Building a design system with Radix

Radix is an open-source library designed to facilitate the creation of accessible, high-quality React web applications and design systems through the use of headless components. It consists of three main products: Primitives, Colors, and Icons, which can be used independently or in combination to build robust design systems. Radix Primitives offers a collection of unstyled, accessible components that simplify the development of common component patterns, ensuring compliance with WAI-ARIA standards and enhancing keyboard navigation. Radix Colors provides a sophisticated color system that supports dark mode and meets WCAG contrast ratio requirements, while Radix Icons offers a crisp set of 15x15 icons available in various formats. The article further distinguishes between design systems and component libraries, emphasizing how Radix can support the creation of both, and provides a tutorial on building a sample component library using Radix Primitives, showcasing the construction and styling of a range input and tabs component to illustrate Radix's capabilities in simplifying complex tasks while ensuring accessibility and customization.