MozaikaDesign system

PlanetScale — Design System

light · professional · medium · tailwind · confidence 92% · deep decode

PlanetScale strips database marketing down to a terminal session: system monospace at a flat 16px for everything — hero, headings, body — with hierarchy carried by weight, dotted rules and whitespace alone. No brand color, no gradients; a nine-row customer logo grid and dense benchmark tables are the spectacle, and inline quotes from CTOs read like commit messages. It is the most radical typographic position in the dev-tool space: credibility through total restraint, as if the docs were the brand.

Open in Mozaika →

This is a static, crawlable rendering for search & AI engines. The interactive version — filters, live decode console, copy & export — is at https://mozaika.design/ds/planetscale.

Tokens

PlanetScale's decoded design system: background #FAFAFA, text #414141, accent #F35815, link #F35815, primary #0B6EC5; type scale h1 16px / h2 16px / body 16px; 8px spacing base; 0px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #F35815 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

RoleValue
bg#FAFAFA
surface#EEEEEE
border#DEDEDE
text#414141
text_muted#878787
primary#0B6EC5
accent#F35815
link#F35815
secondary#F2B600
button_bg#F35815
button_text#FFFFFF

Using these colors

Typography

Spacing

Radii

Motion

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

Native design tokens

TokenValue
--white#FFFFFF
--black#000000
--gray-50#fafafa
--gray-100#ebebeb
--gray-200#e1e1e1
--gray-300#c1c1c1
--gray-400#a1a1a1
--gray-500#818181
--gray-550#737373
--gray-600#616161

…and 90 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

Layout (measured)

Themes

dark counterpart: background #111111, text #E1E1E1.

Responsive (measured)

Per-section tokens (16)

Export: DESIGN.md

# PlanetScale — Design System

> light, professional, medium, tailwind — deep decode (measured live)

PlanetScale strips database marketing down to a terminal session: system monospace at a flat 16px for everything — hero, headings, body — with hierarchy carried by weight, dotted rules and whitespace alone. No brand color, no gradients; a nine-row customer logo grid and dense benchmark tables are the spectacle, and inline quotes from CTOs read like commit messages. It is the most radical typographic position in the dev-tool space: credibility through total restraint, as if the docs were the brand.

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FAFAFA` |
| surface | `#EEEEEE` |
| border | `#DEDEDE` |
| text | `#414141` |
| text_muted | `#878787` |
| primary | `#0B6EC5` |
| accent | `#F35815` |
| link | `#F35815` |
| secondary | `#F2B600` |
| button_bg | `#F35815` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#F35815` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `accent`, `link`, `button_bg` are all `#F35815` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#F35815` — 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** `#0B6EC5` — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #F35815, not this.
- **secondary** `#F2B600` — 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): `#FAFAFA` 84.1% · `#C5D2CD` 6.4% · `#161516` 5.5% · `#9F8F87` 3.4%

## Typography

- Heading: **SF Mono** _(free fallback: JetBrains Mono)_
- Body: **SF Mono** _(free fallback: JetBrains Mono)_
- Mono: **ui-monospace** _(measured)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| body | 16px / 400 · lh 24px |

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

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

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 4px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 16px, 24px, 40px, 96px — snap all gaps/padding to these

## Radius
- base: 0px
- button: 0px
- pill: 9999px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#F35815` / `#FFFFFF` | none | 0px | 0px 8px 0px 8px | 600 16px | none |
| secondary | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` / `#414141` | none | — | 0px 0px 0px 0px | 600 16px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary focus: box-shadow `rgb(250, 250, 250) 0px 0px 0px 2px, rgb(30, 157, 231) 0px 0px 0px 4px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px` · outline `2px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)`
- secondary hover: color `#F35815`
- transition: `all 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)`

## Motion
- durations: 150ms (dominant)
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)` (dominant)
- 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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--white` | `#FFFFFF` |
| `--black` | `#000000` |
| `--gray-50` | `#fafafa` |
| `--gray-100` | `#ebebeb` |
| `--gray-200` | `#e1e1e1` |
| `--gray-300` | `#c1c1c1` |
| `--gray-400` | `#a1a1a1` |
| `--gray-500` | `#818181` |
| `--gray-550` | `#737373` |
| `--gray-600` | `#616161` |
| `--gray-700` | `#414141` |
| `--gray-800` | `#2b2b2b` |

