Shortwave — Design Score: 80/100 (grade B)
Strong typographic baseline and dark-mode color contrast, but spacing grid only 58% adhered and motion lacks any entrance choreography.
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The four measured dimensions
- Typography & Hierarchy: 95/100
- Color & Contrast: 86/100
- Spacing & Layout: 72/100
- Motion & Polish: 57/100
What we measured
- Typography & Hierarchy — type ladder rhythm: 1.23× · 1.53× · 1.89× · 1.12× (33.2/35)
- Typography & Hierarchy — weight contrast: [400, 600] (spread 200) (17.1/20)
- Typography & Hierarchy — body line-height: 1.56 (15.0/15)
- Typography & Hierarchy — heading line-height: 1.19 (10.0/10)
- Typography & Hierarchy — size discipline: 5 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — body text contrast (WCAG): 19.09:1 (30.0/30)
- Color & Contrast — primary button contrast: 4.51:1 (10.0/10)
- Color & Contrast — accent discipline: 2 (20.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — surface coverage: 79% dominant (16.0/20)
- Color & Contrast — scheme consistency: dark (10.0/20)
- Spacing & Layout — spacing grid: 8px grid · 86% confidence (30.1/35)
- Spacing & Layout — grid adherence: 7/12 on 8px (14.6/25)
- Spacing & Layout — structure & responsive: 2 breakpoints (15.0/15)
- Motion & Polish — motion tokens: 200ms dominant (25.0/25)
- Motion & Polish — choreography: 0 reveal candidates (0.0/20)
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
- Add scroll-reveal choreography to hero and key sections
- Enforce 8px grid adherence across all spacing values
- Define interactive state transitions for all buttons and links
The comprehensive report — every fix with why + the exact how-to — is part of Mozaika Pro.
An automated measurement of Shortwave's publicly-visible design (color, type, spacing, motion) — not affiliated with shortwave.com. Removal requests: hello@mozaika.design.