Paypal — Design Score: 80/100 (grade B)
Strong typography & color hierarchy, but spacing density and motion interactivity gaps leave friction in forms and CTAs.
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The four measured dimensions
- Typography & Hierarchy: 86/100
- Color & Contrast: 86/100
- Spacing & Layout: 63/100
- Motion & Polish: 77/100
What we measured
- Typography & Hierarchy — type ladder rhythm: 2.21× · 1.22× · 3.05× · 1.22× (21.3/35)
- Typography & Hierarchy — weight contrast: [400, 500, 900] (spread 500) (20.0/20)
- Typography & Hierarchy — body line-height: 1.36 (15.0/15)
- Typography & Hierarchy — heading line-height: 1.00 (10.0/10)
- Typography & Hierarchy — size discipline: 5 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — body text contrast (WCAG): 21.00:1 (30.0/30)
- Color & Contrast — primary button contrast: 21.00:1 (10.0/10)
- Color & Contrast — accent discipline: 1 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — surface coverage: 59% dominant (16.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — scheme consistency: light (10.0/20)
- Spacing & Layout — breathing room: 0.39 density · dense (17.7/25)
- Spacing & Layout — structure & responsive: 2 breakpoints (15.0/15)
- Motion & Polish — motion tokens: 200ms dominant (25.0/25)
- Motion & Polish — choreography: 5 reveal candidates (20.0/20)
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
- Expand button interactive states beyond hover
- Regularize type scale jumps
- Implement motion tokens in CSS custom properties
The comprehensive report — every fix with why + the exact how-to — is part of Mozaika Pro.
An automated measurement of Paypal's publicly-visible design (color, type, spacing, motion) — not affiliated with paypal.com. Removal requests: hello@mozaika.design.