Cluely — decoded design system

Name: Cluely design system (live decode)
Creator: Mozaika
Keywords: design system, design tokens, Cluely, cluely.com, light, tailwind

cluely.com · light · modern · tailwind · deep decode — measured live

Cluely'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

Cluely's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #000000, accent #6B7280, link #2E3038, primary #DDE2EE; type scale h1 80px / h2 56px / body 18px; 4px spacing base; 6px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #FFFFFF — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Role	Value
bg	`#FFFFFF`
surface	`#EFEFEF`
border	`#D8D8D8`
text	`#000000`
text_muted	`#606060`
primary	`#DDE2EE`
accent	`#6B7280`
link	`#2E3038`
secondary	`#8C929D`
button_bg	`#FFFFFF`
button_text	`#FFFFFF`

Using these colors

Action color #FFFFFF — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
accent #6B7280 — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
primary #DDE2EE — a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #FFFFFF).
link #2E3038 — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #FFFFFF).
secondary #8C929D — 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: EB Garamond
Body: Geist
Mono: ui-monospace
h1: 80px
h2: 56px
body: 18px

Spacing

base unit: 4px
scale: 3px, 4px, 6px, 7px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 14px, 16px, 20px

Radii

base: 6px
button: 12px

Shadow

rgba(148, 172, 243, 0.4) 20px 20px 24px 0px, rgba(191, 229, 251, 0.4) -3px -3px 4px 0px inset, rgba(19, 26, 228, 0.1) 4px 4px 4px 0px inset

Shadows (elevation)

subtle: rgba(207, 226, 255, 0.24) 0px 0px 0px 1px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8) 0px -0.5px 0px 0px
card: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25) 0px -1px 0px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 150ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1).

durations: 150ms · 200ms · 75ms
easings: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) · cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1)
animated properties: color, background-color, border-color, outline-color

Native design tokens

Token	Value
`--foreground`	`#040406`
`--color-orange-200`	`oklch(90.1% .076 70.697)`
`--color-zinc-100`	`oklch(96.7% .001 286.375)`
`--color-zinc-200`	`oklch(92% .004 286.32)`
`--color-purple-500`	`oklch(62.7% .265 303.9)`
`--color-sky-500`	`oklch(68.5% .169 237.323)`
`--color-orange-800`	`oklch(47% .157 37.304)`
`--color-neutral-600`	`oklch(43.9% 0 0)`
`--color-neutral-500`	`oklch(55.6% 0 0)`
`--color-amber-600`	`oklch(66.6% .179 58.318)`

…and 110 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

primary hover: transform matrix(1.03, 0, 0, 1.03, 0, 0)
primary focus: outline 2px solid rgb(11, 12, 14)

Layout (measured)

container max-width: 1280px
nav: 54px absolute
common grid: 2 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: span.size-1.5

Scroll reveal: 15 elements rest at opacity 0, translateY(20px), animate in over 500ms.

Stagger: div ×6 — 100ms apart.

Input (measured)

height 37.5px · radius 0px

Responsive (measured)

breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px
mobile (390px): hero 56px · nav hamburger

Install it

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Cluely — Design System

> light, modern, medium, tailwind — deep decode (measured live)

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#EFEFEF` |
| border | `#D8D8D8` |
| text | `#000000` |
| text_muted | `#606060` |
| primary | `#DDE2EE` |
| accent | `#6B7280` |
| link | `#2E3038` |
| secondary | `#8C929D` |
| button_bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#FFFFFF` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- **accent** `#6B7280` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **primary** `#DDE2EE` — a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #FFFFFF).
- **link** `#2E3038` — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #FFFFFF).
- **secondary** `#8C929D` — 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): `#45A9E4` 19.3% · `#FFFFFF` 17% · `#BEE0EA` 13.8% · `#DAB08C` 11.9%

## Typography

- Heading: **EB Garamond** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **Geist**
- Mono: **ui-monospace** _(measured)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 80px / 500 · lh 77px · tracking -1px |
| h2 | 56px / 500 · lh 70px · tracking -1.28px |
| h3 | 48px / 400 · lh 48px |
| body | 18px / 400 · lh 28px |
| small | 16px / 500 · lh 24px · tracking -0.4px |
| eyebrow | 12px / 600 · tracking 1.8px |

- Weight ladder: 300 · 400 · 500 · 600 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** EB Garamond may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). Geist — free, on Google.

