Netlify — decoded design system

netlify.com · light · modern · custom · deep decode — measured live

Netlify'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

Netlify's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #181A1C, accent #32E6E2, link #545A61, primary #32E6E2; type scale h1 64px / h2 37px / body 16px; 8px spacing base; 3px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #32E6E2 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #32E6E2 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, accent, button_bg are all #32E6E2 — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #32E6E2 — 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.
• link #545A61 — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #32E6E2).
• secondary #9DA7B2 — 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: Instrument Sans
• Body: Figtree
• Mono: Martian Mono
• h1: 64px
• h2: 37px
• body: 16px

Spacing

• base unit: 8px
• scale: 2px, 4px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 16px, 17px, 24px, 32px, 48px

Radii

• base: 3px
• button: 360px

Shadows (elevation)

• card: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 18px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 200ms (dominant) with ease.

• durations: 200ms · 100ms · 300ms
• easings: ease · cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)
• animated properties: background-color, border-color, filter, translate

Native design tokens

…and 110 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: border 2px solid color(srgb 0.556863 0.984314 0.968627) · background color(srgb 0.556863 0.984314 0.968627)
• primary focus: outline 1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 1280px
• nav: 111px sticky
• common grid: 7 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: header.site-header → path.eyes×2 → div.n-ticker-content×2 → path.star-one → path.star-two → path.cloud-two

Themes

dark counterpart: background #12181F, text #FFFFFF.

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 400px · 426px · 480px · 500px · 550px · 600px
• mobile (390px): hero 41px · nav inline

Install it

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Netlify — Design System

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

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#F1F1F1` |
| border | `#DCDCDC` |
| text | `#181A1C` |
| text_muted | `#6F7172` |
| primary | `#32E6E2` |
| accent | `#32E6E2` |
| link | `#545A61` |
| secondary | `#9DA7B2` |
| button_bg | `#32E6E2` |
| button_text | `#12181F` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#32E6E2` — 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`, `button_bg` are all `#32E6E2` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#32E6E2` — 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.
- **link** `#545A61` — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #32E6E2).
- **secondary** `#9DA7B2` — 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): `#12181F` 59.9% · `#FFFFFF` 23.2% · `#4961AD` 6.7% · `#A4C2B9` 5.8%

## Typography

- Heading: **Instrument Sans**
- Body: **Figtree**
- Mono: **Martian Mono**

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 64px / 800 · lh 70px |
| h2 | 37px / 800 · lh 40px |
| h3 | 32px / 700 · lh 35px |
| body | 16px / 400 · lh 24px |
| small | 14px / 400 · lh 21px |

- Weight ladder: 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 · 800 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** Instrument Sans — free, on Google. Figtree — free, on Google.

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 2px, 4px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 16px, 17px, 24px, 32px, 48px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 96px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 3px
- button: 360px
- card: 4px
- sharp: 2px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `color(srgb 0.196078 0.901961 0.886275)` / `color(srgb 0.0941176 0.101961 0.109804)` | 2px solid color(srgb 0.196078 0.901961 0.886275) | 360px | 10px 17px 10px 17px | 700 16px | none |
| secondary | `#32E6E2` / `#014847` | 1px solid rgb(50, 230, 226) | 4px | 8px 8px 8px 8px | 700 13.008px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: border `2px solid color(srgb 0.556863 0.984314 0.968627)` · background `color(srgb 0.556863 0.984314 0.968627)`
- primary focus: outline `1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)`
- transition: `background-color 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.33, 1, 0.68, 1)`

## Shadows (elevation)
- card: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 18px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 200ms (dominant) · 100ms · 300ms
- easings: `ease` (dominant) · `cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)`
- animated properties: background-color, border-color, filter, translate

