BBC News vs Descript
80 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #fff7fa Text
#202224 → #1a1a1a Brand
#bb1919 → #651a39 Border
#dcdcdc → #0000001a Display font
BBC Reith Sans → Brett Body size
18px → 17px colors 69 changed
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bg #ffffff → #fff7fa ~
text #202224 → #1a1a1a ~
text-strong #000000 → #26171d ~
text-muted #5a5d61 → #c9b9bf ~
text-soft #7a7d81 → #7a6770 ~
text-faint #a3a6aa → #a8949c ~
brand #bb1919 → #651a39 ~
brand-hover #a31515 → #4a1129 ~
brand-soft #fadcdc → #fde2eb ~
brand-deep #5a0d0d → #3a0d20 ~
link #bb1919 → #651a39 ~
link-hover #a31515 → #4a1129 ~
border #dcdcdc → #0000001a ~
border-strong #999999 → #00000026 +
bg-soft #fffafc +
bg-tertiary #fef0f4 +
surface-rose #f7e8ed +
text-medium #4a3540 +
brand-tint #f5cdda +
accent-red #f73b3b +
accent-orange #ff5340 +
accent-orange-soft #ffd6cc +
accent-coral #ff7a5c +
accent-rose #ff4d7c +
selected-bg #fde2eb +
disabled #c9b9bf +
border-subtle #00000010 +
border-brand rgba(101, 26, 57, 0.30) +
success-bg #d9eedb +
success-text #1f4d2c +
warning-bg #fff0d6 +
warning-text #7a4a00 +
danger-bg #fde2eb +
danger-text #651a39 +
info-bg #e6e8f5 +
info-text #2a2a4a −
bg-section #ffffff −
bg-dark #202224 −
bg-darkest #0d0d0d −
surface-soft #f6f6f6 −
surface-strong #e8e8e8 −
surface-quote #fbe6e6 −
surface-red-tint #fce8e8 −
text-on-red #ffffff −
text-on-dark #ffffff −
brand-active #8b1212 −
brand-block #bb1919 −
link-visited #5a5d61 −
on-dark #ffffff −
border-soft #f0f0f0 −
border-rule #202224 −
border-red #bb1919 −
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.06) −
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.1) −
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.3) −
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.6) −
success #2ea44f −
success-soft #dff0e7 −
warning #cc7a00 −
warning-soft #fde9cc −
danger #bb1919 −
danger-soft #fadcdc −
info #0066b8 −
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":"Brett","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":28} → {"family":"Brett","size":72} ~
h2 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":22} → {"family":"Brett","size":48} ~
body {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":18} → {"family":"Booton","size":17} ~
label {"family":"BBC Reith Mono","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 12px ~
card 8px → 16px spacing 4 changed
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xs 2px → 1px ~
sm 4px → 2px ~
md 12px → 8px ~
xl 40px → 48px