Scarlet Pinnacle
Brand Identity System · v1.0
Client: Shirley Lutz, PMP · DFW, Texas

Scarlet Pinnacle
Realty

The look, type, color and voice for the new site. Built around the thing nobody else in this market can say: a PMP with 30+ years on construction and development jobs is watching your project.

Owner
Shirley Lutz, PMP
Who it's for
Real estate investors, buyers, private lenders
Home base
Red Oak, TX · DFW
Colors
Scarlet, black, white
https://scarletpinnaclerealty.com

Construction project management for DFW real estate investors

Your boots on the ground. Let my 30+ years in construction and development manage the project, so you can focus on finding your next property.

Project updateWeek 6

Cabin renovation · Phase 3 of 5

ScheduleOn track
BudgetWithin 2% of plan
Next site visitThursday, 8:00 AM
  • Framing inspection passed
  • Photos sent to owner
  • Electrical rough-in
Sample data · real project updates drop in here
30+
Years in construction + development
PMP
Certified project management professional
On site
Photo progress reports from the job
DFW
Based in Red Oak, Texas

Why this hero: the H1 carries the search term her buyers type (construction project management + DFW + investors). Her line "Your boots on the ground" leads the subhead. The project report card is the signature element: it shows an investor exactly what working with Shirley looks like. Her headshot and real project photos replace the sample data at build.

01

Logo system

A peak for the pinnacle. The cut inside it reads as a roofline and a doorway, so it says real estate and construction at the same time. The star comes from her current site icon, so it keeps a thread to what she already has.

Scarlet PinnacleREALTY
Primary · on black
Scarlet PinnacleREALTY
Reversed · on scarlet
Scarlet PinnacleREALTY
Primary · on white
Mark
Site icon / social

Rules

  • Clear space on every side equals the height of the star.
  • Smallest size: 24px for the mark, 140px wide for the full lockup.
  • Only three versions: scarlet peak on black, white peak on scarlet, scarlet peak on white.
  • Never recolor the peak, stretch it, add a shadow, or set the wordmark in another font.
  • If Shirley already has a logo file, it replaces this and we match the system to it.
02

Color palette

Her colors, red, black and white, tuned so they pass accessibility checks and hold up on a phone in full sun. Scarlet is the only loud color, and it's saved for actions and status.

PRIMARY

Scarlet

#C8102E
Primary · CTA

Buttons, the logo peak, status labels, one accent line per section. Never a full-page background.

BG

Site Black

#0E0D0D
Background · dark sections

Hero, navigation, footer, project report cards. A warm black, not pure #000.

BG

Paper White

#F6F4F1
Background · light sections

Listings, forms, About. Warmer than plain white so photos look natural next to it.

DEPTH

Charcoal

#1B1A1A
Support · cards

Cards and panels on black sections. Borders use #2C2A29.

ACCENT

Oxblood

#7A0C1E
Accent · depth

Progress bars (fading into scarlet), hover states, the "Sold" and "Closed" labels.

TEXT

Signal Red

#F03A50
Text accent on black

Small red text on dark backgrounds only. Regular scarlet is too dark to read at small sizes on black.

Primary CTAScarlet + white text
Labels / dataSignal Red on black
Depth / cardsCharcoal on Site Black
Body textPaper on black · black on Paper
White on Scarlet5.9 : 1 · passes AA
Signal Red on Black5.0 : 1 · passes AA
Scarlet on Paper5.4 : 1 · passes AA
03

Typography

A tall condensed headline face with job-site weight, a clean body face for reading on a phone, and a monospace for the numbers: budgets, schedules, prices, status. That last one is what makes the site read like a project report.

Display

Big Shoulders Display

900 / 800 · uppercase · hero H1s, big numbers

Your boots on the ground
Heading

Barlow Condensed

700 / 600 · section titles, card titles, buttons, nav

Renovation planning and contractor coordination
Data / label

IBM Plex Mono

500 / 400 · prices, budgets, dates, status labels

Status: UNDER CONTRACT
Budget: $48,200 of $52,000 · Phase 3 of 5
Body

Source Sans 3

400 / 600 · 17 to 18px on mobile · line-height 1.6

I visit the site, check the work against the scope, keep the contractors on schedule, and send you photos and a written update. You know where your project stands without driving out to see it.

