Messenger Mobile — decoded design system

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

Messenger 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

Messenger Mobile's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #1C1E21, accent #26877F, link #0A7CFF, primary #26877F; type scale h1 80px / h2 21px / body 15px; 8px spacing base; 12px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #0866FF — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #0866FF — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, accent are all #26877F — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #26877F — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
• link #0A7CFF — inline text links and link-styled controls.

Typography

• Heading: Facebook Sans
• Body: SFProText-Regular
• h1: 80px
• h2: 21px
• body: 15px

Spacing

• base unit: 8px
• scale: 2px, 5px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 16px, 20px, 25px, 30px, 40px

Radii

• base: 12px
• button: 24px

Shadows (elevation)

• subtle: rgba(88, 144, 255, 0.75) 0px 0px 1px 2px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 1px 1px 0px
• card: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 2px 26px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px 1px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 200ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.08, 0.52, 0.52, 1).

• durations: 200ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.08, 0.52, 0.52, 1) · ease-in
• animated properties: opacity, background-color, box-shadow, transform

Native design tokens

…and 110 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: border 1px solid rgb(0, 58, 185) · background #003AB9
• primary focus: box-shadow rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px 2px, rgb(24, 119, 242) 0px 0px 0px 4px

Layout (measured)

• nav: 100px absolute

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: a._42ft

Overlay recipe (measured)

dialog panel: #FFFFFF · radius 3px

Input (measured)

height 36px · radius 10px

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 679px · 768px · 1024px · 1440px · 1920px
• mobile (390px): hero 25px · nav hamburger

Install it

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

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

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Messenger Mobile — Design System

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

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#F1F1F1` |
| border | `#DCDDDD` |
| text | `#1C1E21` |
| text_muted | `#727375` |
| primary | `#26877F` |
| accent | `#26877F` |
| link | `#0A7CFF` |
| button_bg | `#0866FF` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#0866FF` — 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 `#26877F` — one role, not several.
- **accent** `#26877F` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **link** `#0A7CFF` — inline text links and link-styled controls.
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#999999` 61.1% · `#FFFFFF` 27% · `#737F91` 7.6% · `#D1D3D4` 4.4%

## Typography

- Heading: **Facebook Sans** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **SFProText-Regular** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 80px / 600 · lh 85px · tracking -3.2px |
| h2 | 21px / 600 · lh 18px |
| h3 | 19px / 500 · lh 18px |
| body | 15px / 400 · lh 18px |
| small | 14px / 600 · lh 18px |

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

> **Fonts —** Facebook Sans may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). SFProText-Regular may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 2px, 5px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 16px, 20px, 25px, 30px, 40px — snap all gaps/padding to these

## Radius
- base: 12px
- button: 24px
- card: 12px
- sharp: 3px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#0866FF` / `#FFFFFF` | 1px solid rgb(0, 112, 246) | 24px | 2px 20px 0px 20px | 600 19px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: border `1px solid rgb(0, 58, 185)` · background `#003AB9`
- primary focus: box-shadow `rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px 2px, rgb(24, 119, 242) 0px 0px 0px 4px`
- transition: `background-color 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.08, 0.52, 0.52, 1)`

## Shadows (elevation)
- subtle: `rgba(88, 144, 255, 0.75) 0px 0px 1px 2px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 1px 1px 0px`
- card: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 2px 26px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px 1px`

## Motion
- durations: 200ms (dominant)
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.08, 0.52, 0.52, 1)` (dominant) · `ease-in`
- animated properties: opacity, background-color, box-shadow, 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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--xbot0hz` | `#171C1F` |
| `--x1dxtr3h` | `#191C1F` |
| `--x1fo8oi` | `rgba(230, 230, 230, .8)` |
| `--x3ssoic` | `#E6E6E6` |
| `--x1fvvt15` | `#CED0D4` |
| `--xcx8qie` | `rgba(161, 187, 255, .16)` |
| `--x1i50v3k` | `#EBEDF0` |
| `--xdbh3ft` | `rgba(0, 100, 224, .25)` |
| `--x1bd2fwr` | `#ECF5FF` |
| `--x11rivb9` | `#f3f4f5` |
| `--x5afhcp` | `#f9fafb` |
| `--xhj0bg5` | `#f9fafb` |

_…and 108 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- nav: 100px absolute

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `a._42ft` @0ms
- overlay dialog (auto-opened): panel #FFFFFF · r 3px · shadow rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 2px 26px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px 1px

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

## Components (measured)
- input: h 36px · r 10px · bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) · placeholder #65686C
- link: #0A7CFF · no underline

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 679px · 768px · 1024px · 1440px · 1920px
- mobile (390px): hero 25px · body 12px · 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/messenger.com

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