Mono plus: a lilac plus-sign grid on midnight purple
One color, one motif: soft lilac plus signs at Shape scale 18 repeat on a rigid grid over midnight purple, like registration marks on a dark artboard. The hero is a squircle drawn as a thin Outline in pale lavender and rotated 12 degrees, so it frames content instead of covering it. Noise at 22 opacity uses a white Tint in Screen blend, the right way round for dark surfaces, where Multiply would simply vanish.
Make it yours
Go from plus signs to crosses
Set Motif to Crosses to turn every mark by 45 degrees, which moves the technical grid toward a textile. Weight, 50 here, controls how thick the arms are: 20 gives hairline marks and 80 gives chunky ones.
Square up the squircle
On a squircle, Points changes how square the corners are instead of adding corners. It is 4 here. Move it to 10 for a boxier, app-icon outline, and raise Stroke width from 2 to 5 if the frame gets lost on large screens.
FAQ
How do I keep a pattern subtle in dark mode?
Limit it to one light tint of the background hue and keep the marks small and far apart. Mono plus does this with lilac on midnight purple at Spacing 220. For texture, use a white Tint with Blend mode on Screen so the noise lightens the surface slightly. If the grid still pulls focus, reduce the pattern's Opacity before you touch the color.
How it works
Build the pattern
Pick a motif and a square, brick or hex layout, then set scale, spacing, weight, rotation, two pattern colors and a background.
Add a shape and a texture
Place one of 8 shapes with a solid, outline or gradient fill, then layer one of 9 textures with a blend mode and opacity.
Frame and use it
Choose a ratio from 1:1 to 9:16, preview it in hero, card and mobile layouts, then sign in with a free UX Pilot account to use it on the canvas or export it.