BBC News vs Polygon
81 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#202224 → #0e0820 Brand
#bb1919 → #8247e5 Border
#dcdcdc → #e0d8ed Display font
BBC Reith Sans → Polygon Display Body size
18px → 16px colors 68 changed
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bg-dark #202224 → #1a1233 ~
text #202224 → #0e0820 ~
text-muted #5a5d61 → #6b5d8a ~
brand #bb1919 → #8247e5 ~
brand-hover #a31515 → #6a35c4 ~
brand-active #8b1212 → #522aa3 ~
brand-soft #fadcdc → #8247e51a ~
link #bb1919 → #8247e5 ~
link-hover #a31515 → #6a35c4 ~
border #dcdcdc → #e0d8ed ~
border-soft #f0f0f0 → #ebe6f4 ~
border-strong #999999 → #c9bcdd ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.6) → rgba(14,8,32,0.60) +
bg-soft #f5f3fa +
bg-strong #ebe6f4 +
bg-dark-elev #241844 +
bg-dark-deep #0e0820 +
surface-card #ffffff +
surface-card-soft #f5f3fa +
text-body #3a2f5a +
text-subtle #9c92b5 +
text-on-dark-soft #a89cc7 +
brand-light #a875ee +
brand-glow rgba(130,71,229,0.40) +
accent-violet #5a3eff +
accent-cyan #16c4d6 +
accent-pink #e74694 +
semantic-up #22c55e +
semantic-up-soft #22c55e1a +
semantic-down #ef4444 +
semantic-warning #f59e0b +
semantic-info #8247e5 +
gradient-hero linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1233 0%, #2d1c5c 50%, #8247e5 100%) +
gradient-card linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(130,71,229,0.10) 0%, rgba(130,71,229,0.02) 100%) +
focus-ring rgba(130,71,229,0.40) −
bg-section #ffffff −
bg-darkest #0d0d0d −
surface #ffffff −
surface-soft #f6f6f6 −
surface-strong #e8e8e8 −
surface-quote #fbe6e6 −
surface-red-tint #fce8e8 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-soft #7a7d81 −
text-faint #a3a6aa −
text-on-red #ffffff −
brand-deep #5a0d0d −
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) −
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":"Polygon Display","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":28} → {"family":"Polygon Display","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":22} → {"family":"Polygon Display","size":32} ~
body {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":18} → {"family":"Inter","size":16} ~
label {"family":"BBC Reith Mono","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":11} radius 3 changed
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button 4px → 12px ~
card 8px → 16px ~
pill 9999px → 999px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px