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 3px, 4px, 6px, 7px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 14px, 16px, 20px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 128px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 6px
- button: 12px
- card: 4px
- pill: 9999px
- sharp: 3px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` / `#FFFFFF` | none | 12px | 10px 20px 10px 20px | 500 16px / -0.13px | rgba(148, 172, 243, 0.4) 20px 20px 24px 0px, rgba(191, 229, 251, 0.4) -3px -3px 4px 0px inset, rgba(19, 26, 228, 0.1) 4px 4px 4px 0px inset |
| secondary | `#F9FAFB` / `#6B7280` | 1px solid rgb(229, 231, 235) | 3px | 8px 16px 8px 16px | 500 12px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: transform `matrix(1.03, 0, 0, 1.03, 0, 0)`
- primary focus: outline `2px solid rgb(11, 12, 14)`
- secondary hover: border `1px solid rgb(209, 213, 219)` · background `#F3F4F6` · color `#374151`
- transition: `transform 0.16s ease-out`

## Shadows (elevation)
- subtle: `rgba(207, 226, 255, 0.24) 0px 0px 0px 1px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8) 0px -0.5px 0px 0px`
- card: `rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25) 0px -1px 0px 0px`
- button: `rgba(148, 172, 243, 0.4) 20px 20px 24px 0px, rgba(191, 229, 251, 0.4) -3px -3px 4px 0px inset, rgba(19, 26, 228, 0.1) 4px 4px 4px 0px inset`

## Motion
- durations: 150ms (dominant) · 200ms · 75ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)` (dominant) · `cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1)`
- animated properties: color, background-color, border-color, outline-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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--foreground` | `#040406` |
| `--color-orange-200` | `oklch(90.1% .076 70.697)` |
| `--color-zinc-100` | `oklch(96.7% .001 286.375)` |
| `--color-zinc-200` | `oklch(92% .004 286.32)` |
| `--color-purple-500` | `oklch(62.7% .265 303.9)` |
| `--color-sky-500` | `oklch(68.5% .169 237.323)` |
| `--color-orange-800` | `oklch(47% .157 37.304)` |
| `--color-neutral-600` | `oklch(43.9% 0 0)` |
| `--color-neutral-500` | `oklch(55.6% 0 0)` |
| `--color-amber-600` | `oklch(66.6% .179 58.318)` |
| `--color-yellow-800` | `oklch(47.6% .114 61.907)` |
| `--color-blue-300` | `oklch(80.9% .105 251.813)` |

_…and 108 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- container max 1280px · common grid: 2-col
- nav: 54px absolute

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1201 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 1458 | 717 | 2 | 28 | 0/0 | — |
| 2433 | 709 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 3398 | 790 | 3 | 32 | 0/0 | — |
| 4445 | 674 | 2 | 72 | 80/0 | 43/57 |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `span.size-1.5` @0ms
- `div.size-fit` ×6 — opacity 0→0.0409557 — 1560ms (delay 1800ms) · spring-like
- `div` — opacity 0→1 — 400ms ease-out (delay 3500ms)
- `span.size-1.5` — opacity 1→1 — 2000ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1) · loops
- stagger: `div` ×6 — 100ms apart
- scroll reveal: 15 elements rest at opacity 0, translateY(20px), animate in over 500ms (12 revealed during the drive).

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

## Components (measured)
- input: h 37.5px · r 0px · bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) · placeholder oklab(0.999994 0.0000455678 0.0000200868 / 0.5)
- link: #6B7280 · underline — hover #374151
- disabled: bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) · text #FFFFFF

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px
- mobile (390px): hero 56px · body 16px · nav: hamburger

## 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.

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