it sits inside a card, the card may keep the allowed 6px radius.
  • Titles, labels, and helper text inside the component should inherit the same readable contrast rules.

Applied Example

Correct treatment for a workflow list on a dark background.

  • Implement Hybrid Shell
  • Review Pull Request
  • Close Test Gaps

Platform, Solutions, And Service Families

These grouped specimens cover the route-specific modules used on services, solutions, platform, resource, and service-detail pages. They use the live page classes directly.

services.css + solutions.css

Services landing cards

Shared overview cards and benefits tiles.

Solutions modules

Mini signal cards, panel cards, and dark metric rows.

Workflow Cross-functional evidence mapping
Buyer view Executive and supplier visibility
Program operating block

Use panel cards when a route needs one bounded summary of how multiple workstreams fit together.

Mapped 7 frameworks
Tracked Supplier obligations
Visible Evidence ownership

Illustrative component example—not customer results.

24critical workflows centralized
15buyer requests mapped
4governance roles coordinated
42+evidence streams tracked

platform.css + service-index-3.css

Platform dashboards

Platform routes use signal rows, framework cards, and dashboard cards with progress states.

Mapped Framework obligations

Shared evidence and control context.

Owned Team responsibilities

Workflow accountability by role.

Reported Executive metrics

One operational dashboard view.

Operational score

Program dashboard card

Use the dashboard card when the page needs a denser product-led specimen.

Service v3 hero modules

Modern service pages use centered hero cards, proof cards, and compact signal blocks.

Scope Recurring compliance leadership
Cadence Monthly working sessions
Output Visible roadmap decisions
Dashboard preview
Lead workflow Engagement launch block

Hero cards pair a media frame with a compact operating summary.

service-details.css + resources-page.css

Service detail panels

Detail routes use highlight grids and panel cards for deeper explanation.

Cadence Recurring leadership coverage
Governance Decision-ready reporting
Control Ownership and remediation visibility

Governance focus areas

Use panel cards when the route needs grouped operating pillars.

Track Risk and remediation
Align Buyer commitments
Report Executive posture

Resources cards

Resources pages mix collection cards, category cards, and dark feature cards.

about-company.css + industries.css

About company modules

About pages use dark stats rows, leader cards, and cleaner story cards.

Illustrative component example—not company proof.

Years24

Combined compliance delivery experience.

Roles4

Platform, governance, privacy, and delivery coverage.

DeliveryRemote

Product demos and consultations.

Focus1

Cybersecurity compliance execution.

Leadership card

Use for founder or leadership bios with short operating context.

Industry cards and marquee

Industry pages rely on dark marquee bands plus linked program cards.

Defence Healthcare Manufacturing Critical infrastructure

Defence and aerospace

Industry overview cards link to more detailed route families.

Explore industry

Program card

Use the larger program card for a deeper industry-specific operating block.

Framework, Compliance, Industry Detail, And Partner Families

These grouped specimens cover framework pages, industry-detail pages, CMMC pages, toolkit pages, CAAS pages, and the partnership program.

industry-detail.css + partnership-program.css

Industry detail modules

Detail pages use pill rows, highlight grids, and denser operating panels.

Supplier risk Buyer pressure Evidence cadence
Pressure Complex buyer requirements
Response Shared operating model
Outcome Visible accountability

Operating panel

Panel cards provide a larger summary block for one route’s governance approach.

Partner tracks and sidebars

Partner pages use numbered steps, track cards, and a supporting sidebar.

1

Qualify

Define the partner motion and delivery fit.

2

Launch

Package platform and governance support together.

Advisory

Partner track card

Use for packaged delivery pathways.

frameworks.css + framework-detail.css

CMMC CP-CSC ISO 27001 SOC 2

Framework overview card

Linked cards for broader framework collections.

Explore framework
Mapped controls

Proof card

Use proof cards to summarize one framework operating block.

Framework detail modules

Detail pages add phase cards and stat cards for roadmap sequencing.

Illustrative component example—not framework or customer results.

Controls 110+
Evidence Centralized
Status Review-ready
Phase 01

Map the scope

Clarify framework obligations and evidence ownership.

Phase 02

Operate the controls

Move recurring tasks into a governed working cadence.

cmmc.css + compliance-toolkit.css

CMMC modules

CMMC pages use proof grids, linked cards, and tighter framework-specific copy blocks.

Readiness

Assessment pathway

Linked framework cards used throughout CMMC pages.

Review pathway
Evidence set

Proof card

Use proof cards to summarize the operating posture.

Policies Mapped and versioned
Artifacts Reusable across levels
Owners Assigned by workflow

Toolkit link cards

Toolkit pages lean on link cards and reusable proof blocks.

compliance-as-a-service.css

CAAS modules

CAAS pages use trust-logo rows, program cards, signal cards, and featured engagement cards.

Control mapping
Evidence workflows
Executive reporting
Managed operating model Program card
Cadence Monthly governance
Scope Controls and evidence
Output Executive-ready reporting

Use the program card when the page needs a denser promise block than a standard feature card can provide.

Blog, Rich Text, And Embedded Modules

This section closes the remaining coverage gaps: blog cards, article-body typography, legacy embedded forms, download shells, and schedule tables.

blog-sidebar.css + blog-single.css

Article pages switch into a denser editorial shell with stronger list, quote, and rich-text rules.

Article body heading

Body copy uses a higher line-height and stronger list rhythm than the marketing landing pages.

“Use the article-body shell when content needs to read like editorial rather than product marketing.”
  • Accent-colored list markers
  • Underlined inline links
  • Large quote blocks on dark gradients

inline-content.css

Embedded lead form

Success and error notices are part of the embedded form family too.

Download or gated asset shell

This higher-contrast card is used for single-asset landing moments that need one focused conversion action.

Use this for guides, scorecards, and readiness downloads.

When Session Type
  • WhenApril 2026 SessionCMMC Readiness Workshop TypeVirtual
  • WhenMay 2026 SessionSupplier Governance Bootcamp TypeLive cohort

Non-Negotiables

These are the quickest checks to keep shared pages aligned with the current Cocoon CS shell and brand direction.

Do

  • Use the dark Cocoon CS gradient for heroes and banners by default.
  • Keep footer, shell, and card treatments restrained and credible.
  • Reserve 6px radius for cards and 999px for buttons only.
  • Center layouts around a disciplined content container.
  • Lead with recognizable pressure and the buyer’s desired change, then substantiate the promise with direct operational proof.

Avoid

  • Do not introduce rounded inputs, rounded panels, or rounded media frames.
  • Do not swap the brand hero for unrelated gradients or pastel themes.
  • Do not use kickers, eyebrows, eyelines, or overlines anywhere on the site.
  • Do not overuse purple accents or novelty visual effects.
  • Do not let this page drift from the live shared shell, typography, or component rules it documents.