Snapchat Mobile — Design System

light · consumer · high · confidence 85% · deep decode

Snapchat Mobile — palette measured from official store listing screenshots (colors only; no font claims). Type scale shown is the platform HIG default.

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Tokens

Snapchat Mobile's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #000000, accent #2E7CF6, link #2E7CF6, primary #2E7CF6; type scale h1 34px / h2 22px / body 17px; 8px spacing base; 12px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #2E7CF6 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #2E7CF6 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, accent, link, button_bg are all #2E7CF6 — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #2E7CF6 — 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.

Typography

• h1: 34px
• h2: 22px
• body: 17px

Spacing

• base unit: 8px
• scale: 2px, 4px, 5px, 7px, 8px, 10px, 15px, 16px, 20px, 30px

Radii

• base: 12px
• button: 12px

Motion

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

• durations: 200ms · 100ms
• easings: ease-in-out · ease
• animated properties: background-color

Native design tokens

…and 65 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary focus: outline 1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 1070px
• nav: 72px
• common grid: 2 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: svg

Input (measured)

height 38px · radius 5px

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 768px
• mobile (390px): hero 36px · nav inline

Export: DESIGN.md

# Snapchat Mobile — Design System

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

Snapchat Mobile — palette measured from official store listing screenshots (colors only; no font claims). Type scale shown is the platform HIG default.

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#EFEFEF` |
| border | `#D8D8D8` |
| text | `#000000` |
| text_muted | `#606060` |
| primary | `#2E7CF6` |
| accent | `#2E7CF6` |
| link | `#2E7CF6` |
| button_bg | `#2E7CF6` |
| button_text | `#FFFFFF` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#2E7CF6` — 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`, `link`, `button_bg` are all `#2E7CF6` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#2E7CF6` — 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.
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#FFFFFF` 44% · `#665558` 12.8% · `#1E252C` 11.7% · `#C7B3C3` 8.2%

## Typography


| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 48px / 600 · lh 60px |
| h2 | 28px / 700 · lh 36px |
| h3 | 22px / 600 · lh 28px |
| body | 14px / 400 · lh 17px |
| small | 13px / 400 · lh 16px |

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

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 2px, 4px, 5px, 7px, 8px, 10px, 15px, 16px, 20px, 30px — snap all gaps/padding to these

## Radius
- base: 12px
- button: 12px
- card: 20px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#121314` / `#FFFFFF` | none | 100px | 8px 16px 8px 16px | 500 14px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary focus: outline `1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)`

## Motion
- durations: 200ms (dominant) · 100ms
- easings: `ease-in-out` (dominant) · `ease`
- animated properties: 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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--sds-webc-color-surface-pagebg` | `#fff` |
| `--content-primary-color` | `#121314` |
| `--blue-v300` | `#0fadff` |
| `--gray-v275` | `#b0b1b2` |
| `--grey-dark` | `#000` |
| `--black-v200` | `#000` |
| `--gray-v200` | `#d4d5d6` |
| `--gray-v50` | `#f7f8f9` |
| `--black-v50` | `#53575b` |
| `--sds-webc-color-icon-button-background-active` | `#9a9fa7` |
| `--content-secondary-color` | `#53575b` |
| `--colors-2019__gray__fadedblack` | `#2c3137` |

_…and 63 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- container max 1070px · common grid: 2-col
- nav: 72px · border-bottom 1px solid rgb(240, 241, 242) · bg #FFFFFF

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 900 | 2 | — | 0/0 | 41/59 |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `svg` @0ms

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

## Components (measured)
- input: h 38px · r 5px · bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) · placeholder #121314
- card ×4: pad 0px 0px 0px 0px · r 20px · bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)
  - hover: font-weight `400` · letter-spacing `normal`
- link: #53575B · underline

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 768px
- mobile (390px): hero 36px · 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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> **Decoded with Mozaika** — measured live, not guessed. Full decoded design system + one-command install: mozaika.design/ds/snapchat-mobile

Export: Tailwind v4 (@theme)

@theme {
  /* action color #2E7CF6 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --color-bg: #FFFFFF;
  --color-surface: #EFEFEF;
  --color-border: #D8D8D8;
  --color-text: #000000;
  --color-text-muted: #606060;
  --color-primary: #2E7CF6;  /* primary brand / action color. */
  --color-accent: #2E7CF6;  /* 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: #2E7CF6;  /* inline text links — shares the action color. */
  --color-button-bg: #2E7CF6;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --color-button-text: #FFFFFF;
  /* measured weights: 400, 500, 600, 700 — use these, not 400/600 */
  --text-hero: 48px; --font-weight-hero: 600; --leading-hero: 60px;
  --text-h2: 28px; --font-weight-h2: 700; --leading-h2: 36px;
  --text-h3: 22px; --font-weight-h3: 600; --leading-h3: 28px;
  --text-body: 14px; --font-weight-body: 400; --leading-body: 17px;
  --text-small: 13px; --font-weight-small: 400; --leading-small: 16px;
  --radius-base: 12px;
  --radius-button: 12px;
  --radius-card: 20px;
  --outline-focus: 1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16);  /* measured focus ring */
  --ease-brand: ease-in-out;
  --duration-fast: 100ms;  /* use: duration-[var(--duration-fast)] */
  --duration-base: 200ms;
  --spacing: 8px;  /* measured base — drives the p-*/gap-* scale. steps seen on the page: 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 15, 16, 20, 30px */
}

Export: CSS variables

:root {
  /* action color #2E7CF6 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --bg: #FFFFFF;
  --surface: #EFEFEF;
  --border: #D8D8D8;
  --text: #000000;
  --text-muted: #606060;
  --primary: #2E7CF6;  /* primary brand / action color. */
  --accent: #2E7CF6;  /* 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: #2E7CF6;  /* inline text links — shares the action color. */
  --button-bg: #2E7CF6;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --button-text: #FFFFFF;
  --text-hero: 48px; --weight-hero: 600; --leading-hero: 60px;
  --text-h2: 28px; --weight-h2: 700; --leading-h2: 36px;
  --text-h3: 22px; --weight-h3: 600; --leading-h3: 28px;
  --text-body: 14px; --weight-body: 400; --leading-body: 17px;
  --text-small: 13px; --weight-small: 400; --leading-small: 16px;
  --radius: 12px;
  --radius-button: 12px;
  --radius-card: 20px;
  --focus-ring: 1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16);
  --ease: ease-in-out;
  --duration-fast: 100ms;
  --duration-base: 200ms;
}

/* their own tokens, verbatim from the site's :root */
:root {
  --sds-webc-color-surface-pagebg: #fff;
  --content-primary-color: #121314;
  --blue-v300: #0fadff;
  --gray-v275: #b0b1b2;
  --grey-dark: #000;
  --black-v200: #000;
  --gray-v200: #d4d5d6;
  --gray-v50: #f7f8f9;
  --black-v50: #53575b;
  --sds-webc-color-icon-button-background-active: #9a9fa7;
  --content-secondary-color: #53575b;
  --colors-2019__gray__fadedblack: #2c3137;
}