SSENSE — decoded design system

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SSENSE'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

SSENSE's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #000000, accent #FF2B00, link #333333, primary #CC0000; type scale h1 100px / h2 67px / body 20px; 10px spacing base; 0px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #000000 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #000000 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• accent #FF2B00 — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
• primary #CC0000 — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #000000, not this.
• link #333333 — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #000000).

Typography

• Heading: JHA Times Now
• Body: Favorit SSENSE Inter
• h1: 100px
• h2: 67px
• body: 20px

Spacing

• base unit: 10px
• scale: 10px, 12px, 15px, 20px, 29px, 30px, 40px, 55px, 80px, 107px

Radii

• base: 0px
• button: 2px

Shadows (elevation)

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

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 350ms (dominant) with ease.

• durations: 350ms · 400ms · 500ms
• easings: ease · ease-in-out
• animated properties: transform

Button states (measured)

• primary focus: outline 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 1260px
• nav: 94px fixed

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: div.onetrust-pc-dark-filter → div.otFlat

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 480px · 568px · 599px · 768px · 950px · 992px
• mobile (390px): hero 40px · nav inline

Install it

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# SSENSE — Design System

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

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#EFEFEF` |
| border | `#D8D8D8` |
| text | `#000000` |
| text_muted | `#606060` |
| primary | `#CC0000` |
| accent | `#FF2B00` |
| link | `#333333` |
| button_bg | `#000000` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#000000` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- **accent** `#FF2B00` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **primary** `#CC0000` — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #000000, not this.
- **link** `#333333` — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #000000).
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#7F7F7F` 46.3% · `#4E4C4A` 20.1% · `#0A0A0B` 12.8% · `#FFFFFF` 9.7%

## Typography

- Heading: **JHA Times Now** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **Favorit SSENSE Inter** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 100px / 400 · lh 94px · tracking -3.75px |
| h2 | 67px / 400 · lh 72px · tracking -2px |
| h3 | 53px / 400 · lh 60px · tracking -2px |
| body | 20px / 100 · lh 26px · tracking -0.05px |
| small | 19px / 400 · lh 26px · tracking -0.25px |

- Weight ladder: 100 · 400 · 600 · 700 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** JHA Times Now may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). Favorit SSENSE Inter may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 10px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 10px, 12px, 15px, 20px, 29px, 30px, 40px, 55px, 80px, 107px — snap all gaps/padding to these

## Radius
- base: 0px
- button: 2px
- card: 10px
- sharp: 2px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#000000` / `#FFFFFF` | 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) | 2px | 12px 10px 12px 10px | 600 13.008px / 0.13008px | none |
| secondary | `#FFFFFF` / `#000000` | 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) | 2px | 12px 10px 12px 10px | 600 13.008px / 0.13008px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary focus: outline `1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0)`

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

## Motion
- durations: 350ms (dominant) · 400ms · 500ms
- easings: `ease` (dominant) · `ease-in-out`
- animated properties: transform

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 1260px
- nav: 94px fixed · bg #FFFFFF

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `div.onetrust-pc-dark-filter` @0ms → `div.otFlat` @0ms

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

## Components (measured)
- link: #333333 · no underline

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 480px · 568px · 599px · 768px · 950px · 992px
- mobile (390px): hero 40px · body 11px · 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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