Play — decoded design system

Name: Play design system (live decode)
Creator: Mozaika
Keywords: design system, design tokens, Play, play.grafana.org, dark, custom

play.grafana.org · dark · modern · custom · deep decode — measured live

Play'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

Play's decoded design system: background #111217, text #CCCCDC, accent #F9A825, link #6E9FFF, primary #CCCCDC; type scale h1 28px / h2 18px / body 14px; 8px spacing base; 6px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #F9A825 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Role	Value
bg	`#111217`
surface	`#1C1D22`
border	`#2D2D34`
text	`#CCCCDC`
text_muted	`#848591`
primary	`#CCCCDC`
accent	`#F9A825`
link	`#6E9FFF`
secondary	`#F9A825`
button_bg	`#F9A825`
button_text	`#000000`

Using these colors

Action color #F9A825 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
accent, secondary, button_bg are all #F9A825 — one role, not several (the action color).
accent #F9A825 — 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.
primary #CCCCDC — ≈ the text color — a foreground/text color, not an action color (action = #F9A825).
link #6E9FFF — inline text links and link-styled controls.

Typography

Heading: Inter
Body: Inter
h1: 28px
h2: 18px
body: 14px

Spacing

base unit: 8px
scale: 3px, 4px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 15px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 28px

Radii

base: 6px
button: 8px

Shadow

rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 5px 0px

Shadows (elevation)

card: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 4px 12px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 250ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1).

durations: 250ms · 200ms · 300ms
easings: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) · ease
animated properties: background-color, color, border-color, opacity

Button states (measured)

primary hover: background #FFCC00
primary focus: outline 2px dotted rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)

Layout (measured)

nav: 852px relative

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: svg.fs-spinner → img.css-w4f5xk×3 → div.css-zc7ygf×3 → svg.css-13m5aqu-Icon → svg.css-ja70zl-Icon×2 → div.css-ieui7j-hover-contain×28

Responsive (measured)

breakpoints: 330px · 527px · 544px · 549px · 769px · 930px
mobile (390px): hero 28px · nav inline

Install it

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

npx shadcn add mozaika.design/r/decode/play.grafana.org

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

curl -o src/themes/play.theme.ts https://mozaika.design/api/astryx/decode/play.grafana.org.ts

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Play — Design System

> dark, modern, medium, custom — deep decode (measured live)

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#111217` |
| surface | `#1C1D22` |
| border | `#2D2D34` |
| text | `#CCCCDC` |
| text_muted | `#848591` |
| primary | `#CCCCDC` |
| accent | `#F9A825` |
| link | `#6E9FFF` |
| secondary | `#F9A825` |
| button_bg | `#F9A825` |
| button_text | `#000000` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#F9A825` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `accent`, `secondary`, `button_bg` are all `#F9A825` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#F9A825` — 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.
- **primary** `#CCCCDC` — ≈ the text color — a foreground/text color, not an action color (action = #F9A825).
- **link** `#6E9FFF` — inline text links and link-styled controls.
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#181B1F` 49.5% · `#1E2A39` 17.1% · `#727285` 14.2% · `#F5E7CF` 10.7%

## Typography

- Heading: **Inter**
- Body: **Inter**

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 28px / 500 · lh 32px · tracking -0.25px |
| h2 | 18px / 400 · lh 20px |
| h3 | 17px / 400 · lh 20px |
| body | 14px / 400 · lh 22px · tracking 0.15px |
| small | 13px / 400 · lh 20px · tracking 0.15px |

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

> **Fonts —** Inter — free, on Google.

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 3px, 4px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 15px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 28px — snap all gaps/padding to these

## Radius
- base: 6px
- button: 8px
- card: 6px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#F9A825` / `#000000` | none | 8px | 8px 16px 8px 16px | 700 14px / 0.14994px | rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 5px 0px |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: background `#FFCC00`
- primary focus: outline `2px dotted rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)`
- transition: `background-color 0.2s ease`

## Shadows (elevation)
- card: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 4px 12px 0px`
- button: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 5px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 250ms (dominant) · 200ms · 300ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)` (dominant) · `ease`
- animated properties: background-color, color, border-color, opacity

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)
- nav: 852px relative

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 852 | — | — | 0/0 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `svg.fs-spinner` @0ms → `img.css-w4f5xk`×3 @1501ms → `div.css-zc7ygf`×3 @1501ms → `svg.css-13m5aqu-Icon` @2441ms → `svg.css-ja70zl-Icon`×2 @2670ms → `div.css-ieui7j-hover-contain`×28 @4358ms

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

## Components (measured)
- link: #38BDF8 · underline — hover #0EA5E9

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 330px · 527px · 544px · 549px · 769px · 930px
- mobile (390px): hero 28px · body 14px · 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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