diff --git a/frontend/src/styles/tailwind.css b/frontend/src/styles/tailwind.css
index dee4df33d58..86e322a874d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/styles/tailwind.css
+++ b/frontend/src/styles/tailwind.css
@@ -8,12 +8,18 @@
   }
 
   :root {
+    /* Absolute colors */
+
     --color-black: #000;
-    --color-black-72: #000000b8;
     --color-white: #fff;
-    --color-yellow-3: #fde034;
-    --color-pink-8: #ad1f85;
-    --color-gray: #232323;
+
+    /* Opacities of absolute colors */
+
+    --color-black-72: #000000b8;
+    --color-white-72: #ffffffb8;
+
+    /* Grayscale */
+
     --color-gray-1: #f7f7f7;
     --color-gray-2: #ededed;
     --color-gray-3: #dfdfdf;
@@ -27,6 +33,9 @@
     --color-gray-11: #363636;
     --color-gray-12: #232323;
     --color-gray-13: #0d0d0d;
+
+    /* Accent colors */
+
     --color-pink-1: #fcf4fa;
     --color-pink-2: #f9e7f3;
     --color-pink-3: #f9d2ec;
@@ -34,13 +43,16 @@
     --color-pink-5: #eb7dc8;
     --color-pink-6: #eb3bbf;
     --color-pink-7: #d028a3;
+    --color-pink-8: #ad1f85;
     --color-pink-9: #911a71;
     --color-pink-10: #79165d;
     --color-pink-11: #5e1241;
     --color-pink-12: #3e0c2a;
     --color-pink-13: #1b0410;
+
     --color-yellow-1: #fff9d4;
     --color-yellow-2: #feefa0;
+    --color-yellow-3: #fde034;
     --color-yellow-4: #e5c428;
     --color-yellow-5: #c7a714;
     --color-yellow-6: #ad9011;
@@ -51,6 +63,9 @@
     --color-yellow-11: #4a300c;
     --color-yellow-12: #331d05;
     --color-yellow-13: #180801;
+
+    /* Opacities of grayscale */
+
     --color-gray-1-10: #f7f7f71a;
     --color-gray-1-20: #f7f7f733;
     --color-gray-1-30: #f7f7f74d;
@@ -60,6 +75,7 @@
     --color-gray-1-70: #f7f7f7b2;
     --color-gray-1-80: #f7f7f7cc;
     --color-gray-1-90: #f7f7f7e5;
+
     --color-gray-12-10: #2323231a;
     --color-gray-12-20: #23232333;
     --color-gray-12-30: #2323234d;
@@ -69,9 +85,9 @@
     --color-gray-12-70: #232323b2;
     --color-gray-12-80: #232323cc;
     --color-gray-12-90: #232323e5;
-    --color-gray-13-0: #0d0d0d00;
-    --color-white-72: #ffffffb8;
-    --color-white-0: #fff0;
+
+    /* Semantic colors */
+
     --color-info-1: #f5f7fb;
     --color-info-2: #e6edfc;
     --color-info-3: #d3dffb;
@@ -85,6 +101,7 @@
     --color-info-11: #192f73;
     --color-info-12: #122047;
     --color-info-13: #060c1c;
+
     --color-warning-1: #fcf6f0;
     --color-warning-2: #faead9;
     --color-warning-3: #f9d9b4;
@@ -98,6 +115,7 @@
     --color-warning-11: #4b2f05;
     --color-warning-12: #341e00;
     --color-warning-13: #160a00;
+
     --color-success-1: #f1fbef;
     --color-success-2: #dff5db;
     --color-success-3: #caeac1;
@@ -111,6 +129,7 @@
     --color-success-11: #104200;
     --color-success-12: #072c00;
     --color-success-13: #021200;
+
     --color-error-1: #fdf5f3;
     --color-error-2: #fee7e4;
     --color-error-3: #f9d6d0;
@@ -128,6 +147,7 @@
 
   @media (prefers-color-scheme: light) {
     :root {
+      /* Backgrounds */
       --color-bg: var(--color-white);
       --color-bg-surface: var(--color-gray-1);
       --color-bg-overlay: var(--color-white);
@@ -144,7 +164,9 @@
       --color-bg-success: var(--color-success-2);
       --color-bg-error: var(--color-error-2);
       --color-bg-disabled: var(--color-gray-5);
-      --color-bg-zero: var(--color-white-0);
+      --color-bg-blur: var(--color-white-72);
