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Material You date widget

By the WidgetCraft team · Updated November 13, 2026

A Material You date widget shows the weekday, a large day number and the month. Android 12-style tonal colors, large rounded shapes and friendly type. This page gives the exact colors, type settings and layers, with a preview drawn from the same values.

Material You date widget design preview: Android 12-style tonal colors, large rounded shapes and friendly type. — Design preview drawn from the recipe below. Example values are shown; your widget uses live data.

What a Material You date widget shows

A date widget is the calm alternative to a clock: one large number for the day, with the weekday above and the month below. It suits small 2 × 2 spaces and pairs well with a clock elsewhere on the screen.

It uses the phone's date, so it is free, works offline and needs no permission. WidgetCraft's Date layer takes a pattern, so each line can show a different part of the date.

How the Material You style shapes it

Material You is the design language Google introduced with Android 12. Widgets use soft tonal colors drawn from the wallpaper, very round corners and big readable numbers. This recipe recreates the look with fixed colors you choose.

Numbers: Make numbers large and rounded in the on-surface color.
Text: Use a friendly sans at medium weight in a dark tone of the same hue as the background.

Material You date widget recipe

Layer	Settings
Canvas	200 × 200, background #E8DEF8, corner radius 28
Date	weekday (pattern EEEE), size 15, color #6750A4, centered
Date	day number (pattern d), Google Sans or Roboto, weight 500, size 92, color #1D192B
Date	month (pattern MMMM), size 15, color #625B71
Ornament	a large circle in the darker container tone, tucked into the bottom right corner
Font	Google Sans or Roboto (import the font file), or the built-in Sans
Home screen size	2 × 2 cells

Material You color palette

Tonal lavender #E8DEF8Background
Primary container #D0BCFFSurface and tracks
On-surface #1D192BText
Outline grey #625B71Labels
Primary purple #6750A4Accent

How to make a Material You date widget in WidgetCraft

Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 200 × 200, the background to #E8DEF8 and the corner radius to 28.
Tap Add and choose Date. Set the pattern to the full weekday (EEEE), the size to 15 and the color to #6750A4.
Add a second Date layer with the day number (pattern d) at size 92 in #1D192B, using Google Sans or Roboto.
Add a third Date layer with the full month (MMMM) at size 15 in #625B71.
Center all three layers on the canvas.
Add the Material You ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a large circle in the darker container tone, tucked into the bottom right corner.
Tap Save, then Add to home screen and resize the widget on your launcher if needed.

Everything in this recipe works in the free version.

Tips for Material You date widgets

Take background, container and text from one hue at different lightness.
Use 28 points of corner radius.
Make the day number at least twice the size of the other lines.
Write the month in full if there is room; short forms such as "Nov" look cramped in serif fonts.
Pair it with a clock widget in the same font rather than squeezing the time into the same 2 × 2 space.
Do not mix unrelated hues.
Do not use hairline borders.

Questions about the Material You date widget

What size is a Material You date widget?

It is designed for 2 × 2 home screen cells on a 200 × 200 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Tonal lavender (#E8DEF8) for the background, On-surface (#1D192B) for the main text, Outline grey (#625B71) for labels and Primary purple (#6750A4) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Date widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the Material You styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for material 3 date widget, android 12 style date widget, pixel style date widget, google style date widget. They describe the same look as this Material You date widget.

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