The CSS property that rounds the corners of an element, measured in pixels or percentages. Border radius transforms harsh rectangles into friendlier, more organic shapes—from subtle rounding to perfect circles. Framer provides individual corner controls for asymmetric rounding and variables to maintain consistent corner radii across your design system.

A reusable color value stored centrally and referenced throughout your design, enabling consistent branding and easy global updates. When you change a color variable, every element using it updates automatically. Framer's color variables support semantic naming like 'primary' and 'error' for maintainable design systems.

The space inside an element, between its content and border. Padding improves readability and visual balance by creating internal breathing room. Consistent padding values help maintain a coherent design system.

A saved set of visual properties—colors, typography, effects—that can be applied consistently across elements. Styles enable design system consistency and make global updates efficient. In Framer, text and color styles ensure brand coherence throughout your project.

A named value stored centrally that can be reused throughout your project and updated globally from one location. Variables enable design systems by ensuring consistent values for colors, spacing, radii, and more. Framer's variable system supports colors, numbers, and responsive values.

Google's design system combining flat design principles with subtle shadows and motion to suggest physical depth and surfaces. Material Design provides comprehensive guidelines for creating consistent, intuitive Android and web interfaces. Many principles translate to general interface design beyond Google products.

Documentation defining a brand’s visual standards including colors, typography, spacing, and component usage rules. Style guides ensure consistency across team members, projects, and time. Maintain living style guides that evolve with your design system.

A methodology for building design systems from smallest elements (atoms) up through molecules, organisms, templates, and pages. This approach creates reusable, composable components that scale efficiently across large projects. Framer's component system naturally supports atomic design principles with nested components.

Usability measures how effectively, efficiently, and satisfactorily users can achieve goals within a system or interface.

Find Similar Designs is an AI retrieval feature that helps teams discover visually related assets in large files or libraries. It supports consistency by linking discovery to your Design System and optional Style Reference inputs.

AI Layer Renaming automatically assigns meaningful layer names based on content and structure. This improves handoff, keeps files consistent with a Design System, and complements reusable Component Properties.