+
+      /* Borders */
       --color-border: var(--color-gray-3);
       --color-border-hover: var(--color-gray-12);
       --color-border-secondary: var(--color-gray-12-20);
@@ -154,6 +176,8 @@
       --color-border-focus: var(--color-pink-8);
       --color-border-bg-ring: var(--color-white);
       --color-border-disabled: var(--color-gray-5);
+
+      /* Text */
       --color-text: var(--color-gray-12);
       --color-text-secondary: var(--color-gray-8);
       --color-text-disabled: var(--color-gray-5);
@@ -161,12 +185,18 @@
       --color-text-over-dark: var(--color-white);
       --color-text-over-negative: var(--color-gray-1);
       --color-text-secondary-over-dark: var(--color-gray-5);
+
+      /* Icons */
       --color-icon-warning: var(--color-warning-8);
       --color-icon-info: var(--color-info-8);
       --color-icon-success: var(--color-success-8);
       --color-icon-error: var(--color-error-8);
+
+      /* Waveform */
       --color-wave-active: var(--color-yellow-9);
       --color-wave-inactive: var(--color-gray-12-20);
+
+      /* Misc */
       --color-modal-layer: var(--color-gray-12-80);
       --color-new-highlight: var(--color-pink-6);
       --color-gray-new-highlight: var(--color-gray-12-20);
@@ -175,6 +205,7 @@
 
   @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
     :root {
+      /* Backgrounds */
       --color-bg: var(--color-gray-13);
       --color-bg-surface: var(--color-gray-12);
       --color-bg-overlay: var(--color-gray-11);
@@ -191,7 +222,9 @@
       --color-bg-success: var(--color-success-11);
       --color-bg-error: var(--color-error-11);
       --color-bg-disabled: var(--color-gray-8);
-      --color-bg-zero: var(--color-gray-13-0);
+      --color-bg-blur: var(--color-black-72);
+
+      /* Borders */
       --color-border: var(--color-gray-11);
       --color-border-hover: var(--color-gray-1);
       --color-border-secondary: var(--color-gray-1-20);
@@ -201,6 +234,8 @@
       --color-border-focus: var(--color-yellow-4);
       --color-border-bg-ring: var(--color-gray-13);
       --color-border-disabled: var(--color-gray-8);
+
+      /* Text */
       --color-text: var(--color-gray-1);
       --color-text-secondary: var(--color-gray-5);
       --color-text-disabled: var(--color-gray-8);
@@ -208,12 +243,18 @@
       --color-text-over-dark: var(--color-gray-13);
       --color-text-over-negative: var(--color-gray-12);
       --color-text-secondary-over-dark: var(--color-gray-8);
+
+      /* Icons */
       --color-icon-warning: var(--color-warning-5);
       --color-icon-info: var(--color-info-5);
       --color-icon-success: var(--color-success-5);
       --color-icon-error: var(--color-error-5);
+
+      /* Waveform */
       --color-wave-active: var(--color-pink-4);
       --color-wave-inactive: var(--color-gray-1-30);
+
+      /* Misc */
       --color-modal-layer: var(--color-gray-12-60);
       --color-new-highlight: var(--color-yellow-3);
       --color-gray-new-highlight: var(--color-gray-1-20);
@@ -222,6 +263,7 @@
 
   :is(.light-mode),
   :is(.light-mode *) {
+    /* Backgrounds */
     --color-bg: var(--color-white);
     --color-bg-surface: var(--color-gray-1);
     --color-bg-overlay: var(--color-white);
@@ -238,8 +280,9 @@
     --color-bg-success: var(--color-success-2);
     --color-bg-error: var(--color-error-2);
     --color-bg-disabled: var(--color-gray-5);
