Substack vs Black Forest Labs
65 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#363737 → #07130e Brand
#ff6719 → #07130e Border
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) → #000000 Display font
Cahuenga → Instrument Sans Body size
19px → 16px colors 54 changed
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text #363737 → #07130e ~
text-faint #a8a8a8 → #a8ada9 ~
brand #ff6719 → #07130e ~
border rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) → #000000 ~
border-soft rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) → rgba(7, 19, 14, 0.12) ~
success #0d8050 → #1f6f4a ~
warning #d97706 → #9a6a1f ~
danger #dc2626 → #9a2b2b +
bg-ink #07130e +
bg-pure-black #000000 +
surface-ink #07130e +
surface-muted #f5f5f4 +
text-on-ink #ffffff +
text-secondary #4a544f +
text-tertiary #7d847f +
text-on-ink-soft #b9b5d0 +
accent #b9b5d0 +
accent-soft rgba(185, 181, 208, 0.16) +
link #07130e +
link-hover #000000 +
focus #07130e +
cta-bg #07130e +
cta-text #ffffff +
cta-bg-secondary #ffffff +
cta-text-secondary #07130e +
cta-bg-on-ink #ffffff +
cta-text-on-ink #07130e +
border-on-ink rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16) +
shadow-ambient rgba(7, 19, 14, 0.04) +
shadow-card rgba(7, 19, 14, 0.06) +
shadow-deep rgba(7, 19, 14, 0.12) +
scrim rgba(7, 19, 14, 0.60) +
success-soft rgba(31, 111, 74, 0.10) +
warning-soft rgba(154, 106, 31, 0.10) +
danger-soft rgba(154, 43, 43, 0.10) −
bg-elev #fafaf7 −
bg-cream #fbf9f4 −
bg-soft #f6f6f3 −
surface-warm #fafaf7 −
text-strong #1a1a1a −
text-soft #666c70 −
text-muted #878787 −
text-link #363737 −
brand-hover #e85412 −
brand-deep #cc4a0e −
brand-tint rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.10) −
brand-tint-strong rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.18) −
border-strong rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20) −
border-warm rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) −
selection-bg rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.20) −
info #2563eb −
shadow-soft rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) −
shadow-medium rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) −
reading-rule rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Cahuenga","size":56} → {"family":"Instrument Sans","size":90} ~
h1 {"family":"Cahuenga","size":40} → {"family":"Instrument Sans","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"Cahuenga","size":32} → {"family":"Instrument Sans","size":32} ~
body {"family":"Spectral","size":19} → {"family":"Instrument Sans","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Monaco","size":13} → {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 6px → 0px ~
card 12px → 0px spacing 4 changed
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xs 4px → 0px ~
sm 8px → 4px ~
md 16px → 12px ~
xl 48px → 64px