The Economist vs Reddit
72 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #dae0e6 Text
#121212 → #1a1a1b Brand
#e3120b → #ff4500 Border
#cccccc → #edeff1 Display font
EconMilo Display → IBM Plex Sans Body size
17px → 14px colors 60 changed
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bg #ffffff → #dae0e6 ~
text #121212 → #1a1a1b ~
text-strong #000000 → #030303 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #7c7c7c ~
text-soft #707070 → #878a8c ~
text-faint #9a9a9a → #9b9b9b ~
brand #e3120b → #ff4500 ~
brand-hover #b80f08 → #e63e00 ~
brand-soft #fce5e3 → #ffe4d6 ~
brand-deep #9a0e09 → #a83100 ~
link #e3120b → #0079d3 ~
link-hover #b80f08 → #0061a8 ~
link-visited #5a5a5a → #7c4dff ~
border #cccccc → #edeff1 ~
border-strong #888888 → #ccc ~
success #1a7f37 → #46d160 ~
warning #a06200 → #ffb000 ~
danger #e3120b → #ea0027 ~
info #1a4972 → #0079d3 +
bg-soft #f6f7f8 +
bg-deep #030303 +
surface-hover #f6f7f8 +
surface-elevated #ffffff +
surface-deep #1a1a1b +
text-body #1c1c1c +
text-on-brand #ffffff +
brand-active #cc3700 +
upvote #ff4500 +
downvote #7193ff +
border-subtle #f6f7f8 +
border-card #ccc +
on-bg #1a1a1b +
shadow-color rgba(28,28,28,0.08) +
shadow-elevated rgba(28,28,28,0.16) +
award-gold #ffb000 +
award-silver #c8c9d0 +
award-platinum #39d8ff +
flair-blue #46d160 +
flair-pink #ff66ac +
flair-green #46d160 +
community-blue #0079d3 −
bg-section #f7f7f0 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f0 −
surface-strong #e8e8e1 −
surface-quote #fff5e6 −
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-soft #e3f2e7 −
warning-soft #faf0db −
danger-soft #fce5e3 −
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":"IBM Plex Sans","size":56} ~
h1 {"family":"EconMilo Display","size":24} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"EconMilo Display","size":20} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":32} ~
body {"family":"EconMilo Serif","size":17} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":14} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"IBM Plex Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 48px