-    --color-bg-zero: var(--color-white-0);
     --color-bg-blur: var(--color-white-72);
+
+    /* Borders */
     --color-border: var(--color-gray-3);
     --color-border-hover: var(--color-gray-12);
     --color-border-secondary: var(--color-gray-12-20);
@@ -249,6 +292,8 @@
     --color-border-focus: var(--color-pink-8);
     --color-border-bg-ring: var(--color-white);
     --color-border-disabled: var(--color-gray-5);
+
+    /* Text */
     --color-text: var(--color-gray-12);
     --color-text-secondary: var(--color-gray-8);
     --color-text-disabled: var(--color-gray-5);
@@ -256,12 +301,18 @@
     --color-text-over-dark: var(--color-white);
     --color-text-over-negative: var(--color-gray-1);
     --color-text-secondary-over-dark: var(--color-gray-5);
+
+    /* Icons */
     --color-icon-warning: var(--color-warning-8);
     --color-icon-info: var(--color-info-8);
     --color-icon-success: var(--color-success-8);
     --color-icon-error: var(--color-error-8);
+
+    /* Waveform */
     --color-wave-active: var(--color-yellow-9);
     --color-wave-inactive: var(--color-gray-12-20);
+
+    /* Misc */
     --color-modal-layer: var(--color-gray-12-80);
     --color-new-highlight: var(--color-pink-6);
     --color-gray-new-highlight: var(--color-gray-12-20);
@@ -269,6 +320,7 @@
 
   :is(.dark-mode *),
   :is(.dark-mode) {
+    /* Backgrounds */
     --color-bg: var(--color-gray-13);
     --color-bg-surface: var(--color-gray-12);
     --color-bg-overlay: var(--color-gray-11);
@@ -285,8 +337,9 @@
     --color-bg-success: var(--color-success-11);
     --color-bg-error: var(--color-error-11);
     --color-bg-disabled: var(--color-gray-8);
-    --color-bg-zero: var(--color-gray-13-0);
     --color-bg-blur: var(--color-black-72);
+
+    /* Borders */
     --color-border: var(--color-gray-11);
     --color-border-hover: var(--color-gray-1);
     --color-border-secondary: var(--color-gray-1-20);
@@ -296,6 +349,8 @@
     --color-border-focus: var(--color-yellow-4);
     --color-border-bg-ring: var(--color-gray-13);
     --color-border-disabled: var(--color-gray-8);
+
+    /* Text */
     --color-text: var(--color-gray-1);
     --color-text-secondary: var(--color-gray-5);
     --color-text-disabled: var(--color-gray-8);
@@ -303,12 +358,18 @@
     --color-text-over-dark: var(--color-gray-13);
     --color-text-over-negative: var(--color-gray-12);
     --color-text-secondary-over-dark: var(--color-gray-8);
+
+    /* Icons */
     --color-icon-warning: var(--color-warning-5);
     --color-icon-info: var(--color-info-5);
     --color-icon-success: var(--color-success-5);
     --color-icon-error: var(--color-error-5);
+
+    /* Waveform */
     --color-wave-active: var(--color-pink-4);
     --color-wave-inactive: var(--color-gray-1-30);
+
+    /* Misc */
     --color-modal-layer: var(--color-gray-12-60);
     --color-new-highlight: var(--color-yellow-3);
     --color-gray-new-highlight: var(--color-gray-1-20);
diff --git a/frontend/tailwind.config.ts b/frontend/tailwind.config.ts
index 17da633a74b..4b7fd87c13e 100644
--- a/frontend/tailwind.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/tailwind.config.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,40 @@ import { Z_INDICES } from "./src/constants/z-indices"
 
 import type { Config } from "tailwindcss"
 
+/**
+ * Create a scale of shades for the given color.
