Diff

Medium vs Substack

48 token-level differences between these two design systems.

Role tokens
Background
#ffffff #ffffff
Text
#242424 #363737
Brand
#1a8917 #ff6719
Border
rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.1) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10)
Display font
GT Super Cahuenga
Body size
16px 19px
colors 40 changed
~ bg-soft #fafafa #f6f6f3
~ text #242424 #363737
~ text-strong #000000 #1a1a1a
~ text-soft #6b6b6b #666c70
~ text-muted #8e8e8e #878787
~ brand #1a8917 #ff6719
~ brand-hover #0f730c #e85412
~ brand-deep #0a5d09 #cc4a0e
~ border rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.1) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10)
~ border-strong rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.25) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20)
~ border-soft rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.06) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06)
~ selection-bg rgba(26, 137, 23, 0.15) rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.20)
~ success #1a8917 #0d8050
~ warning #c89a16 #d97706
~ danger #c94a4a #dc2626
~ info #386dba #2563eb
+ bg-elev #fafaf7
+ bg-cream #fbf9f4
+ surface-warm #fafaf7
+ 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)
+ 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-soft #fafafa
surface-elev #ffffff
text-on-brand #ffffff
brand-active #0a5d09
brand-soft rgba(26, 137, 23, 0.08)
link #242424
link-hover #1a8917
link-underline rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.4)
border-focus #1a8917
shadow-color rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.06)
shadow-color-md rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.12)
shadow-color-lg rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.18)
highlight-yellow #fff8c5
member-only #c89a16
typography 5 changed
~ display {"family":"GT Super","size":56} {"family":"Cahuenga","size":56}
~ h1 {"family":"GT Super","size":40} {"family":"Cahuenga","size":40}
~ h2 {"family":"GT Super","size":32} {"family":"Cahuenga","size":32}
~ body {"family":"sohne","size":16} {"family":"Spectral","size":19}
~ label {"family":"source-code-pro","size":13} {"family":"Monaco","size":13}
radius 1 changed
~ button 8px 6px
spacing 2 changed
~ lg 48px 32px
~ xl 96px 48px
↻ Swap direction · Substack → Medium