Apple Music — decoded design system

apple.com · light · modern · custom · deep decode — measured live

Apple Music's design system, decoded live by Mozaika: measured color roles, type scale, buttons with real hover/focus states, motion and the brand's own tokens.

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Decoded design system

Apple Music's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #1D1D1F, accent #FA243C, link #333336, primary #FA243C; type scale h1 56px / h2 40px / body 12px; 4px spacing base; 0px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #0071E3 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #0071E3 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, accent are all #FA243C — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #FA243C — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
• link #333336 — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #0071E3).
• secondary #2997FF — optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two.

Typography

• Heading: SF Pro Display
• Body: SF Pro Text
• h1: 56px
• h2: 40px
• body: 12px

Spacing

• base unit: 4px
• scale: 8px, 9px, 10px, 11px, 14px, 15px, 18px, 19px, 21px, 40px

Radii

• base: 0px
• button: 9999px

Shadows (elevation)

• overlay: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.22) 3px 5px 30px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 400ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1).

• durations: 400ms · 240ms · 320ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1) · ease
• animated properties: opacity, color, width, background-color

Native design tokens

…and 75 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: background #0076DF
• primary focus: outline 2px solid rgb(0, 113, 227)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 980px
• nav: 44px fixed, backdrop saturate(1.8) blur(20px)
• common grid: 2 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: a.media-gallery-dotnav-lin×5 → a.media-gallery-dotnav-lin×3 → div.media-gallery-bottom-con×4 → a.media-gallery-dotnav-lin → h2.globalnav-searchresults- → li.globalnav-searchresults-×5

Stagger: li ×5 — 20ms apart.

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 734px · 833px · 1023px · 1068px · 1440px
• mobile (390px): hero 34px · nav inline

Install it

Drop this measured system into any shadcn/Tailwind project in one command:

npx shadcn add mozaika.design/r/decode/apple.com

registry item · or query it over MCP: get_design_system("Apple Music")

Export: DESIGN.md

# Apple Music — Design System

> light, modern, high, custom — deep decode (measured live)

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#F1F1F1` |
| border | `#DDDDDD` |
| text | `#1D1D1F` |
| text_muted | `#727274` |
| primary | `#FA243C` |
| accent | `#FA243C` |
| link | `#333336` |
| secondary | `#2997FF` |
| button_bg | `#0071E3` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#0071E3` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `primary`, `accent` are all `#FA243C` — one role, not several.
- **accent** `#FA243C` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **link** `#333336` — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #0071E3).
- **secondary** `#2997FF` — optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two.
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#DAECF7` 74.7% · `#F7F8F9` 15.4% · `#465C6D` 9.9%

## Typography

- Heading: **SF Pro Display** _(free fallback: Inter)_
- Body: **SF Pro Text** _(free fallback: Inter)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 56px / 600 · lh 60px · tracking -0.28px |
| h2 | 40px / 600 · lh 44px |
| h3 | 28px / 400 · lh 32px · tracking 0.2px |
| body | 12px / 400 · lh 16px · tracking -0.12px |

- Weight ladder: 400 · 600 · 700 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** SF Pro Display is proprietary — closest free match: Inter (Google). Load Inter; keep SF Pro Display first so licensed users still get it. SF Pro Text is proprietary — closest free match: Inter (Google). Load Inter; keep SF Pro Text first so licensed users still get it.

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 8px, 9px, 10px, 11px, 14px, 15px, 18px, 19px, 21px, 40px — snap all gaps/padding to these

## Radius
- base: 0px
- button: 9999px
- card: 980px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#0071E3` / `#FFFFFF` | 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) | 9999px | 11px 21px 11px 21px | 400 17px / -0.374px | none |
| secondary | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` / `#0066CC` | 1px solid rgb(0, 102, 204) | 9999px | 11px 21px 11px 21px | 400 17px / -0.374px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: background `#0076DF`
- primary focus: outline `2px solid rgb(0, 113, 227)`
- secondary hover: border `1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` · background `#0076DF` · color `#FFFFFF`

## Shadows (elevation)
- overlay: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.22) 3px 5px 30px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 400ms (dominant) · 240ms · 320ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1)` (dominant) · `ease`
- animated properties: opacity, color, width, background-color

Micro-interactions use the dominant duration + easing; nothing on the page animates slower than the longest duration above — don't invent springier motion.

## Their own tokens (verbatim from :root)

| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| `--r-globalnav-background-opened` | `#fafafc` |
| `--r-globalnav-background-opened-dark` | `#161617` |
| `--sk-focus-color` | `#0071e3` |
| `--sk-focus-color-alt` | `#000000` |
| `--sk-body-text-color` | `#1D1D1F` |
| `--sk-headline-text-color` | `#1D1D1F` |
| `--sk-body-background-color` | `#FFFFFF` |
| `--sk-body-link-color` | `#0066CC` |
| `--sk-glyph` | `#000000` |
| `--sk-glyph-gray` | `#1D1D1F` |
| `--sk-glyph-gray-alpha` | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.88)` |
| `--sk-glyph-gray-secondary` | `#6E6E73` |

_…and 73 more measured on the page._

Prefer these names when extending their system — it's the brand's actual vocabulary.

## Layout (measured)
- container max 980px · common grid: 2-col
- nav: 44px fixed · backdrop saturate(1.8) blur(20px) · bg rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 2100 | 3 | — | 0/0 | 45/11/45 |
| 2226 | 1764 | 2 | 12 | 0/0 | — |
| 4002 | 957 | — | — | 0/0 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `a.media-gallery-dotnav-lin`×5 @0ms → `a.media-gallery-dotnav-lin`×3 @0ms → `div.media-gallery-bottom-con`×4 @0ms → `a.media-gallery-dotnav-lin` @0ms → `h2.globalnav-searchresults-` @0ms → `li.globalnav-searchresults-`×5 @0ms
- `h2.globalnav-searchresults-` — opacity 0→1 · transform translateY(-4px)→translateY(0px) — 320ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1) (delay 200ms)
- `li.globalnav-searchresults-` ×5 — opacity 0→1 · transform translateY(-4px)→translateY(0px) — 320ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1) (delay 220ms)
- `a.media-gallery-dotnav-lin` — width 8px→calc(100% - 16px) — 3000ms (delay 840ms)
- stagger: `li` ×5 — 20ms apart

Rebuild the timeline, not just the durations — order, delays and staggers above are the choreography.

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 734px · 833px · 1023px · 1068px · 1440px
- mobile (390px): hero 34px · body 17px · nav: inline

## How to apply
Paste the Tailwind `@theme` (or CSS variables) as your base, then build each
section to its spec — verify every color, radius, and font against these tokens.
Hover/focus states, shadows and motion timings above are measured from the live page — match them exactly, don't re-guess them.

An automated reading of Apple Music's publicly-visible CSS (colors, fonts, spacing, motion) — not affiliated with apple.com. No screenshots stored. Removal requests: hello@mozaika.design.