+ *
+ * The scale will have the specified number of points, indexed from 1.
+ *
+ * @param color - the color to generate the scale for
+ * @param points - the number of points to have in the scale
+ * @returns - the object mapping an index to the color CSS variable
+ */
+export const shadeScale = (color: string, points = 13) =>
+  Object.fromEntries(
+    Array.from({ length: points }, (_, idx) => [
+      idx + 1,
+      `var(--color-${color}-${idx + 1})`,
+    ])
+  )
+
+/**
+ * Create a scale of opacities for the given color.
+ *
+ * The scale will have opacities from 10% to 90%, in 10% increments. Use
+ * the regular color for 100% opacity and `tx` for 0% opacity.
+ *
+ * @param color - the color to generate the scale for
+ * @returns - the object mapping an opacity to the color CSS variable
+ */
+export const opacityScale = (color: string) =>
+  Object.fromEntries(
+    Array.from({ length: 9 }, (_, idx) => [
+      (idx + 1) * 10,
+      `var(--color-${color}-${(idx + 1) * 10})`,
+    ])
+  )
+
 export default {
   darkMode: [
     "variant",
@@ -38,146 +72,32 @@ export default {
         inactive: "var(--color-wave-inactive)",
       },
       "modal-layer": "var(--color-modal-layer)",
-      info: {
-        1: "var(--color-info-1)",
-        2: "var(--color-info-2)",
-        3: "var(--color-info-3)",
-        4: "var(--color-info-4)",
-        5: "var(--color-info-5)",
-        6: "var(--color-info-6)",
-        7: "var(--color-info-7)",
-        8: "var(--color-info-8)",
-        9: "var(--color-info-9)",
-        10: "var(--color-info-10)",
-        11: "var(--color-info-11)",
-        12: "var(--color-info-12)",
-        13: "var(--color-info-13)",
-      },
-      warning: {
-        1: "var(--color-warning-1)",
-        2: "var(--color-warning-2)",
-        3: "var(--color-warning-3)",
-        4: "var(--color-warning-4)",
-        5: "var(--color-warning-5)",
-        6: "var(--color-warning-6)",
-        7: "var(--color-warning-7)",
-        8: "var(--color-warning-8)",
-        9: "var(--color-warning-9)",
-        10: "var(--color-warning-10)",
-        11: "var(--color-warning-11)",
-        12: "var(--color-warning-12)",
-        13: "var(--color-warning-13)",
-      },
-      success: {
-        1: "var(--color-success-1)",
-        2: "var(--color-success-2)",
-        3: "var(--color-success-3)",
-        4: "var(--color-success-4)",
-        5: "var(--color-success-5)",
-        6: "var(--color-success-6)",
-        7: "var(--color-success-7)",
-        8: "var(--color-success-8)",
-        9: "var(--color-success-9)",
-        10: "var(--color-success-10)",
-        11: "var(--color-success-11)",
-        12: "var(--color-success-12)",
-        13: "var(--color-success-13)",
-      },
-      error: {
-        1: "var(--color-error-1)",
-        2: "var(--color-error-2)",
-        3: "var(--color-error-3)",
-        4: "var(--color-error-4)",
-        5: "var(--color-error-5)",
-        6: "var(--color-error-6)",
-        7: "var(--color-error-7)",
-        8: "var(--color-error-8)",
-        9: "var(--color-error-9)",
-        10: "var(--color-error-10)",
-        11: "var(--color-error-11)",
-        12: "var(--color-error-12)",
-        13: "var(--color-error-13)",
-      },
+
+      // Semantic colors
+
+      info: shadeScale("info"),
+      warning: shadeScale("warning"),
+      success: shadeScale("success"),
