Code Salad — decoded design system

Name: Code Salad design system (live decode)
Creator: Mozaika
Keywords: design system, design tokens, Code Salad, code-salad.github.io, dark, custom

code-salad.github.io · dark · modern · custom · deep decode — measured live

Code Salad'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

Code Salad's decoded design system: background #09090B, text #E4E4E7, accent #34D399, link #18181B, primary #F87171; type scale h1 101px / h2 59px / body 14px; 4px spacing base; 6px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #F4F4F5 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Role	Value
bg	`#09090B`
surface	`#161618`
border	`#29292C`
text	`#E4E4E7`
text_muted	`#909093`
primary	`#F87171`
accent	`#34D399`
link	`#18181B`
secondary	`#C4B5FD`
button_bg	`#F4F4F5`
button_text	`#18181B`

Using these colors

Action color #F4F4F5 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
accent #34D399 — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
primary #F87171 — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #F4F4F5, not this.
link #18181B — fails contrast on the background (~1.1:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference).
secondary #C4B5FD — 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: SFMono-Regular
Body: SFMono-Regular
Mono: SFMono-Regular
h1: 101px
h2: 59px
body: 14px

Spacing

base unit: 4px
scale: 4px, 9px, 10px, 12px, 13px, 14px, 16px, 20px, 21px, 32px

Radii

base: 6px
button: 8px

Shadows (elevation)

overlay: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.26) 0px 24px 80px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 180ms (dominant) with ease.

durations: 180ms
easings: ease
animated properties: border-color, background-color, transform, color

Button states (measured)

primary hover: background #FFFFFF · transform matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, -1)
primary focus: outline 2px solid rgb(125, 211, 252)

Layout (measured)

container max-width: 1200px
nav: 88px
common grid: 2 columns

Responsive (measured)

mobile (390px): hero 62px · nav inline

Install it

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

npx shadcn add mozaika.design/r/decode/code-salad.github.io

Or as a Meta Astryx theme — a ready defineTheme file with the measured hover/press states baked in:

curl -o src/themes/code-salad.theme.ts https://mozaika.design/api/astryx/decode/code-salad.github.io.ts

registry item · astryx theme · or query it over MCP: get_design_system("Code Salad")

Export: DESIGN.md

# Code Salad — Design System

> dark, modern, medium, custom — deep decode (measured live)

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#09090B` |
| surface | `#161618` |
| border | `#29292C` |
| text | `#E4E4E7` |
| text_muted | `#909093` |
| primary | `#F87171` |
| accent | `#34D399` |
| link | `#18181B` |
| secondary | `#C4B5FD` |
| button_bg | `#F4F4F5` |
| button_text | `#18181B` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#F4F4F5` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- **accent** `#34D399` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **primary** `#F87171` — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #F4F4F5, not this.
- **link** `#18181B` — fails contrast on the background (~1.1:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference).
- **secondary** `#C4B5FD` — 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): `#09090B` 95.3% · `#2F2F32` 4.7%

## Typography

- Heading: **SFMono-Regular** _(free fallback: JetBrains Mono)_
- Body: **SFMono-Regular** _(free fallback: JetBrains Mono)_
- Mono: **SFMono-Regular**

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 101px / 750 · lh 95px · tracking -5.54px |
| h2 | 59px / 700 · lh 58px · tracking -3.26px |
| h3 | 48px / 700 · lh 47px · tracking -2.64px |
| body | 14px / 400 · lh 24px |
| small | 13px / 400 · lh 24px |
| eyebrow | 9px / 700 · tracking 0.74px |

- Weight ladder: 400 · 500 · 700 · 750 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** SFMono-Regular may be proprietary — safe free fallback: JetBrains Mono (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 4px, 9px, 10px, 12px, 13px, 14px, 16px, 20px, 21px, 32px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 128px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 6px
- button: 8px
- card: 7px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#F4F4F5` / `#18181B` | 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) | 8px | 10.4px 14.4px 10.4px 14.4px | 700 13.2px | none |
| secondary | `rgba(24, 24, 27, 0.72)` / `#D4D4D8` | 1px solid rgb(63, 63, 70) | 8px | 10.4px 14.4px 10.4px 14.4px | 700 13.2px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: background `#FFFFFF` · transform `matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, -1)`
- primary focus: outline `2px solid rgb(125, 211, 252)`
- secondary hover: border `1px solid rgb(113, 113, 122)` · background `#27272A` · color `#FAFAFA` · transform `matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, -1)`
- transition: `border-color 0.18s ease`

## Shadows (elevation)
- overlay: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.26) 0px 24px 80px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 180ms (dominant)
- easings: `ease` (dominant)
- animated properties: border-color, background-color, transform, color

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

## Layout (measured)
- container max 1200px · common grid: 2-col
- nav: 88px

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 812 | 2 | 101 | 80/112 | 42/58 |
| 900 | 945 | 2 | 32 | 128/128 | 42/58 |
| 1845 | 633 | 3 | 16 | 128/128 | — |
| 2478 | 283 | 2 | 48 | 48/48 | 85/15 |
| 2857 | 827 | 2 | 16 | 0/96 | — |

## Components (measured)
- card ×3: pad 20.8px 20.8px 20.8px 20.8px · r 10.4px · border 1px solid rgb(39, 39, 42) · bg rgba(24, 24, 27, 0.65)
  - hover: border `1px solid rgb(82, 82, 91)` · background `#202023` · font-weight `400` · letter-spacing `normal` · transform `matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, -2)`

## Responsive (measured)
- mobile (390px): hero 62px · body 16px · 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.

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