Granola vs Substack
54 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#292929 → #363737 Brand
#5b6f00 → #ff6719 Border
#0000001a → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) Display font
Quadrant → Cahuenga Body size
17px → 19px colors 45 changed
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bg-soft #faf8f3 → #f6f6f3 ~
surface #f3f0e8 → #ffffff ~
text #292929 → #363737 ~
text-strong #0e0f0c → #1a1a1a ~
text-muted #72726e → #878787 ~
text-soft #a09e95 → #666c70 ~
brand #5b6f00 → #ff6719 ~
brand-hover #465800 → #e85412 ~
brand-deep #2f3a00 → #cc4a0e ~
border #0000001a → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) ~
border-soft #00000010 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) ~
border-strong #00000028 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20) ~
success #3a7b3a → #0d8050 ~
warning #a35e0a → #d97706 ~
danger #a8362f → #dc2626 ~
info #345897 → #2563eb +
bg-elev #fafaf7 +
bg-cream #fbf9f4 +
surface-warm #fafaf7 +
text-faint #a8a8a8 +
text-link #363737 +
brand-tint rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.10) +
brand-tint-strong rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.18) +
border-warm rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) +
selection-bg rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.20) +
shadow-soft rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) +
shadow-medium rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) +
reading-rule rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) −
surface-elev #e8e3d4 −
surface-paper #fdfbf5 −
text-body #3a3a37 −
text-italic #5b6f00 −
brand-soft #e5eacd −
brand-softer #f1f4e0 −
accent-olive-bg #e5eacd −
accent-cream #f4ebd9 −
accent-warm-paper #f7f1de −
shadow-card rgba(34,30,15,0.04) −
shadow-elev rgba(34,30,15,0.08) −
shadow-paper rgba(34,30,15,0.06) −
scrim rgba(20,18,10,0.50) −
success-soft #eaf3ea −
warning-soft #fbf1de −
danger-soft #f7e6e4 −
info-soft #e6ecf5 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Quadrant","size":68} → {"family":"Cahuenga","size":56} ~
h1 {"family":"Quadrant","size":40} → {"family":"Cahuenga","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"Quadrant","size":32} → {"family":"Cahuenga","size":32} ~
body {"family":"Melange","size":17} → {"family":"Spectral","size":19} ~
label {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":12} → {"family":"Monaco","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 12px → 6px ~
card 16px → 12px spacing 2 changed
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lg 48px → 32px ~
xl 96px → 48px