Temporal — decoded design system

temporal.io · dark · professional · custom · deep decode — measured live

Temporal'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

Temporal's decoded design system: background #141414, text #F8FAFC, accent #07090D, link #FFFFFF, primary #DBFF4B; type scale h1 68px / h2 68px / body 24px; 8px spacing base; 4px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #07090D — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #07090D — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• accent, button_bg are all #07090D — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #07090D — 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 #DBFF4B — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #07090D, not this.
• link #FFFFFF — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #07090D).
• secondary #CACBF9 — 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: Noto Sans Mono
• Body: Noto Sans Mono
• Mono: Noto Sans Mono
• h1: 68px
• h2: 68px
• body: 24px

Spacing

• base unit: 8px
• scale: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 40px, 48px, 64px

Radii

• base: 4px
• button: 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 150ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1).

• durations: 150ms · 1000ms · 300ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) · ease
• animated properties: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-color

Native design tokens

…and 2 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: box-shadow rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(68, 76, 231, 0.7) 0px 0px 0px 4px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px
• primary focus: outline 1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 640px
• nav: 20px
• common grid: 12 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: div.marquee-group×4 → a.status-badge×2 → div.code-block-inner → div.blur-container → div.blur-pink → div.blur-yellow

Overlay recipe (measured)

dialog panel: #07090D · radius 0px · enter 200ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px · 1536px · 1920px
• mobile (390px): hero 44px · nav inline

Install it

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

npx shadcn add mozaika.design/r/decode/temporal.io

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Temporal — Design System

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

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#141414` |
| surface | `#212121` |
| border | `#363636` |
| text | `#F8FAFC` |
| text_muted | `#A1A2A3` |
| primary | `#DBFF4B` |
| accent | `#07090D` |
| link | `#FFFFFF` |
| secondary | `#CACBF9` |
| button_bg | `#07090D` |
| button_text | `#F8FAFC` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#07090D` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `accent`, `button_bg` are all `#07090D` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#07090D` — 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** `#DBFF4B` — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #07090D, not this.
- **link** `#FFFFFF` — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #07090D).
- **secondary** `#CACBF9` — 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): `#211C39` 48.2% · `#151418` 20.2% · `#31224F` 13.4% · `#BCF766` 7.2%

## Typography

- Heading: **Noto Sans Mono** _(free fallback: JetBrains Mono)_
- Body: **Noto Sans Mono** _(free fallback: JetBrains Mono)_
- Mono: **Noto Sans Mono**

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 68px / 300 · lh 75px · tracking -2px |
| body | 24px / 300 · lh 38px · tracking 0.2px |
| small | 18px / 400 · lh 28px |
| eyebrow | 14px / 300 · tracking 0.35px |

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

> **Fonts —** Noto Sans Mono may be proprietary — safe free fallback: JetBrains Mono (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 40px, 48px, 64px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 96px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 4px
- button: 0px
- card: 100px
- pill: 9999px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` / `#F8FAFC` | none | 0px | 0px 16px 0px 16px | 500 16px | none |
| secondary | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` / `#F8FAFC` | none | 0px | 0px 24px 0px 24px | 500 16px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: box-shadow `rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(68, 76, 231, 0.7) 0px 0px 0px 4px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px`
- primary focus: outline `1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)`
- secondary hover: box-shadow `rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(68, 76, 231, 0.7) 0px 0px 0px 4px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px`
- transition: `box-shadow 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)`

## Motion
- durations: 150ms (dominant) · 1000ms · 300ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)` (dominant) · `ease`
- animated properties: color, background-color, border-color, text-decoration-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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--shiki-color-text` | `#f8fafc` |
| `--shiki-color-background` | `#243349` |
| `--shiki-token-constant` | `#59fda0` |
| `--shiki-token-string` | `#edc38d` |
| `--shiki-token-comment` | `#576e8f` |
| `--shiki-token-keyword` | `#7f86f1` |
| `--shiki-token-parameter` | `#d6deeb` |
| `--shiki-token-function` | `#cccef0` |
| `--shiki-token-string-expression` | `#ffadfe` |
| `--shiki-token-punctuation` | `#7f86f1` |
| `--shiki-token-link` | `#fed553` |
| `--site-nav-height` | `5rem` |

Prefer these names when extending their system — it's the brand's actual vocabulary.

## Layout (measured)
- container max 640px · common grid: 12-col
- nav: 20px

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124 | 713 | 15 | 16 | 64/64 | 4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/16/16/16 |
| 941 | 776 | 12 | 16 | 96/96 | — |
| 1717 | 887 | 12 | 16 | 96/96 | — |
| 2604 | 615 | 12 | 16 | 96/96 | — |
| 3220 | 680 | 12 | 16 | 96/96 | — |
| 3900 | 836 | 12 | 16 | 96/96 | — |
| 4736 | 719 | 12 | 16 | 96/96 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `div.marquee-group`×4 @0ms → `a.status-badge`×2 @0ms → `div.code-block-inner` @565ms → `div.blur-container` @856ms → `div.blur-pink` @856ms → `div.blur-yellow` @856ms
- `div.marquee-group` ×2 — transform translate(0px)→translate(calc(-100% - 64px)) — 30000ms · loops
- `a.status-badge` — opacity 1→1 — 4000ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1) · loops
- `div.blur-yellow` — transform translateY(0px)→translateY(0px) — 6000ms ease-in-out (delay 300ms) · loops
- `div.blur-green` — transform translateY(0px)→translateY(0px) — 6000ms ease-in-out (delay 600ms) · loops
- `div.blur-pink` — transform translateY(0px)→translateY(0px) — 6000ms ease-in-out (delay 3000ms) · loops
- overlay dialog (auto-opened): panel #07090D · r 0px
  - enter: transform from none · 200ms cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) | opacity from 0 · 250ms linear
  - exit: opacity from 0 · 250ms linear

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

## Components (measured)
- link: #92A4C3 · underline — hover #CACBF9

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px · 1536px · 1920px
- mobile (390px): hero 44px · 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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