+      error: shadeScale("error"),
+
+      // Grayscale
+
       black: "var(--color-black)",
-      gray: {
-        DEFAULT: "var(--color-gray)",
-        "dark-gray": "var(--color-dark-gray)",
-        "light-gray": "var(--color-light-gray)",
-        1: "var(--color-gray-1)",
-        2: "var(--color-gray-2)",
-        3: "var(--color-gray-3)",
-        4: "var(--color-gray-4)",
-        5: "var(--color-gray-5)",
-        6: "var(--color-gray-6)",
-        7: "var(--color-gray-7)",
-        8: "var(--color-gray-8)",
-        9: "var(--color-gray-9)",
-        10: "var(--color-gray-10)",
-        11: "var(--color-gray-11)",
-        12: "var(--color-gray-12)",
-        13: "var(--color-gray-13)",
-      },
+      white: "var(--color-white)",
+      gray: shadeScale("gray"),
+
+      // Opacities of grayscale
+
       "gray-opacity": {
-        1: {
-          10: "var(--color-gray-1-10)",
-          20: "var(--color-gray-1-20)",
-          30: "var(--color-gray-1-30)",
-          40: "var(--color-gray-1-40)",
-          50: "var(--color-gray-1-50)",
-          60: "var(--color-gray-1-60)",
-          70: "var(--color-gray-1-70)",
-          80: "var(--color-gray-1-80)",
-          90: "var(--color-gray-1-90)",
-        },
-        12: {
-          10: "var(--color-gray-12-10)",
-          20: "var(--color-gray-12-20)",
-          30: "var(--color-gray-12-30)",
-          40: "var(--color-gray-12-40)",
-          50: "var(--color-gray-12-50)",
-          60: "var(--color-gray-12-60)",
-          70: "var(--color-gray-12-70)",
-          80: "var(--color-gray-12-80)",
-          90: "var(--color-gray-12-90)",
-        },
-        13: {
-          0: "var(--color-gray-13-0)",
-        },
-      },
-      white: {
-        DEFAULT: "var(--color-white)",
-        0: "var(--color-white-0)",
-      },
-      pink: {
-        1: "var(--color-pink-1)",
-        2: "var(--color-pink-2)",
-        3: "var(--color-pink-3)",
-        4: "var(--color-pink-4)",
-        5: "var(--color-pink-5)",
-        6: "var(--color-pink-6)",
-        7: "var(--color-pink-7)",
-        8: "var(--color-pink-8)",
-        9: "var(--color-pink-9)",
-        10: "var(--color-pink-10)",
-        11: "var(--color-pink-11)",
-        12: "var(--color-pink-12)",
-        13: "var(--color-pink-13)",
-      },
-      yellow: {
-        1: "var(--color-yellow-1)",
-        2: "var(--color-yellow-2)",
-        3: "var(--color-yellow-3)",
-        4: "var(--color-yellow-4)",
-        5: "var(--color-yellow-5)",
-        7: "var(--color-yellow-7)",
-        8: "var(--color-yellow-8)",
-        9: "var(--color-yellow-9)",
-        10: "var(--color-yellow-10)",
-        11: "var(--color-yellow-11)",
-        12: "var(--color-yellow-12)",
-        13: "var(--color-yellow-13)",
+        1: opacityScale("gray-1"),
+        12: opacityScale("gray-12"),
       },
 
+      // Accent colors
+
+      pink: shadeScale("pink"),
+      yellow: shadeScale("yellow"),
+
       // Special keywords
       tx: "transparent",
       curr: "currentColor",
@@ -340,7 +260,6 @@ export default {
         success: "var(--color-bg-success)",
         error: "var(--color-bg-error)",
         disabled: "var(--color-bg-disabled)",
-        zero: "var(--color-bg-zero)",
         blur: "var(--color-bg-blur)",
         "curr-page": "var(--color-bg-curr-page, var(--color-bg))",
       },