Diff

The Guardian vs Base

81 token-level differences between these two design systems.

Role tokens
Background
#ffffff #ffffff
Text
#121212 #000000
Brand
#052962 #0000ff
Border
#dcdcdc #e0e0e0
Display font
GuardianEgyp coinbaseSans
Body size
17px 16px
colors 69 changed
~ bg-dark #1a1a1a #000000
~ surface #ffffff #f5f5f5
~ surface-soft #f6f6f6 #fafafa
~ surface-strong #dcdcdc #e8e8e8
~ text #121212 #000000
~ text-muted #707070 #666666
~ text-faint #bbbbbb #999999
~ brand #052962 #0000ff
~ link #052962 #0000ff
~ link-hover #0c4ea0 #0000cc
~ border #dcdcdc #e0e0e0
~ border-soft #ebebeb #ededed
~ success #1a7f37 #10b981
~ warning #ff7f0f #f59e0b
~ danger #c70000 #ef4444
~ info #052962 #0000ff
+ bg-elevated #fafafa
+ bg-blue #0000ff
+ bg-cream #f5f5f0
+ surface-on-blue #0000cc
+ text-body #1a1a1a
+ text-on-blue #ffffff
+ text-on-dark #ffffff
+ brand-hover #0000cc
+ brand-active #000099
+ brand-soft #e6e6ff
+ brand-deep #000033
+ accent-cream #f5f5f0
+ accent-yellow #ffd000
+ accent-pink #ff5599
+ border-on-blue #3333ff
+ ring #0000ff
bg-section-news #ffffff
bg-section-opinion #f6f6f6
bg-section-longread #fff4e2
bg-section-sport #fff4f2
bg-section-culture #fdf0e9
bg-section-lifestyle #fbeee7
surface-quote #fff4e2
text-soft #999999
brand-light #0c4ea0
brand-dark #041c46
brand-red #c70000
brand-red-hover #a30000
brand-yellow #ffe500
brand-orange #ff7f0f
brand-pink #ed145b
brand-blue-sport #0084c6
brand-green-environment #509e2f
brand-purple-lifestyle #7d0068
link-visited #5a5a5a
on-brand-yellow #121212
on-brand-red #ffffff
border-rule #052962
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 #fff0db
danger-soft #fde2e2
info-soft #e3eaf2
live-red #c70000
live-pulse #ff3333
pillar-news #bb3a3c
pillar-opinion #e05e00
pillar-sport #0084c6
pillar-culture #ab0613
pillar-lifestyle #bb3b80
typography 5 changed
~ display {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":72} {"family":"coinbaseSans","size":72}
~ h1 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":26} {"family":"coinbaseSans","size":40}
~ h2 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":22} {"family":"coinbaseSans","size":32}
~ body {"family":"GuardianTextEgyptian","size":17} {"family":"coinbaseDisplay","size":16}
~ label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} {"family":"coinbaseMono","size":11}
radius 2 changed
~ button 9999px 8px
~ card 14px 12px
spacing 5 changed
~ xs 2px 4px
~ sm 4px 8px
~ md 12px 16px
~ lg 24px 48px
~ xl 40px 96px
↻ Swap direction · Base → The Guardian