Arc vs The Washington Post
78 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#FFFCEC → #ffffff Text
#000000 → #000000 Brand
#2404AA → #000000 Border
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) → #cccccc Display font
Marlin Soft SQ → Postoni Body size
16px → 18px colors 66 changed
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bg #FFFCEC → #ffffff ~
surface #FFFFFF → #ffffff ~
text-soft rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) → #666666 ~
text-faint rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45) → #999999 ~
text-muted rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) → #444444 ~
brand #2404AA → #000000 ~
brand-red #FB3A4D → #cf202f ~
link #2404AA → #2a64a6 ~
link-hover #3139FB → #173e6e ~
border rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) → #cccccc ~
border-strong rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20) → #888888 +
bg-section #f5f5f5 +
bg-dark #000000 +
surface-soft #f8f8f8 +
surface-strong #eeeeee +
surface-quote #f5f0e6 +
brand-tagline #000000 +
brand-red-hover #a8001a +
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 +
link-visited #5a5a5a +
on-brand-red #ffffff +
on-ink #ffffff +
border-soft #e0e0e0 +
border-rule #000000 +
border-rule-heavy #000000 +
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) +
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) +
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) +
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.55) +
success #177a3a +
success-soft #e3f2e7 +
warning #a06200 +
warning-soft #faf0db +
danger #cf202f +
danger-soft #ffe5e7 +
info #2a64a6 +
info-soft #e3edf7 +
live-red #cf202f +
live-pulse #ff3344 +
democracy-tagline-bg #000000 −
bg-secondary #FFF8DC −
surface-elev #FFFEF7 −
text-medium rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) −
brand-deep #1A0388 −
brand-blue #3139FB −
brand-coral-soft #FFE3E6 −
on-brand #FFFCEC −
cta-bg #FFFFFF −
cta-text #2702C2 −
swatch-pale-green #D7F0D2 −
swatch-salmon #FFD9CF −
swatch-pale-yellow #FFF1A8 −
swatch-soft-blue #D1E2FF −
swatch-lavender #E6DCFF −
selected-bg rgba(36, 4, 170, 0.08) −
disabled rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) −
border-subtle rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) −
border-brand rgba(36, 4, 170, 0.30) −
success-bg #D7F0D2 −
success-text #1F4D24 −
warning-bg #FFF1A8 −
warning-text #7A5A00 −
danger-bg #FFE3E6 −
danger-text #A8112A −
info-bg #D1E2FF −
info-text #1A2B6B typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Marlin Soft SQ","size":64} → {"family":"Postoni","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Marlin Soft SQ","size":46} → {"family":"Postoni","size":28} ~
h2 {"family":"Marlin Soft SQ","size":36} → {"family":"Postoni","size":22} ~
body {"family":"Marlin","size":16} → {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} ~
label {"family":"ABC Favorit Mono","size":11} → {"family":"Courier New","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 10px → 4px ~
card 16px → 14px spacing 5 changed
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xs 1px → 2px ~
sm 2px → 4px ~
md 6px → 12px ~
lg 12px → 24px ~
xl 20px → 40px