v8.0.0
This release introduces Landmark, the next evolution of the HPE visual language. It aligns the theme with hpe-design-tokens v2-Landmark — delivering an updated color palette, typography, and iconography that reflect HPE’s refreshed brand identity.
Read Migrating from HPE Theme v7.x to v8.x for additional migration details.
Dependencies
- Updated hpe-design-tokens dependency from ~1.4.0 to ~2.0.0, introducing a refreshed visual design foundation.
- Dropped support for styled-components v5.
- Removed grommet-icons peer dependency.
- Added @hpe-design/icons-grommet peer dependency.
- Updated theme to use the new icon set from @hpe-design/icons-grommet.
Typography
- Switched typeface from HPE Metric to Graphik.
- Updated Text and Heading so that
weight="bold"maps to a theme-defined weight of 500. - For true bold, use numeric value 800.
- All typography now uses relative units (em) for better scalability and accessibility.
- Adjusted heading font sizes to be consistent across levels:
| Size | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| xxsmall | 14px | em |
| xsmall | 16px | em |
| small | 18px | em |
| large | 24px | em |
| xlarge | 32px | em |
Primary button
New color
A new color background-neutral-xstrong-hover has been added. This is used for the Primary button's hover state.
New primary button treatment
The primary button now features dark tones from the updated neutral palette.
Colors
Removed Colors
Removed the following colors from the theme:
- decorative-red
- red
- red!
- decorative-orange
- orange
- orange!
- decorative-yellow
- yellow
- yellow!
- decorative-teal
- teal
- teal!
These colors are no longer supported and should be replaced with other theme colors.
Brand-Aligned Color Strategy
In line with updated brand guidelines, the primary color palette for both interactive and non-interactive elements is composed of greys and greens.
New colors
Data visualisations colors
Status color update
Status backgrounds
Text, surfaces and borders
Text, icons and borders are using the new cooler greys.
| Light mode | Dark mode |
|---|---|
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HPE icons
To achieve landmark styling, in addition to upgrading to hpe-design-tokens v2-Landmark, users of grommet-icons should migrate to @hpe-design/icons-grommet. Icon migration guide


