Warby Parker — decoded design system

warbyparker.com · light · modern · custom · deep decode — measured live

Warby Parker'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

Warby Parker's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #121212, accent #072369, link #3A434C, primary #1050D0; type scale h1 70px / h2 55px / body 16px; 8px spacing base; 12px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #1050D0 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #1050D0 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, button_bg are all #1050D0 — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #072369 — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
• link #3A434C — inline text links and link-styled controls.
• secondary #021A57 — 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: fontIvoryLl
• Body: fontAbcSocial
• h1: 70px
• h2: 55px
• body: 16px

Spacing

• base unit: 8px
• scale: 4px, 8px, 12px, 13px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 42px, 48px

Radii

• base: 12px
• button: 100px

Shadows (elevation)

• subtle: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px
• card: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02) 0px 4px 12px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0px 1px 4px 0px
• overlay: rgba(18, 18, 18, 0.12) 0px 8px 12px 0px, rgba(18, 18, 18, 0.12) 0px 1px 4px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 200ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.25, 0, 0.35, 0.95).

• durations: 200ms · 350ms · 150ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.25, 0, 0.35, 0.95) · cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.85, 0.35, 1)
• animated properties: opacity, box-shadow, color, transform

Native design tokens

…and 110 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: background #1144A9
• primary focus: box-shadow rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px 2px, rgb(17, 68, 169) 0px 0px 0px 4px · background #1144A9

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 930px

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: div.top-nav-module-scss-modu → div.top-nav-module-scss-modu → svg → div.ketch-fixed

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 330px · 425px · 500px · 768px · 900px · 984px
• mobile (390px): hero 32px · nav inline

Install it

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Warby Parker — Design System

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

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#F0F0F0` |
| border | `#DBDBDB` |
| text | `#121212` |
| text_muted | `#6C6C6C` |
| primary | `#1050D0` |
| accent | `#072369` |
| link | `#3A434C` |
| secondary | `#021A57` |
| button_bg | `#1050D0` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#1050D0` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `primary`, `button_bg` are all `#1050D0` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#072369` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **link** `#3A434C` — inline text links and link-styled controls.
- **secondary** `#021A57` — 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): `#FFFFFF` 40.4% · `#E2E1E1` 39.1% · `#342745` 13.3% · `#B6B1B3` 7.1%

## Typography

- Heading: **fontIvoryLl** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **fontAbcSocial** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 70px / 400 · lh 76px · tracking -0.7px |
| h2 | 55px / 400 · lh 61px · tracking -0.55px |
| h3 | 40px / 400 · lh 46px · tracking -0.4px |
| body | 16px / 600 · lh 22px · tracking 0.32px |
| small | 14px / 500 · lh 24px · tracking 0.28px |

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

> **Fonts —** fontIvoryLl may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). fontAbcSocial may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 4px, 8px, 12px, 13px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 42px, 48px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 48px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 12px
- button: 100px
- card: 50px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#1050D0` / `#FFFFFF` | none | 100px | 13px 24px 13px 24px | 400 16px | none |
| secondary | `#072369` / `#FFFFFF` | none | 100px | 13px 24px 13px 24px | 400 16px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: background `#1144A9`
- primary focus: box-shadow `rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px 2px, rgb(17, 68, 169) 0px 0px 0px 4px` · background `#1144A9`
- secondary hover: background `#021A57`
- transition: `all 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.25, 0, 0.35, 0.95)`

## Shadows (elevation)
- subtle: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px`
- card: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02) 0px 4px 12px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0px 1px 4px 0px`
- overlay: `rgba(18, 18, 18, 0.12) 0px 8px 12px 0px, rgba(18, 18, 18, 0.12) 0px 1px 4px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 200ms (dominant) · 350ms · 150ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.25, 0, 0.35, 0.95)` (dominant) · `cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.85, 0.35, 1)`
- animated properties: opacity, box-shadow, color, transform

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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--wp-color-core-blues-blueprint` | `#1050d0` |
| `--wp-color-core-blues-dark-blueprint` | `#1144a9` |
| `--wp-color-core-blues-faded-blueprint` | `#8aa9e8` |
| `--wp-color-core-blues-ink` | `#072369` |
| `--wp-color-core-blues-jet-ink` | `#021a57` |
| `--wp-color-core-blues-ink-wash` | `#8593b5` |
| `--wp-color-core-blues-warby` | `#00a2e1` |
| `--wp-color-core-blues-light-warby` | `#caeaf5` |
| `--wp-color-grayscale-black` | `#000` |
| `--wp-color-grayscale-cosmos` | `#121212` |
| `--wp-color-grayscale-slate` | `#3a434c` |
| `--wp-color-grayscale-graphite` | `#72777c` |

_…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 930px
- nav: 0px

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `div.top-nav-module-scss-modu` @0ms → `div.top-nav-module-scss-modu` @0ms → `svg` @759ms → `div.ketch-fixed` @2768ms
- `div.ketch-fixed` — transform translateY(900px)→translateY(0px) — 400ms ease

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

## Components (measured)
- link: #1050D0 · underline
- disabled: bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) · text #121212

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 330px · 425px · 500px · 768px · 900px · 984px
- mobile (390px): hero 32px · 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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