The Economist vs Arc
76 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #FFFCEC Text
#121212 → #000000 Brand
#e3120b → #2404AA Border
#cccccc → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) Display font
EconMilo Display → Marlin Soft SQ Body size
17px → 16px colors 64 changed
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bg #ffffff → #FFFCEC ~
surface #ffffff → #FFFFFF ~
text #121212 → #000000 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) ~
text-soft #707070 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) ~
text-faint #9a9a9a → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45) ~
brand #e3120b → #2404AA ~
brand-deep #9a0e09 → #1A0388 ~
link #e3120b → #2404AA ~
link-hover #b80f08 → #3139FB ~
on-brand #ffffff → #FFFCEC ~
border #cccccc → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) ~
border-strong #888888 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20) +
bg-secondary #FFF8DC +
surface-elev #FFFEF7 +
text-medium rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) +
brand-blue #3139FB +
brand-red #FB3A4D +
brand-coral-soft #FFE3E6 +
cta-bg #FFFFFF +
cta-text #2702C2 +
swatch-pale-green #D7F0D2 +
swatch-salmon #FFD9CF +
swatch-pale-yellow #FFF1A8 +
swatch-soft-blue #D1E2FF +
swatch-lavender #E6DCFF +
selected-bg rgba(36, 4, 170, 0.08) +
disabled rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) +
border-subtle rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) +
border-brand rgba(36, 4, 170, 0.30) +
success-bg #D7F0D2 +
success-text #1F4D24 +
warning-bg #FFF1A8 +
warning-text #7A5A00 +
danger-bg #FFE3E6 +
danger-text #A8112A +
info-bg #D1E2FF +
info-text #1A2B6B −
bg-section #f7f7f0 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f0 −
surface-strong #e8e8e1 −
surface-quote #fff5e6 −
brand-hover #b80f08 −
brand-soft #fce5e3 −
link-visited #5a5a5a −
border-soft #e0e0e0 −
border-rule #121212 −
border-rule-red #e3120b −
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(0,0,0,0.5) −
success #1a7f37 −
success-soft #e3f2e7 −
warning #a06200 −
warning-soft #faf0db −
danger #e3120b −
danger-soft #fce5e3 −
info #1a4972 −
info-soft #e3eaf2 −
podcast-accent #1a4972 −
espresso-accent #5a3000 −
briefing-rule #e3120b typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"EconMilo Display","size":72} → {"family":"Marlin Soft SQ","size":64} ~
h1 {"family":"EconMilo Display","size":24} → {"family":"Marlin Soft SQ","size":46} ~
h2 {"family":"EconMilo Display","size":20} → {"family":"Marlin Soft SQ","size":36} ~
body {"family":"EconMilo Serif","size":17} → {"family":"Marlin","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"ABC Favorit Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 10px ~
card 14px → 16px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 1px ~
sm 4px → 2px ~
md 12px → 6px ~
lg 24px → 12px ~
xl 40px → 20px