BBC News vs Mercury
77 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#202224 → #101011 Brand
#bb1919 → #5f6ad2 Border
#dcdcdc → #0000000f Display font
BBC Reith Sans → Tiempos Headline Body size
18px → 16px colors 70 changed
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surface #ffffff → #f4f4f2 ~
surface-soft #f6f6f6 → #f8f8f6 ~
text #202224 → #101011 ~
text-muted #5a5d61 → #5b5d5c ~
text-soft #7a7d81 → #8a8c8b ~
text-faint #a3a6aa → #b5b6b5 ~
brand #bb1919 → #5f6ad2 ~
brand-hover #a31515 → #4a55b8 ~
brand-soft #fadcdc → #e8eaff ~
brand-deep #5a0d0d → #3a4598 ~
link #bb1919 → #5f6ad2 ~
link-hover #a31515 → #4a55b8 ~
border #dcdcdc → #0000000f ~
border-soft #f0f0f0 → #0000000a ~
border-strong #999999 → #0000001f ~
success #2ea44f → #5e9678 ~
warning #cc7a00 → #c08a3a ~
danger #bb1919 → #c4564f +
bg-soft #fafafa +
bg-mint #d3e8e0 +
bg-mint-soft #eef6f1 +
bg-ink #101011 +
bg-ink-soft #1a1a1c +
surface-warm #f0f0ed +
surface-on-ink #1a1a1c +
surface-on-ink-elev #26262a +
text-on-ink #fafafa +
text-on-ink-muted #9a9a9a +
text-on-mint #101011 +
brand-tint #f3f4ff +
accent #d3e8e0 +
accent-strong #9bc5b3 +
accent-soft #eef6f1 +
accent-deep #76a692 +
border-on-ink #ffffff14 +
on-mint #101011 +
success-bg #e8f1ec +
warning-bg #f7eed8 +
danger-bg #f7e3e0 +
shadow-soft rgba(0,0,0,0.03) +
shadow-standard rgba(0,0,0,0.06) +
shadow-elevated rgba(0,0,0,0.10) −
bg-section #ffffff −
bg-dark #202224 −
bg-darkest #0d0d0d −
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-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-soft #dff0e7 −
warning-soft #fde9cc −
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":"Tiempos Headline","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":28} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":72} ~
h2 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":22} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":48} ~
body {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":18} → {"family":"GT America","size":16} ~
label {"family":"BBC Reith Mono","size":11} → {"family":"GT America Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 6px ~
card 8px → 10px spacing identical
No differences.