Weight scale

Source Sans 3

The only weights we load

Light 300Regular 400Semibold 600Bold 700
04

Buttons & calls to action

Her three paths from the homepage, in order of weight. One scarlet button per screen, so the next step is always obvious.

Primary

The main action. Project inquiries, "Request info" on a listing, form submit.

Secondary

The second path. Sits next to the primary on dark sections.

Ghost

Lowest weight. "See all projects", "Back to listings", inline links.

On light

Black button on Paper sections; turns scarlet on hover.

05

Taglines

Her line leads. The rest are for ads, flyers, social posts and page headers, all in the same voice.

Your boots on the ground.Primary · her line
I manage the project. You find the next deal.Homepage / ads
Thirty years on job sites. Now on yours.About / social
Know where your project stands without driving out.Project management page
Tell me what you buy. I'll send you the ones that fit.Buy box
06

Design language

The site should feel like a well-run job: plans on the table, numbers on the board, nothing extra. Three patterns carry it.

Plan grid

A faint drafting grid behind dark sections. A single scarlet outline frames the thing that matters on the page.

Bear Country CabinsPROJECT · IN PROGRESS

Corner marks

Scarlet corner brackets, like the marks on a set of plans. Used on project titles and featured listings. Paper sections only.

Schedule bars

Progress and phase bars from oxblood to scarlet. Used on project pages, the report card, and lending progress.

Photography

Real job-site and property photos only, no stock. Shirley on site in the hero and About (hard hat is fine, it's the brand). Before/after pairs at the same angle. Full color on Paper sections; a black-to-transparent fade under text on dark sections.

What we leave out

No stock office towers or handshake photos. No decorative icons or badge bubbles. No gradients except the progress bars. One scarlet element per screen, so it keeps meaning "look here."

07

Site components

The pieces her site is built from. Same parts on every listing, project and form, so she can add new ones herself and they always look right. Sample data shown.

Property listing card
AvailableProperty photo

3/2 Single-family, full remodel

Ellis County, TX · sample
Price
Ask
Beds/Baths
3 / 2
Terms
Cash
Available Under Contract Funded Sold Closed
Project progress update

Bear Country Cabins

Phase: in progress · updates from Shirley
  1. Latest updateSite visit, photos of the week's work, what's next and when.
  2. EarlierContractor walkthrough and punch list, with before photos.
  3. StartScope, budget and schedule set with the owner.
Buy-box form

Submit your buy box

Tell me what you buy. I'll send you the deals that fit.

Ellis, Dallas, Johnson
$100k to $300k
FlipBuy & holdBRRRRShort-term rental
08

Voice snapshot

Shirley talks like a project manager: first person, specific, on schedule. She writes the way she'd run a site meeting.

Hands-on

She's on the site. "I walk the job" instead of "we provide oversight solutions."

Precise

Dates, phases, dollar amounts. "Phase 3 of 5, on budget" instead of "progressing well."

Accountable

Says what she'll do and when, then reports back. The PMP shows up as follow-through, not jargon.

Plain-spoken

Investor to investor. No hype about returns, no corporate filler.

Say it like this

  • I visit your site, check the work against the scope, and send you photos the same day.
  • Phase 3 of 5. Framing passed inspection Tuesday. Electrical starts Monday.
  • Thirty years managing construction and development projects, and I hold a PMP.
  • Tell me what you buy and where. When a deal fits, you'll hear about it first.
  • Under contract. Next one goes out to the buyer list first.

Not like this

  • We deliver strategic real estate solutions that create lasting value.
  • Guaranteed returns on every investment opportunity.
  • Passive income made effortless.
  • Leveraging data-driven insights to unlock growth.
  • Your trusted partner on the journey to financial freedom.

Audience

Out-of-area and busy local investors who need eyes on a renovation. Buyers looking for DFW deals. Private lenders who want to see the project before they fund it.

Never say

Guaranteed returns, risk-free, passive income, "done right," or any promise about what an investment will earn. Lending and assignment pages use only attorney-approved wording.

Tone dial

Direct 9 · Warm 6 · Technical 6 · Hype 0. First person ("I") on service pages; "Scarlet Pinnacle" on listings and legal copy.