PayPal Mobile — decoded design system

Name: PayPal Mobile design system (live decode)
Creator: Mozaika
Keywords: design system, design tokens, PayPal Mobile, paypal.com, light

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

PayPal 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

PayPal Mobile's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #000000, accent #002991, link #002991, primary #002991; type scale h1 181px / h2 82px / body 22px; 8px spacing base; 12px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #FFFFFF — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Role	Value
bg	`#FFFFFF`
surface	`#EFEFEF`
border	`#D8D8D8`
text	`#000000`
text_muted	`#606060`
primary	`#002991`
accent	`#002991`
link	`#002991`
button_bg	`#FFFFFF`
button_text	`#000000`

Using these colors

Action color #FFFFFF — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
primary, accent, link are all #002991 — one role, not several (the action color).
accent #002991 — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.

Typography

Heading: PayPal Pro
Body: Plain
h1: 181px
h2: 82px
body: 22px

Spacing

base unit: 8px
scale: 6px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 14px, 16px, 24px, 30px, 33px, 53px

Radii

base: 12px
button: 9999px

Shadows (elevation)

overlay: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) 0px 24px 48px 0px

Motion

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

durations: 200ms · 400ms · 600ms
easings: ease-in-out · cubic-bezier(0, 0.5, 0.5, 1)
animated properties: transform, clip-path, color, background-color

Button states (measured)

primary hover: padding 15.9286px 34.8571px 15.9286px 34.8571px · height 55.7031px · background #60CDFF

Layout (measured)

container max-width: 1440px
common grid: 14 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: div.brand-moment-content-tex×2 → div.brand-moment-content-tex×2 → div.brand-moment-content-tex → div.brand-moment-content-tex → div.media-container → div.text-group-container

Scroll reveal: 5 elements rest at opacity 0, translateY(1px), animate in over 0.1s cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.25, 1).

Stagger: div ×6 — 75ms apart.

Responsive (measured)

breakpoints: 656px · 752px · 768px · 1024px · 1406px · 1470px
mobile (390px): hero 49px · nav inline

Install it

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

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

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# PayPal 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 | `#002991` |
| accent | `#002991` |
| link | `#002991` |
| button_bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| button_text | `#000000` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#FFFFFF` — 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 `#002991` — one role, not several.
- **accent** `#002991` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#000000` 59.2% · `#FFFFFF` 18.8% · `#372F2C` 5.8% · `#816150` 5.8%

## Typography

- Heading: **PayPal Pro** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **Plain** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 181px / 900 · lh 181px · tracking -5.43px |
| h2 | 82px / 900 · lh 90px · tracking -2.44px |
| h3 | 67px / 900 · lh 74px · tracking -2.01px |
| body | 22px / 400 · lh 30px |
| small | 18px / 900 · lh 22px |

- Weight ladder: 400 · 500 · 900 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** PayPal Pro may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). Plain may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 6px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 14px, 16px, 24px, 30px, 33px, 53px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 53px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 12px
- button: 9999px
- card: 12px
- pill: 9999px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#FFFFFF` / `#000000` | 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255) | 9999px | 13.9286px 32.8571px 13.9286px 32.8571px | 900 17.8571px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: padding `15.9286px 34.8571px 15.9286px 34.8571px` · height `55.7031px` · background `#60CDFF`
- transition: `all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0, 0.5, 0.5, 1)`

## Shadows (elevation)
- overlay: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) 0px 24px 48px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 200ms (dominant) · 400ms · 600ms
- easings: `ease-in-out` (dominant) · `cubic-bezier(0, 0.5, 0.5, 1)`
- animated properties: transform, clip-path, color, background-color

Micro-interactions use the dominant duration + easing; nothing on the page animates slower than the longest duration above — don't invent springier motion.

## Layout (measured)
- container max 1440px · common grid: 14-col

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 1114 | 14 | 24 | 0/53 | 12/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/12 |
| 1202 | 2267 | 14 | 24 | 53/53 | 12/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/12 |
| 1255 | 274 | — | — | 0/53 | — |
| 1552 | 1832 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 2168 | 600 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 2784 | 600 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 3469 | 1376 | 14 | 24 | 53/79 | 12/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/6/12 |
| 4337 | 428 | — | — | 0/0 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `div.brand-moment-content-tex`×2 @0ms → `div.brand-moment-content-tex`×2 @0ms → `div.brand-moment-content-tex` @0ms → `div.brand-moment-content-tex` @0ms → `div.media-container` @0ms → `div.text-group-container` @0ms
- `div.hero-media-frame` — opacity 0.1→1 — 950ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)
- `div.hero-media-frame` — transform scale(1) translate(0px) translateY(36px)→scale(1) translate(0px) translateY(0px) — 950ms cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)
- stagger: `div` ×6 — 75ms apart
- scroll reveal: 5 elements rest at opacity 0, translateY(1px), animate in over 0.1s cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.25, 1) (5 revealed during the drive).

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

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 656px · 752px · 768px · 1024px · 1406px · 1470px
- mobile (390px): hero 49px · 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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