BBC News vs Square
77 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#202224 → #000000 Brand
#bb1919 → #000000 Border
#dcdcdc → #d8d8d8 Display font
BBC Reith Sans → Square Sans Display Body size
18px → 16px colors 65 changed
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bg-dark #202224 → #000000 ~
surface-soft #f6f6f6 → #f7f7f7 ~
surface-strong #e8e8e8 → #ebebeb ~
text #202224 → #000000 ~
text-muted #5a5d61 → #5a5a5a ~
brand #bb1919 → #000000 ~
brand-hover #a31515 → #1c1c1c ~
link #bb1919 → #006aff ~
link-hover #a31515 → #0050c8 ~
border #dcdcdc → #d8d8d8 ~
border-soft #f0f0f0 → #ebebeb ~
border-strong #999999 → #a0a0a0 +
bg-cool #f7f7f7 +
bg-cream #f1eee9 +
surface-dark-elevated #1c1c1c +
surface-cream #f1eee9 +
text-body #1c1c1c +
text-subtle #8a8a8a +
text-on-dark-soft #a0a0a0 +
accent #006aff +
accent-hover #0050c8 +
accent-soft #e6efff +
on-accent #ffffff +
border-on-dark rgba(255,255,255,0.16) +
semantic-success #1f8b4c +
semantic-warning #cc7700 +
semantic-danger #cf202f +
semantic-info #006aff +
focus-ring rgba(0,106,255,0.45) +
shadow-ambient rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) +
shadow-soft rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) +
shadow-hard rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16) −
bg-section #ffffff −
bg-darkest #0d0d0d −
surface-quote #fbe6e6 −
surface-red-tint #fce8e8 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-soft #7a7d81 −
text-faint #a3a6aa −
text-on-red #ffffff −
brand-active #8b1212 −
brand-soft #fadcdc −
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) −
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":"Square Sans Display","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":28} → {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":22} → {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":32} ~
body {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":18} → {"family":"Square Sans Text","size":16} ~
label {"family":"BBC Reith Mono","size":11} → {"family":"Square Sans Mono","size":11} 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 → 64px