_…and 88 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- container max 1090px
- nav: 32px relative · bg #FAFAFA

## Components (measured)
- link: #0B6EC5 · no underline

## Themes (both measured)
- dark counterpart: bg `#111111` · text `#E1E1E1`
- tokens that flip between modes:
  - `--white`: `#FFFFFF` → `#FFFFFF`
  - `--black`: `#000000` → `#000000`
  - `--text-contrast`: `#000000` → `#FFFFFF`
  - `--text-primary`: `#414141` → `#e1e1e1`
  - `--text-secondary`: `#737373` → `#a1a1a1`
  - `--text-decoration`: `#c1c1c1` → `#414141`
  - `--text-disabled`: `#a1a1a1` → `#616161`
  - `--text-red`: `#d92038` → `#ff7082`

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px
- mobile (390px): hero 16px · 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.

---

> **Decoded with Mozaika** — measured live, not guessed. Full decoded design system + one-command install: mozaika.design/ds/planetscale

Export: Tailwind v4 (@theme)

@theme {
  /* action color #F35815 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --color-bg: #FAFAFA;
  --color-surface: #EEEEEE;
  --color-border: #DEDEDE;
  --color-text: #414141;
  --color-text-muted: #878787;
  --color-primary: #0B6EC5;  /* a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #F35815, not this. */
  --color-accent: #F35815;  /* 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. */
  --color-link: #F35815;  /* inline text links — shares the action color. */
  --color-secondary: #F2B600;  /* 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. */
  --color-button-bg: #F35815;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --color-button-text: #FFFFFF;
  /* fonts: SF Mono may be proprietary — safe free fallback: JetBrains Mono (Google Fonts). */
  --font-heading: "SF Mono", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
  --font-body: "SF Mono", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
  --font-mono: "ui-monospace", ui-monospace, monospace;
  /* measured weights: 400, 500, 600, 700 — use these, not 400/600 */
  --text-body: 16px; --font-weight-body: 400; --leading-body: 24px;
  --radius-base: 0px;
  --radius-button: 0px;
  --radius-pill: 9999px;
  --shadow-focus: rgb(250, 250, 250) 0px 0px 0px 2px, rgb(30, 157, 231) 0px 0px 0px 4px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px;  /* measured focus ring */
  --ease-brand: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
  --duration-fast: 150ms;  /* use: duration-[var(--duration-fast)] */
  --spacing: 8px;  /* measured base — drives the p-*/gap-* scale. steps seen on the page: 4, 8, 10, 12, 16, 24, 40, 96px */
}

Export: CSS variables

:root {
  /* action color #F35815 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --bg: #FAFAFA;
  --surface: #EEEEEE;
  --border: #DEDEDE;
  --text: #414141;
  --text-muted: #878787;
  --primary: #0B6EC5;  /* a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #F35815, not this. */
  --accent: #F35815;  /* 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. */
  --link: #F35815;  /* inline text links — shares the action color. */
  --secondary: #F2B600;  /* 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. */
  --button-bg: #F35815;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --button-text: #FFFFFF;
  --font-heading: "SF Mono", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
  --font-body: "SF Mono", "JetBrains Mono", ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, Menlo, monospace;
  --font-mono: "ui-monospace", ui-monospace, monospace;
  --text-body: 16px; --weight-body: 400; --leading-body: 24px;
  --radius: 0px;
  --radius-button: 0px;
  --radius-pill: 9999px;
  --focus-ring: rgb(250, 250, 250) 0px 0px 0px 2px, rgb(30, 157, 231) 0px 0px 0px 4px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px;
  --ease: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
  --duration-fast: 150ms;
}

/* their own tokens, verbatim from the site's :root */
:root {
  --white: #FFFFFF;
  --black: #000000;
  --gray-50: #fafafa;
  --gray-100: #ebebeb;
  --gray-200: #e1e1e1;
  --gray-300: #c1c1c1;
  --gray-400: #a1a1a1;
  --gray-500: #818181;
  --gray-550: #737373;
  --gray-600: #616161;
  --gray-700: #414141;
  --gray-800: #2b2b2b;
}
/* fonts: SF Mono may be proprietary — safe free fallback: JetBrains Mono (Google Fonts). */