Dagger — decoded design system

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Dagger'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

Dagger's decoded design system: background #F8F4EF, text #131226, accent #131226, link #131226, primary #000000; type scale h1 68px / h2 56px / body 20px; 4px spacing base; 0px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #131226 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #131226 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• accent, link, button_bg are all #131226 — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #131226 — THE accent / action color — interactive & must-notice only (buttons, links, focus, one key highlight); never large fills or backgrounds. Scarcity is what makes it read as designed.
• primary #000000 — a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #131226).

Typography

• Heading: General Sans
• Body: Inter
• h1: 68px
• h2: 56px
• body: 20px

Spacing

• base unit: 4px
• scale: 2px, 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 40px, 48px

Radii

• base: 0px
• button: 8px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 150ms (dominant) with ease.

• durations: 150ms · 200ms · 300ms
• easings: ease
• animated properties: color, opacity, transform, border-color

Native design tokens

…and 9 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary focus: outline 1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 1440px
• nav: 93px fixed
• common grid: 2 columns

Input (measured)

height 46px · radius 8px · focus ring 1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 767px · 809px · 1199px · 1439px
• mobile (390px): hero 40px · nav hamburger

Install it

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

npx shadcn add mozaika.design/r/decode/dagger.io

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Dagger — Design System

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

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#F8F4EF` |
| surface | `#EAE6E2` |
| border | `#D5D2D0` |
| text | `#131226` |
| text_muted | `#6A6772` |
| primary | `#000000` |
| accent | `#131226` |
| link | `#131226` |
| button_bg | `#131226` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#131226` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `accent`, `link`, `button_bg` are all `#131226` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#131226` — THE accent / action color — interactive & must-notice only (buttons, links, focus, one key highlight); never large fills or backgrounds. Scarcity is what makes it read as designed.
- **primary** `#000000` — a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #131226).
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#F8F4EF` 90.8% · `#716254` 5.3% · `#D5D5D9` 3.8%

## Typography

- Heading: **General Sans**
- Body: **Inter**

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 68px / 600 · lh 75px · tracking -0.68px |
| h2 | 56px / 600 · lh 62px · tracking -0.56px |
| h3 | 44px / 600 · lh 48px · tracking -0.44px |
| body | 20px / 400 · lh 28px |
| small | 17px / 500 · lh 25px |
| eyebrow | 14px / 600 · tracking 0.56px |

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

> **Fonts —** General Sans — free, on Fontshare. Inter — free, on Google.

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 2px, 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 40px, 48px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 100px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 0px
- button: 8px
- card: 8px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#131226` / `#FFFFFF` | none | 8px | 8px 20px 8px 20px | 500 16px | none |
| secondary | `#FFFFFF` / `#131226` | none | 8px | — | — | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary focus: outline `1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)`
- transition: `opacity 0.15s ease`

## Motion
- durations: 150ms (dominant) · 200ms · 300ms
- easings: `ease` (dominant)
- animated properties: color, opacity, transform, border-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-bg` | `#f8f4ef` |
| `--color-card` | `#ffffff` |
| `--color-dark` | `#131226` |
| `--color-dark-alt` | `#191922` |
| `--color-border` | `#e7e6ef` |
| `--color-orange` | `#ef7b1a` |
| `--color-teal` | `#40b9bc` |
| `--color-yellow` | `#fcc009` |
| `--color-blue` | `#3d66ff` |
| `--radius-xs` | `4px` |
| `--radius-sm` | `8px` |
| `--radius-md` | `12px` |

_…and 7 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- container max 1440px · common grid: 2-col
- nav: 93px fixed · bg #FFFFFF

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 671 | 2 | 80 | 0/80 | 64/36 |
| 671 | 168 | — | — | 40/40 | — |
| 839 | 2656 | — | — | 100/100 | — |
| 3495 | 626 | 2 | 20 | 60/100 | — |
| 4121 | 289 | — | — | 60/80 | — |

## Components (measured)
- input: h 46px · r 8px · border 1px solid rgb(231, 230, 239) · bg #FFFFFF · placeholder rgba(19, 18, 38, 0.4)
  - focus ring: `1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)` — this exact construction, don't invent your own

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 767px · 809px · 1199px · 1439px
- mobile (390px): hero 40px · 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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> **Decoded with Mozaika** — measured live, not guessed. Full decoded design system + one-command install: mozaika.design/decode/dagger.io

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