Descript vs The Washington Post
78 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#fff7fa → #ffffff Text
#1a1a1a → #000000 Brand
#651a39 → #000000 Border
#0000001a → #cccccc Display font
Brett → Postoni Body size
17px → 18px colors 67 changed
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bg #fff7fa → #ffffff ~
text #1a1a1a → #000000 ~
text-strong #26171d → #000000 ~
text-soft #7a6770 → #666666 ~
text-faint #a8949c → #999999 ~
text-muted #c9b9bf → #444444 ~
brand #651a39 → #000000 ~
link #651a39 → #2a64a6 ~
link-hover #4a1129 → #173e6e ~
border #0000001a → #cccccc ~
border-strong #00000026 → #888888 +
bg-section #f5f5f5 +
bg-dark #000000 +
surface-soft #f8f8f8 +
surface-strong #eeeeee +
surface-quote #f5f0e6 +
brand-tagline #000000 +
brand-red #cf202f +
brand-red-hover #a8001a +
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 +
link-visited #5a5a5a +
on-brand-red #ffffff +
on-ink #ffffff +
border-soft #e0e0e0 +
border-rule #000000 +
border-rule-heavy #000000 +
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) +
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) +
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) +
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.55) +
success #177a3a +
success-soft #e3f2e7 +
warning #a06200 +
warning-soft #faf0db +
danger #cf202f +
danger-soft #ffe5e7 +
info #2a64a6 +
info-soft #e3edf7 +
live-red #cf202f +
live-pulse #ff3344 +
democracy-tagline-bg #000000 −
bg-soft #fffafc −
bg-tertiary #fef0f4 −
surface-rose #f7e8ed −
text-medium #4a3540 −
brand-hover #4a1129 −
brand-deep #3a0d20 −
brand-soft #fde2eb −
brand-tint #f5cdda −
on-brand #ffffff −
accent-red #f73b3b −
accent-orange #ff5340 −
accent-orange-soft #ffd6cc −
accent-coral #ff7a5c −
accent-rose #ff4d7c −
selected-bg #fde2eb −
disabled #c9b9bf −
border-subtle #00000010 −
border-brand rgba(101, 26, 57, 0.30) −
success-bg #d9eedb −
success-text #1f4d2c −
warning-bg #fff0d6 −
warning-text #7a4a00 −
danger-bg #fde2eb −
danger-text #651a39 −
info-bg #e6e8f5 −
info-text #2a2a4a typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Brett","size":96} → {"family":"Postoni","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Brett","size":72} → {"family":"Postoni","size":28} ~
h2 {"family":"Brett","size":48} → {"family":"Postoni","size":22} ~
body {"family":"Booton","size":17} → {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} ~
label {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":12} → {"family":"Courier New","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 12px → 4px ~
card 16px → 14px spacing 4 changed
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xs 1px → 2px ~
sm 2px → 4px ~
md 8px → 12px ~
xl 48px → 40px