Vaporwave clock widget

What a vaporwave clock widget shows

A digital clock is the widget most people place first. It needs to be readable from arm's length, so the time takes most of the space and the date sits quietly below it.

It uses the phone's own time, so it needs no permission and works offline. WidgetCraft's clock layer follows your 12- or 24-hour setting unless you choose a format.

How the vaporwave style shapes it

Vaporwave widgets use a pink-to-purple sunset gradient, teal highlights and wide retro type. The look comes from 1980s graphics remembered through early internet art.

• Numbers: Center the number in white over the gradient and keep it bold.
• Text: Use wide capitals in white with a pink or teal label underneath.

Vaporwave clock widget recipe

Vaporwave color palette

• Twilight #2B1055Background
• Haze blue #7597DESurface and tracks
• White #FFFFFFText
• Lavender #E0C3FCLabels
• Bubblegum #FF71CEAccent

How to make a vaporwave clock widget in WidgetCraft

1. Create a widget and open Canvas. Set the size to 360 × 180, the background to gradient #2B1055 to #7597DE at 45° and the corner radius to 14.
2. Tap Add and choose Clock. Set the format to hours and minutes, the font to Righteous, the size to 78 and the color to #FFFFFF.
3. Add a Date layer above it for the weekday at size 12 in #E0C3FC, in capitals.
4. Add a second Date layer below for the day and month at size 15.
5. Add a small Shape in #FF71CE as the only accent, and center every layer.
6. Arrange the layers in the stacked layout: weekday, time, then date, all center aligned.
7. Add the vaporwave ornament with Shape layers and move them below the other layers in Layers: a pink half sun (circle) rising from the bottom right, cut by four thin horizontal bars in the background color.
8. 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 vaporwave clock widgets

• Set the background to a gradient from purple to blue at an angle.
• Use pink and teal as the only accents.
• Seconds make a home screen widget look busy and Android updates widgets about once a minute, so leave them out.
• Check the widest time, such as 22:58 or 12:48 PM, so it never touches the edges.
• If the launcher crops the widget, reduce the time size before reducing the margins.
• Do not use dark grey text; white reads best on the gradient.
• Do not add extra colors beyond pink, purple and teal.

Questions about the vaporwave clock widget

What size is a vaporwave clock widget?

It is designed for 4 × 2 home screen cells on a 360 × 180 canvas. You can resize it on the launcher and the design scales in proportion.

Which colors does it use?

Twilight (#2B1055) for the background, White (#FFFFFF) for the main text, Lavender (#E0C3FC) for labels and Bubblegum (#FF71CE) as the accent.

Is it free to make?

Yes. Clock widgets use free features in WidgetCraft, and the vaporwave styling is free too.

What else is this style called?

People also search for synthwave clock widget, retrowave clock widget, 80s clock widget, outrun clock widget. They describe the same look as this vaporwave clock widget.

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Clock widgets in other styles

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• Y2K clock widget
• Gradient clock widget
• All clock widgets