Apple Music Mobile — decoded design system

music.apple.com · light · consumer · deep decode — measured live

Apple Music 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

Apple Music Mobile's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #000000, accent #0068FF, link #0068FF, primary #0068FF; type scale h1 34px / h2 18px / body 12px; 8px spacing base; 12px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #D60017 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #D60017 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, accent, link are all #0068FF — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #0068FF — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.

Typography

• Heading: -apple-system
• Body: -apple-system
• h1: 34px
• h2: 18px
• body: 12px

Spacing

• base unit: 8px
• scale: 2px, 3px, 4px, 8px, 12px, 14px, 15px, 16px, 20px, 24px

Radii

• base: 12px
• button: 9999px

Shadows (elevation)

• overlay: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 10px 40px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 100ms (dominant) with ease-in.

• durations: 100ms · 250ms · 300ms
• easings: ease-in · linear
• animated properties: opacity, background-color, color, padding-inline-end

Native design tokens

…and 110 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary focus: box-shadow rgba(214, 0, 23, 0.6) 0px 0px 0px 4px

Layout (measured)

• nav: 739px relative, backdrop saturate(2.2) blur(16px)

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: div.player-bar → img.artwork-component__conte×100

Scroll reveal: 40 elements rest at opacity 0, animate in over 0.1s ease-in.

Themes

dark counterpart: background #1F1F1F, text rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.92).

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 484px · 739px · 767px · 980px · 1000px · 1069px
• mobile (390px): hero 34px · nav inline

Install it

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

npx shadcn add mozaika.design/r/decode/music.apple.com

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Apple Music 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 | `#0068FF` |
| accent | `#0068FF` |
| link | `#0068FF` |
| button_bg | `#D60017` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#D60017` — 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`, `link` are all `#0068FF` — one role, not several.
- **accent** `#0068FF` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#FFFFFF` 52.9% · `#010001` 13.8% · `#685E5B` 12.4% · `#CCC7C3` 11.2%

## Typography

- Heading: **-apple-system**
- Body: **-apple-system**

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 34px / 700 · lh 40px |
| h2 | 18px / 600 · lh 22px |
| h3 | 17px / 700 · lh 22px |
| body | 12px / 400 · lh 15px |
| small | 11px / 400 · lh 14px |

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

> **Fonts —** -apple-system — system font, no web load needed.

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 2px, 3px, 4px, 8px, 12px, 14px, 15px, 16px, 20px, 24px — snap all gaps/padding to these

## Radius
- base: 12px
- button: 9999px
- card: 7px
- pill: 9999px
- sharp: 3px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#D60017` / `#FFFFFF` | none | 9999px | 0px 16px 0px 16px | 400 14px | none |
| secondary | `#FFFFFF` / `#000000` | none | 4px | 8px 16px 8px 16px | 600 13px | rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) 0px 0px 20px 0px |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary focus: box-shadow `rgba(214, 0, 23, 0.6) 0px 0px 0px 4px`
- secondary hover: background `#EBEBF0`

## Shadows (elevation)
- overlay: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 10px 40px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 100ms (dominant) · 250ms · 300ms
- easings: `ease-in` (dominant) · `linear`
- animated properties: opacity, background-color, color, padding-inline-end

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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--systemRed` | `#ff3b30` |
| `--systemRed-vibrant` | `#f53126` |
| `--systemRed-default_IC` | `#d70015` |
| `--systemRed-vibrant_IC` | `#c20618` |
| `--systemOrange` | `#ff9500` |
| `--systemOrange-vibrant` | `#f58b00` |
| `--systemOrange-default_IC` | `#c93400` |
| `--systemOrange-vibrant_IC` | `#ad3a00` |
| `--systemYellow` | `#fc0` |
| `--systemYellow-vibrant` | `#f5c200` |
| `--systemYellow-default_IC` | `#a05a00` |
| `--systemYellow-vibrant_IC` | `#925100` |

_…and 108 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- nav: 739px relative · backdrop saturate(2.2) blur(16px) · border-bottom 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) · bg rgba(245, 245, 247, 0.55)

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72 | 445 | — | — | 28/0 | — |
| 517 | 299 | — | — | 12/0 | — |
| 529 | 287 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 816 | 333 | — | — | 12/0 | — |
| 848 | 284 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 1149 | 318 | — | — | 12/0 | — |
| 1161 | 306 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 1467 | 611 | — | — | 12/0 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `div.player-bar` @0ms → `img.artwork-component__conte`×100 @1063ms
- scroll reveal: 40 elements rest at opacity 0, animate in over 0.1s ease-in (0 revealed during the drive).

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

## Components (measured)
- link: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.88) · no underline
- disabled: bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) · text rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.88)

## Themes (both measured)
- dark counterpart: bg `#1F1F1F` · text `rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.92)`
- tokens that flip between modes:
  - `--systemRed`: `#ff3b30` → `#ff453a`
  - `--systemRed-vibrant`: `#f53126` → `#ff4f44`
  - `--systemRed-default_IC`: `#d70015` → `#ff6961`
  - `--systemRed-vibrant_IC`: `#c20618` → `#ff4136`
  - `--systemOrange`: `#ff9500` → `#ff9f0a`
  - `--systemOrange-vibrant`: `#f58b00` → `#ffa914`
  - `--systemOrange-default_IC`: `#c93400` → `#ffb340`
  - `--systemOrange-vibrant_IC`: `#ad3a00` → `#ffb340`

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 484px · 739px · 767px · 980px · 1000px · 1069px
- mobile (390px): hero 34px · body 13px · 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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