BBC News vs Zed
74 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f5f5f3 Text
#202224 → #393d45 Brand
#bb1919 → #004edb Border
#dcdcdc → #e2e2de Display font
BBC Reith Sans → IBM Plex Serif Body size
18px → 16px colors 65 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f5f5f3 ~
text #202224 → #393d45 ~
text-strong #000000 → #16181d ~
brand #bb1919 → #004edb ~
brand-hover #a31515 → #003fb5 ~
brand-soft #fadcdc → rgba(0,78,219,0.08) ~
link #bb1919 → #004edb ~
link-hover #a31515 → #003fb5 ~
border #dcdcdc → #e2e2de ~
border-strong #999999 → #d4d4ce +
bg-100 #ffffff +
bg-200 #eeede9 +
bg-300 #e7e6e1 +
surface-card #ffffff +
surface-code #1a1b1e +
text-200 #5a5e66 +
text-300 #6b6f78 +
text-400 #86888f +
cta-secondary-bg #ffffff +
cta-secondary-text #16181d +
border-focus #004edb +
code-bg #1a1b1e +
code-text #e6e6e3 +
semantic-success #2e7d32 +
semantic-warning #b54708 +
semantic-danger #c01919 +
semantic-info #004edb −
bg-section #ffffff −
bg-dark #202224 −
bg-darkest #0d0d0d −
surface #ffffff −
surface-soft #f6f6f6 −
surface-strong #e8e8e8 −
surface-quote #fbe6e6 −
surface-red-tint #fce8e8 −
text-muted #5a5d61 −
text-soft #7a7d81 −
text-faint #a3a6aa −
text-on-red #ffffff −
text-on-dark #ffffff −
brand-active #8b1212 −
brand-deep #5a0d0d −
brand-block #bb1919 −
link-visited #5a5d61 −
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 #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":"IBM Plex Serif","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":28} → {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":22} → {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":36} ~
body {"family":"BBC Reith Sans","size":18} → {"family":"writer","size":16} ~
label {"family":"BBC Reith Mono","size":11} → {"family":"writer-mono","size":13} radius 1 changed
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button 4px → 6px spacing 3 changed
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xs 2px → 0px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px