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Spotify — Design System

dark · modern · high · custom · confidence 92%

The Spotify web player is pure app-scale design: Spotify Mix at UI sizes (24px shelf titles, 16px everything else) over near-black, full-pill controls, and a grid of album art doing all the visual heavy lifting. Chrome recedes to charcoal so cover art becomes the palette — the interface as a record-store wall lit at night, with Spotify green saved for play.

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Spotify's decoded design system: background #121212, text #FFFFFF, accent #1ED760, link #0000EE, primary #1ED760; type scale h1 16px / h2 24px / body 16px; 8px 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

RoleValue
bg#121212
surface#202020
border#353535
text#FFFFFF
text_muted#A4A4A4
primary#1ED760
accent#1ED760
link#0000EE
secondary#9D968E
button_bg#000000
button_text#B3B3B3

Using these colors

Typography

Spacing

Radii

Per-section tokens (15)

Export: DESIGN.md

# Spotify — Design System

> dark, modern, high, custom

The Spotify web player is pure app-scale design: Spotify Mix at UI sizes (24px shelf titles, 16px everything else) over near-black, full-pill controls, and a grid of album art doing all the visual heavy lifting. Chrome recedes to charcoal so cover art becomes the palette — the interface as a record-store wall lit at night, with Spotify green saved for play.

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#121212` |
| surface | `#202020` |
| border | `#353535` |
| text | `#FFFFFF` |
| text_muted | `#A4A4A4` |
| primary | `#1ED760` |
| accent | `#1ED760` |
| link | `#0000EE` |
| secondary | `#9D968E` |
| button_bg | `#000000` |
| button_text | `#B3B3B3` |

**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.
- `primary`, `accent` are all `#1ED760` — one role, not several.
- **accent** `#1ED760` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **link** `#0000EE` — fails contrast on the background (~2.0:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference).
- **secondary** `#9D968E` — 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: **Spotify Mix** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **Spotify Mix** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- h1: 16px
- h2: 24px
- body: 16px

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

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px
- scale: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 24px, 32px, 48px, 64px

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

## Primary button
- bg `#000000` · text `#B3B3B3` · radius 9999px

## 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.

Export: Tailwind v4 (@theme)

@theme {
  /* action color #000000 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --color-bg: #121212;
  --color-surface: #202020;
  --color-border: #353535;
  --color-text: #FFFFFF;
  --color-text-muted: #A4A4A4;
  --color-primary: #1ED760;  /* a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #000000, not this. */
  --color-accent: #1ED760;  /* accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page. */
  --color-link: #0000EE;  /* fails contrast on the background (~2.0:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference). */
  --color-secondary: #9D968E;  /* 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: #000000;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --color-button-text: #B3B3B3;
  /* fonts: Spotify Mix may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). */
  --font-heading: "Spotify Mix", "Newsreader", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Spotify Mix", "Newsreader", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --text-h1: 16px;
  --text-h2: 24px;
  --text-body: 16px;
  --radius-base: 0px;
  --radius-button: 9999px;
  --spacing-1: 4px;
  --spacing-2: 8px;
  --spacing-3: 12px;
  --spacing-4: 16px;
  --spacing-5: 24px;
  --spacing-6: 32px;
  --spacing-7: 48px;
  --spacing-8: 64px;
}

Export: CSS variables

:root {
  /* action color #000000 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --bg: #121212;
  --surface: #202020;
  --border: #353535;
  --text: #FFFFFF;
  --text-muted: #A4A4A4;
  --primary: #1ED760;  /* a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #000000, not this. */
  --accent: #1ED760;  /* accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page. */
  --link: #0000EE;  /* fails contrast on the background (~2.0:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference). */
  --secondary: #9D968E;  /* 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: #000000;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --button-text: #B3B3B3;
  --font-heading: "Spotify Mix", "Newsreader", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Spotify Mix", "Newsreader", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --radius: 0px;
  --radius-button: 9999px;
}
/* fonts: Spotify Mix may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). */