ER: Changing the "Rebooting" project status color #8860

Emergent Requirement - Problem

We need to change the color of the "Rebooting" project status label to differentiate it from the "Completed" status.

Issue you discovered this emergent requirement in

• Projects Pages: Update Project Status Options and Label Color #8776

Date discovered

Oct 26, 2026

Did you have to do something temporarily

• YES
• NO

Who was involved

@yielderdev
@daras-cu
@ExperimentsInHonesty

What happens if this is not addressed

Both "Rebooting" and "Completed" projects will have similar light blue labels on their project cards, making them harder to differentiate.

Resources

• Project statuses appear on the following pages: Homepage, Projects Page, and individual project pages, e.g. 311 Data
• File where all color variables are defined: _sass/variables/_colors.scss
• Files where color is assigned for the Rebooting status class: Files
• Example of project cards on the homepage/projects page with "Completed" status in blue:

Recommended Action Items

• Make a new issue
• Discuss with team
• Let a Team Lead know

Potential solutions [draft]

• In _sass/variables/_colors.scss add the color #E5D4FF as color-lavender under the Violets heading. Result:

// Violets
$color-blueviolet: #571DD1;
$color-redpurple: #8e1737;
$color-darkorchid: #981DD1;
$color-lavender: #E5D4FF;

• In each of the files containing styles for the 'status-Rebooting' class, change the background-color to the new $color-lavender.

To test:

• Create a second test branch and manually change one of the projects' status to "Rebooting" in the MD file (e.g. for 311 Data: _projects/311-data.md). Run the site in Docker to confirm that the Rebooting label shows with the correct color on the homepage, projects page, and the individual project page.
• Push the test branch to your fork of the website repo on GitHub. Make sure you open the PR from your original working branch without the test changes, but include a link to the test branch and testing instructions for reviewers in the PR text.