BBC News vs Venmo
80 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#202224 → #1f2e3a Brand
#bb1919 → #3d95ce Border
#dcdcdc → #dbe2e8 Display font
BBC Reith Sans → Aktiv Grotesk Extended Body size
18px → 16px colors 68 changed
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surface-soft #f6f6f6 → #f5f8fa ~
surface-strong #e8e8e8 → #e8edf2 ~
text #202224 → #1f2e3a ~
text-muted #5a5d61 → #6b7785 ~
brand #bb1919 → #3d95ce ~
brand-hover #a31515 → #2c7eb5 ~
brand-active #8b1212 → #225f8c ~
link #bb1919 → #3d95ce ~
link-hover #a31515 → #225f8c ~
border #dcdcdc → #dbe2e8 ~
border-soft #f0f0f0 → #e8edf2 ~
border-strong #999999 → #9aa5b1 +
bg-cool #f5f8fa +
bg-blue #3d95ce +
bg-deep #1f2e3a +
surface-blue-tint #eef6fb +
surface-blue-elevated #5ba9da +
text-body #2f3e4a +
text-subtle #9aa5b1 +
text-friend-name #3d95ce +
brand-light #a8d3ec +
brand-disabled #bcd4e4 +
on-deep #ffffff +
on-deep-soft #9aa5b1 +
border-on-blue rgba(255,255,255,0.22) +
semantic-success #2ea84f +
semantic-warning #f5a623 +
semantic-danger #e02020 +
semantic-info #3d95ce +
social-like #e02020 +
focus-ring rgba(61,149,206,0.40) +
shadow-ambient rgba(31, 46, 58, 0.06) +
shadow-soft rgba(31, 46, 58, 0.10) +
shadow-hard rgba(31, 46, 58, 0.18) −
bg-section #ffffff −
bg-dark #202224 −
bg-darkest #0d0d0d −
surface-quote #fbe6e6 −
surface-red-tint #fce8e8 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-soft #7a7d81 −
text-faint #a3a6aa −
text-on-red #ffffff −
text-on-dark #ffffff −
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":"Aktiv Grotesk Extended","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":28} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk Extended","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":22} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk Extended","size":32} ~
body {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":18} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":16} ~
label {"family":"BBC Reith Mono","size":11} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 12px ~
card 8px → 16px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px