Convex — decoded design system

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Convex'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

Convex's decoded design system: background #F6EEDB, text #141414, accent #DE5D33, link #292929, primary #F6EEDB; type scale h1 56px / h2 40px / body 16px; 4px spacing base; 0px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #8D2676 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #8D2676 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• accent #DE5D33 — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
• primary #F6EEDB — a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #8D2676).
• link #292929 — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #8D2676).
• secondary #ECE4D2 — 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: GT America
• Body: GT America
• Mono: ui-monospace
• h1: 56px
• h2: 40px
• body: 16px

Spacing

• base unit: 4px
• scale: 2px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px

Radii

• base: 0px
• button: 3.35544e+07px

Motion

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

• durations: 150ms · 200ms · 500ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) · ease
• animated properties: color, background-color, border-color, outline-color

Native design tokens

…and 109 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: background #711E5E

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 1536px
• nav: 80px sticky
• common grid: 7 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: div.AccordionContent → div.absolute×3 → div.absolute×3

Scroll reveal: 5 elements rest at translateY(33px), animate in over 150ms.

Overlay recipe (measured)

dialog panel: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) · radius 0px · enter 150ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px · 1536px
• mobile (390px): hero 32px · nav hamburger

Install it

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

npx shadcn add mozaika.design/r/decode/convex.dev

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Convex — Design System

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

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#F6EEDB` |
| surface | `#E8E0CF` |
| border | `#D4CDBD` |
| text | `#141414` |
| text_muted | `#69665F` |
| primary | `#F6EEDB` |
| accent | `#DE5D33` |
| link | `#292929` |
| secondary | `#ECE4D2` |
| button_bg | `#8D2676` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#8D2676` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- **accent** `#DE5D33` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **primary** `#F6EEDB` — a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #8D2676).
- **link** `#292929` — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #8D2676).
- **secondary** `#ECE4D2` — 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): `#1D1C1B` 46% · `#444435` 32.7% · `#847766` 8.5% · `#E5E0D3` 8.4%

## Typography

- Heading: **GT America** _(free fallback: Inter)_
- Body: **GT America** _(free fallback: Inter)_
- Mono: **ui-monospace** _(measured)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 56px / 700 · lh 56px · tracking -1.4px |
| h2 | 40px / 700 · lh 40px · tracking -1px |
| h3 | 38px / 500 · lh 38px · tracking -0.95px |
| body | 16px / 500 · lh 20px |
| small | 15px / 400 · lh 19px |
| eyebrow | 10px / 500 · tracking 0.5px |

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

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

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 2px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px — snap all gaps/padding to these

## Radius
- base: 0px
- button: 3.35544e+07px
- card: 12px
- pill: 9999px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#8D2676` / `#FFFFFF` | none | 3.35544e+07px | 12px 16px 12px 16px | 500 14px | none |
| secondary | `#FFFFFF` / `#292929` | 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) | 3.35544e+07px | 8px 20px 8px 20px | 500 16px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: background `#711E5E`
- secondary hover: color `#000000`
- transition: `color 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)`

## Motion
- durations: 150ms (dominant) · 200ms · 500ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)` (dominant) · `ease`
- 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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--color-plum-p3` | `#d7b3cf` |
| `--color-camel` | `#c48f6f` |
| `--color-milk` | `#fffdf4` |
| `--color-tikkaMasala` | `#bc7914` |
| `--color-antiqueWhite` | `#f6eedb` |
| `--color-yellow-y3` | `#f3b01c` |
| `--color-neutral-n7` | `#8b8b8e` |
| `--color-plum-p1` | `#f4e9f1` |
| `--color-congoPink` | `#ff867e` |
| `--color-neutral-n9` | `#4f4f52` |
| `--color-neutral-n12` | `#141414` |
| `--color-orchid` | `#e79cd6` |

_…and 107 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- container max 1536px · common grid: 7-col
- nav: 80px sticky · bg #F6EEDB

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1048 | 452 | 7 | 48 | 0/0 | — |
| 1580 | 748 | — | — | 36/36 | — |
| 2408 | 712 | — | — | 0/0 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `div.AccordionContent` @0ms → `div.absolute`×3 @0ms → `div.absolute`×3 @2198ms
- scroll reveal: 5 elements rest at translateY(33px), animate in over 150ms (3 revealed during the drive).
- overlay dialog (auto-opened): panel rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) · r 0px · border 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255)
  - enter: translate from 0px · 150ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)

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

## Components (measured)
- card ×8: pad 12px 12px 12px 12px · r 12px · border 1px solid rgb(56, 56, 58) · bg #292929
  - hover: border `1px solid rgb(109, 109, 112)` · font-weight `400` · letter-spacing `normal` · transform `matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0)`
- link: #292929 · no underline — hover #000000
- disabled: bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) · text #FFFFFF

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px · 1536px
- mobile (390px): hero 32px · 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.

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