Dropbox Mobile — decoded design system

dropbox.com · light · consumer · deep decode — measured live

Dropbox Mobile'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

Dropbox Mobile's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #000000, accent #56B3DE, link #F7F5F2, primary #56B3DE; type scale h1 40px / h2 32px / body 16px; 4px spacing base; 12px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #0061FE — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #0061FE — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, accent are all #56B3DE — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #56B3DE — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
• link #F7F5F2 — 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).

Typography

• Heading: Sharp Grotesk
• Body: Atlas Grotesk Web
• h1: 40px
• h2: 32px
• body: 16px

Spacing

• base unit: 4px
• scale: 4px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 15px, 16px, 24px, 32px, 48px, 52px

Radii

• base: 12px
• button: 12px

Shadows (elevation)

• overlay: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 16px 32px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 100ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1).

• durations: 100ms · 125ms · 500ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1) · linear
• animated properties: background-color, border-color, color, transform

Native design tokens

…and 110 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: background #0057E5
• primary focus: box-shadow rgb(66, 139, 255) 0px 0px 0px 3px

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 900px
• nav: 72px sticky
• common grid: 2 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: div._animationStandard_90hav×2

Scroll reveal: 14 elements rest at translateY(40px), animate in over 750ms.

Stagger: div ×4 — 50ms apart.

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 480px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px · 1440px · 1920px
• mobile (390px): hero 32px · nav inline

Install it

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

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

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Dropbox Mobile — Design System

> light, consumer, high — deep decode (measured live)

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#EFEFEF` |
| border | `#D8D8D8` |
| text | `#000000` |
| text_muted | `#606060` |
| primary | `#56B3DE` |
| accent | `#56B3DE` |
| link | `#F7F5F2` |
| button_bg | `#0061FE` |
| button_text | `#F7F5F2` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#0061FE` — 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 `#56B3DE` — one role, not several.
- **accent** `#56B3DE` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **link** `#F7F5F2` — 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).
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#F7F5F2` 92.3% · `#8699B2` 7.7%

## Typography

- Heading: **Sharp Grotesk** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **Atlas Grotesk Web** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 40px / 500 · lh 48px |
| h2 | 32px / 400 · lh 38px |
| h3 | 26px / 500 · lh 34px |
| body | 16px / 500 · lh 19px |
| small | 14px / 400 · lh 20px |

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

> **Fonts —** Sharp Grotesk may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). Atlas Grotesk Web may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 4px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 15px, 16px, 24px, 32px, 48px, 52px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 72px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 12px
- button: 12px
- card: 12px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#0061FE` / `#F7F5F2` | 2px solid rgb(0, 97, 254) | 12px | 0px 12px 0px 12px | 400 16px | none |
| secondary | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` / `#1E1919` | none | — | 16px 12px 16px 12px | 400 16px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: background `#0057E5`
- primary focus: box-shadow `rgb(66, 139, 255) 0px 0px 0px 3px`
- secondary hover: color `#0061FE`
- transition: `background-color 0.1s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1)`

## Shadows (elevation)
- overlay: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 16px 32px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 100ms (dominant) · 125ms · 500ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1)` (dominant) · `linear`
- animated properties: background-color, border-color, color, transform

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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--dwg-tooltip__background` | `#faf9f7` |
| `--dwg-tooltip__background--inverse` | `#2b2929` |
| `--DWG__TEMP__color__opacity--darken1` | `hsla(36,23%,55%,.14)` |
| `--DWG__TEMP__color__opacity--darken2` | `hsla(36,23%,55%,.24)` |
| `--DWG__TEMP__color__opacity--darken3` | `hsla(36,23%,55%,.32)` |
| `--DWG__TEMP__color__opacity--darken4` | `rgba(0,0,0,.08)` |
| `--DWG__TEMP__color__opacity--lighten1` | `hsla(0,0%,100%,.16)` |
| `--DWG__TEMP__color__opacity--lighten2` | `hsla(0,0%,100%,.32)` |
| `--DWG__TEMP__color__brand__coconut_200` | `#fff` |
| `--DWG__TEMP__color__brand__coconut_300` | `#faf9f7` |
| `--DWG__TEMP__color__brand__coconut` | `#f7f5f2` |
| `--DWG__TEMP__color__brand__coconut_500` | `#f2eee8` |

_…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 900px · common grid: 2-col
- nav: 72px sticky · bg #FFFFFF

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 735 | 2 | — | 0/0 | 42/58 |
| 935 | 246 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 1253 | 1001 | — | — | 120/0 | — |
| 2374 | 881 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 3375 | 881 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 4376 | 1494 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 4451 | 1345 | — | — | 0/0 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `div._animationStandard_90hav`×2 @0ms
- stagger: `div` ×4 — 50ms apart
- scroll reveal: 14 elements rest at translateY(40px), animate in over 750ms (8 revealed during the drive).

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

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 480px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px · 1440px · 1920px
- mobile (390px): hero 32px · 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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