---
title: "Spacing values are off the 4px grid (design/spacing-off-grid)"
description: "design/spacing-off-grid: Margins, paddings and gaps that don't share a base unit create subtle misalignment and uneven rhythm."
canonical: https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/spacing-off-grid
lastModified: 2026-09-16
---

# Spacing values are off the 4px grid

`design/spacing-off-grid` · severity **info** · category Design · detected by `void design` and `void audit`

## Why it matters

Margins, paddings and gaps that don't share a base unit create subtle misalignment and uneven rhythm.

## How to fix it

Use a 4px-based spacing scale (Tailwind's default) and avoid arbitrary values like p-[13px].

## More design rules

`void design` reports 19 rules in this category. Measured design heuristics from computed styles: font families, type scale, line length, palette and accent sprawl, spacing grid, radius sprawl, dark mode and the tells of generated UI.

- `multiple-accents` More than one accent hue — [design/multiple-accents](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/multiple-accents)
- `gradient-text` Gradient-filled heading text — [design/gradient-text](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/gradient-text)
- `purple-gradient` Purple/indigo gradient background — [design/purple-gradient](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/purple-gradient)
- `emoji-icons` Emoji used as icons — [design/emoji-icons](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/emoji-icons)
- `radius-sprawl` Too many different corner radii — [design/radius-sprawl](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/radius-sprawl)
- `no-dark-mode` No dark mode support — [design/no-dark-mode](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/no-dark-mode)
- `color-scheme-missing` color-scheme is not declared — [design/color-scheme-missing](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/color-scheme-missing)
- `selection-unstyled` ::selection is not styled — [design/selection-unstyled](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/selection-unstyled)

Detected by `void design` and `void audit`. Explain it in a terminal: `void rules design/spacing-off-grid`