Pocket Casts Mobile — decoded design system

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Pocket Casts 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

Pocket Casts Mobile's decoded design system: background #000000, text #000000, accent #FF3401, link #292B2E, primary #FF3401; type scale h1 64px / h2 53px / body 22px; 4px 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

Using these colors

• Action color #FFFFFF — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, accent are all #FF3401 — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #FF3401 — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
• link #292B2E — fails contrast on the background (~1.5:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference).

Typography

• Heading: Retina
• Body: SF Pro Text
• h1: 64px
• h2: 53px
• body: 22px

Spacing

• base unit: 4px
• scale: 4px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 13px, 16px, 18px, 20px, 24px, 30px

Radii

• base: 12px
• button: 4px

Motion

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

• durations: 200ms · 50ms · 300ms
• easings: ease · ease-in-out
• animated properties: transform, opacity, background, color

Native design tokens

…and 110 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary focus: outline 2px solid rgb(24, 122, 220)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 1140px
• nav: 87px sticky
• common grid: 2 columns

Input (measured)

height 56px · radius 8px 0px 0px 8px

Responsive (measured)

• mobile (390px): nav hamburger

Install it

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

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

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Pocket Casts Mobile — Design System

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

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#000000` |
| surface | `#000000` |
| border | `#000000` |
| text | `#000000` |
| text_muted | `#000000` |
| primary | `#FF3401` |
| accent | `#FF3401` |
| link | `#292B2E` |
| button_bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| button_text | `#333333` |

**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` are all `#FF3401` — one role, not several.
- **accent** `#FF3401` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **link** `#292B2E` — fails contrast on the background (~1.5:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference).
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#FFFFFF` 30.1% · `#270707` 28.5% · `#F1F1F1` 16.5% · `#9F595C` 12.4%

## Typography

- Heading: **Retina** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **SF Pro Text** _(free fallback: Inter)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 64px / 700 · lh 74px · tracking -1.28px |
| h2 | 53px / 700 · lh 61px · tracking -1.06px |
| h3 | 39px / 700 · lh 45px |
| body | 22px / 300 · lh 32px |
| small | 18px / 400 · lh 26px |

- Weight ladder: 300 · 400 · 500 · 700 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** Retina may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). SF Pro Text is proprietary — closest free match: Inter (Google). Load Inter; keep SF Pro Text first so licensed users still get it.

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 4px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 13px, 16px, 18px, 20px, 24px, 30px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 80px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 12px
- button: 4px
- card: 4px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#FFFFFF` / `#333333` | 1px solid rgb(224, 224, 224) | 4px | 10px 10px 10px 10px | 400 16px | none |
| secondary | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` / `#292B2E` | 1px solid rgb(41, 43, 46) | 8px | 13.44px 16px 13.44px 16px | 500 16px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary focus: outline `2px solid rgb(24, 122, 220)`

## Motion
- durations: 200ms (dominant) · 50ms · 300ms
- easings: `ease` (dominant) · `ease-in-out`
- animated properties: transform, opacity, 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.

## Their own tokens (verbatim from :root)

| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| `--rt-color-white` | `#fff` |
| `--rt-color-dark` | `#222` |
| `--rt-color-success` | `#8dc572` |
| `--rt-color-error` | `#be6464` |
| `--rt-color-warning` | `#f0ad4e` |
| `--rt-color-info` | `#337ab7` |
| `--token-primary-text-01` | `#292b2e` |
| `--token-primary-icon-03-active` | `#03a9f4` |
| `--token-primary-interactive-01-active` | `#8ae9ff` |
| `--token-support-03` | `#03a9f4` |
| `--token-primary-ui-01-active` | `#f7f9fa` |
| `--token-gradient-04-e` | `#9be45e` |

_…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 1140px · common grid: 2-col
- nav: 87px sticky · bg #FFFFFF

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 640 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 799 | 475 | 3 | 30 | 137/24 | — |
| 1274 | 681 | 2 | 30 | 0/0 | 41/59 |
| 1956 | 1201 | 2 | — | 80/0 | — |
| 3157 | 701 | 2 | 32 | 164/170 | — |

## Components (measured)
- input: h 56px · r 8px 0px 0px 8px · border 1px solid rgb(92, 93, 93) · bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) · placeholder #B8C3C9

## Responsive (measured)
- mobile (390px): body 16px · 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/pocketcasts.com

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