Metrics & KPIs
Sixteen ways to show a number that matters.
A dashboard lives or dies by its metric cards. These are the variants worth reaching for — from a bare stat to a gauge — all built from the same Card primitive and the Violet Bloom chart palette.
The basics
Start here. A label, a number, and just enough context to make it mean something.
With a trend
A number tells you where you are; a sparkline tells you where you're going. Cheap to add, and usually worth it.
Against a target
When the number only means something relative to a goal, show the goal.
Dense layouts
For the top of a dashboard, where you need several numbers to share one band of space.