BBC News vs Reddit
80 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #dae0e6 Text
#202224 → #1a1a1b Brand
#bb1919 → #ff4500 Border
#dcdcdc → #edeff1 Display font
BBC Reith Sans → IBM Plex Sans Body size
18px → 14px colors 68 changed
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bg #ffffff → #dae0e6 ~
text #202224 → #1a1a1b ~
text-strong #000000 → #030303 ~
text-muted #5a5d61 → #7c7c7c ~
text-soft #7a7d81 → #878a8c ~
text-faint #a3a6aa → #9b9b9b ~
brand #bb1919 → #ff4500 ~
brand-hover #a31515 → #e63e00 ~
brand-active #8b1212 → #cc3700 ~
brand-soft #fadcdc → #ffe4d6 ~
brand-deep #5a0d0d → #a83100 ~
link #bb1919 → #0079d3 ~
link-hover #a31515 → #0061a8 ~
link-visited #5a5d61 → #7c4dff ~
border #dcdcdc → #edeff1 ~
border-strong #999999 → #ccc ~
success #2ea44f → #46d160 ~
warning #cc7a00 → #ffb000 ~
danger #bb1919 → #ea0027 ~
info #0066b8 → #0079d3 +
bg-soft #f6f7f8 +
bg-deep #030303 +
surface-hover #f6f7f8 +
surface-elevated #ffffff +
surface-deep #1a1a1b +
text-body #1c1c1c +
text-on-brand #ffffff +
upvote #ff4500 +
downvote #7193ff +
border-subtle #f6f7f8 +
border-card #ccc +
on-bg #1a1a1b +
shadow-color rgba(28,28,28,0.08) +
shadow-elevated rgba(28,28,28,0.16) +
award-gold #ffb000 +
award-silver #c8c9d0 +
award-platinum #39d8ff +
flair-blue #46d160 +
flair-pink #ff66ac +
flair-green #46d160 +
community-blue #0079d3 −
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-block #bb1919 −
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-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":"IBM Plex Sans","size":56} ~
h1 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":28} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":22} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":32} ~
body {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":18} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":14} ~
label {"family":"BBC Reith Mono","size":11} → {"family":"IBM Plex Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 8px → 12px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 48px