Discord — Design Score: 66/100 (grade C)
Solid type & motion system undermined by dangerously low body text contrast (1.57:1 vs 4.5:1 WCAG) and cramped spacing that excludes low-vision users and feels suffocating.
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The four measured dimensions
- Typography & Hierarchy: 81/100
- Color & Contrast: 53/100
- Spacing & Layout: 55/100
- Motion & Polish: 75/100
What we measured
- Typography & Hierarchy — type ladder rhythm: 1.09× · 1.56× · 1.80× · 1.05× (28.9/35)
- Typography & Hierarchy — weight contrast: [400, 500, 600, 700, 800] (spread 400) (20.0/20)
- Typography & Hierarchy — body line-height: 1.30 (12.0/15)
- Typography & Hierarchy — heading line-height: 0.41 (0.0/10)
- Typography & Hierarchy — size discipline: 5 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — body text contrast (WCAG): 1.57:1 (0.0/30)
- Color & Contrast — primary button contrast: 15.05:1 (10.0/10)
- Color & Contrast — accent discipline: 2 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — surface coverage: 35% dominant (9.1/20)
- Color & Contrast — scheme consistency: dark (14.0/20)
- Spacing & Layout — spacing grid: 4px grid · 66% confidence (23.1/35)
- Spacing & Layout — grid adherence: 8/12 on 4px (16.7/25)
- Spacing & Layout — breathing room: 0.76 density · dense (0.0/25)
- Spacing & Layout — structure & responsive: 2 breakpoints (15.0/15)
- Motion & Polish — motion tokens: 300ms dominant (25.0/25)
- Motion & Polish — choreography: 3 reveal candidates (10.0/20)
Every line above is read from the live DOM — the exact contrast ratio, the detected spacing grid, the forced hover states — not an AI's guess from a screenshot.
Top fixes
- Raise body text contrast to meet WCAG AA (4.5:1 minimum)
- Increase vertical breathing room from 0.76 density to 1.1+ comfortable band
- Normalize display heading line-height from 0.41 to 1.0–1.2 range
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An automated measurement of Discord's publicly-visible design (color, type, spacing, motion) — not affiliated with discord.com. Removal requests: hello@mozaika.design.