BBC News vs Calm
77 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #0a1f3a Text
#202224 → #fafafa Brand
#bb1919 → #0066ff Border
#dcdcdc → #243d65 Display font
BBC Reith Sans → Aktiv Grotesk Body size
18px → 16px colors 65 changed
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bg #ffffff → #0a1f3a ~
surface #ffffff → #13294a ~
surface-soft #f6f6f6 → #1c3458 ~
surface-strong #e8e8e8 → #243d65 ~
text #202224 → #fafafa ~
text-strong #000000 → #ffffff ~
text-muted #5a5d61 → #a8b3c5 ~
text-soft #7a7d81 → #7d8a9e ~
text-faint #a3a6aa → #5a6678 ~
brand #bb1919 → #0066ff ~
brand-hover #a31515 → #0052d6 ~
brand-active #8b1212 → #003fa3 ~
brand-soft #fadcdc → #0d2456 ~
brand-deep #5a0d0d → #001f5c ~
link #bb1919 → #fafafa ~
link-hover #a31515 → #0066ff ~
border #dcdcdc → #243d65 ~
border-soft #f0f0f0 → #1c3458 ~
border-strong #999999 → #365182 ~
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.06) → rgba(0,0,0,0.5) ~
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.1) → rgba(0,0,0,0.7) ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.6) → rgba(4,12,26,0.8) ~
success #2ea44f → #42d68a ~
warning #cc7a00 → #ffba43 ~
danger #bb1919 → #ff6b6b ~
info #0066b8 → #0066ff +
bg-strong #040c1a +
bg-elev #13294a +
bg-elev-strong #1c3458 +
bg-twilight #1a2c52 +
bg-dawn #2a3d6e +
surface-light #fafafa +
brand-pale #a8c8ff +
brand-glow #3380ff +
text-on-brand #ffffff +
text-on-light #0a1f3a +
border-input #4a648a +
star-white #ffffff +
star-blue #a8c8ff +
twilight-purple #7c5fb8 +
dusk-pink #e88fa8 +
shadow-blue-glow rgba(0,102,255,0.25) −
bg-section #ffffff −
bg-dark #202224 −
bg-darkest #0d0d0d −
surface-quote #fbe6e6 −
surface-red-tint #fce8e8 −
text-on-red #ffffff −
text-on-dark #ffffff −
brand-block #bb1919 −
link-visited #5a5d61 −
on-brand #ffffff −
on-dark #ffffff −
border-rule #202224 −
border-red #bb1919 −
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.3) −
success-soft #dff0e7 −
warning-soft #fde9cc −
danger-soft #fadcdc −
info-soft #cfe7f5 −
breaking-red #bb1919 −
live-red #bb1919 −
bbc-iplayer #ffd000 −
bbc-sounds #ff4f00 −
bbc-sport #ffd000 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":72} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":28} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":22} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":32} ~
body {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":18} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":16} ~
label {"family":"BBC Reith Mono","size":11} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 12px ~
card 8px → 16px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 48px