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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--green-900` | `#152a19` |
| `--pink-600` | `#b938b8` |
| `--search-loading-color` | `color(srgb .00392156862745098 .4117647058823529 .40784313725490196)` |
| `--purple-200` | `#d8c7ff` |
| `--ntl-pink-400` | `color(srgb .9372549019607843 .4980392156862745 .9215686274509803)` |
| `--color-info-border` | `color(srgb .19215686274509805 .4196078431372549 .9568627450980393)` |
| `--ntl-gold-700` | `color(srgb .5490196078431373 .2980392156862745 .050980392156862744)` |
| `--color-invalid-border` | `color(srgb .8392156862745098 .15294117647058825 .25098039215686274)` |
| `--ntl-color-bg-3` | `color(srgb .9137254901960784 .9215686274509803 .9294117647058824)` |
| `--ntl-button-primary-text-color` | `color(srgb .09411764705882353 .10196078431372549 .10980392156862745)` |
| `--color-bg-1-inverse` | `#d1d5da` |
| `--ntl-red-900` | `color(srgb .23921568627450981 .10980392156862745 .10588235294117647)` |

_…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 1280px · common grid: 7-col
- nav: 111px sticky

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 111 | 596 | 7 | — | 96/32 | 2/2/2/89/2/2/2 |
| 776 | 1684 | 7 | — | 96/96 | 2/2/2/89/2/2/2 |
| 2460 | 977 | 7 | — | 96/96 | 2/2/2/89/2/2/2 |
| 3437 | 1933 | 7 | — | 96/96 | 2/2/2/89/2/2/2 |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `header.site-header` @0ms → `path.eyes`×2 @162ms → `div.n-ticker-content`×2 @162ms → `path.star-one` @196ms → `path.star-two` @196ms → `path.cloud-two` @196ms
- `path.eyes` ×2 — clipPath inset(0%)→inset(20% 0%) — 4000ms ease-in-out · loops
- `path.cloud-one` ×2 — translate 0px→0px 10px — 6000ms ease-in-out (delay 100ms) · loops
- `path.cloud-two` — translate 0px→0px 15px — 5000ms ease-in-out (delay 100ms) · loops
- `path.plane` — transform translate(2px)→translate(2px) — 4000ms ease-in-out (delay 100ms) · loops
- `path.star-two` — opacity 1→0.2 — 3000ms ease-in-out (delay 100ms) · loops
- `path.star-one` — opacity 1→0.1 — 4000ms ease-in-out (delay 100ms) · loops

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

## Components (measured)
- link: color(srgb 0.964706 0.964706 0.968627) · no underline

## Themes (both measured)
- dark counterpart: bg `#12181F` · text `#FFFFFF`
- tokens that flip between modes:
  - `--search-loading-color`: `color(srgb .00392156862745098 .4117647058823529 .40784313725490196)` → `color(srgb .19607843137254902 .9019607843137255 .8862745098039215)`
  - `--color-info-border`: `color(srgb .19215686274509805 .4196078431372549 .9568627450980393)` → `color(srgb .1803921568627451 .3176470588235294 .9294117647058824)`
  - `--color-invalid-border`: `color(srgb .8392156862745098 .15294117647058825 .25098039215686274)` → `color(srgb .6862745098039216 .1450980392156863 .21176470588235294)`
  - `--ntl-color-bg-3`: `color(srgb .9137254901960784 .9215686274509803 .9294117647058824)` → `color(srgb .15294117647058825 .1843137254901961 .2196078431372549)`
  - `--ntl-button-primary-text-color`: `color(srgb .09411764705882353 .10196078431372549 .10980392156862745)` → `color(srgb .07058823529411765 .09411764705882353 .12156862745098039)`
  - `--color-bg-1-inverse`: `#d1d5da` → `#ffffff`
  - `--ntl-neutral-700`: `color(srgb .20784313725490197 .22745098039215686 .24313725490196078)` → `color(srgb .11764705882352941 .1411764705882353 .17254901960784313)`
  - `--ntl-title-text-color`: `color(srgb .32941176470588235 .35294117647058826 .3803921568627451 / .7490196078431373)` → `color(srgb .8352941176470589 1 .996078431372549 / .7490196078431373)`

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 400px · 426px · 480px · 500px · 550px · 600px
- mobile (390px): hero 41px · 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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