Visual changelog - Ghost Continuum 3.1 Luminous Membrane

Date: 2026-08-01
Scope: Public site (ghost.jonbailey.xyz) + local Command Nexus (packages/hub-ui) + hub static preview

Art direction

Before (OMEGA ASCENDANT)	After (Luminous Membrane)
Neon cyan / magenta / void black	Soft teal, pearl, warm charcoal with indigo-teal undertone
Orbitron + Rajdhani / IBM Plex	Clash Display + Satoshi (self-hosted Fontshare)
CRT scanlines + hard neon HUD	No scanlines; soft membrane ambient + crystal edges
Dense war-room chrome	Museum whitespace, progressive disclosure
Aggressive threat reds	Restrained rose / amber semantics

Public landing - full CSS design system rewrite (landing/css/ascend.css)
Hero - calm gradient display type, membrane stage chrome, softer lifecycle labels
Planes explorer - crystalline card hover/lift, breathing nexus core
Threat lifecycle demo - palette remap; same client-side campaign
Home Shield cards - soft top membrane bar, lift microinteraction
Efficacy gauges - soft teal living arcs
Quickstart / FAQ / footer - new tokens, focus rings, motion language
Hub preview (/hub/) - rebranded static preview page
Command Nexus UI - tokens, fonts, scanlines removed, title/chrome softened, operator glitch toned down
JS demos / holo / operator rain - palette remap to membrane teal system

Documented in docs/DESIGN-SYSTEM-LUMINOUS-MEMBRANE.md.

Tokens: primitive + semantic + legacy aliases so existing markup keeps working.

Motion: --motion-dur-* + spring-ish hover/press; full prefers-reduced-motion.

Type: /fonts/fontshare/fonts.css (deployed with site).