The Guardian vs Reddit
92 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #dae0e6 Text
#121212 → #1a1a1b Brand
#052962 → #ff4500 Border
#dcdcdc → #edeff1 Display font
GuardianEgyp → IBM Plex Sans Body size
17px → 14px colors 80 changed
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bg #ffffff → #dae0e6 ~
text #121212 → #1a1a1b ~
text-strong #000000 → #030303 ~
text-muted #707070 → #7c7c7c ~
text-soft #999999 → #878a8c ~
text-faint #bbbbbb → #9b9b9b ~
brand #052962 → #ff4500 ~
link #052962 → #0079d3 ~
link-hover #0c4ea0 → #0061a8 ~
link-visited #5a5a5a → #7c4dff ~
border #dcdcdc → #edeff1 ~
border-strong #999999 → #ccc ~
success #1a7f37 → #46d160 ~
warning #ff7f0f → #ffb000 ~
danger #c70000 → #ea0027 ~
info #052962 → #0079d3 +
bg-soft #f6f7f8 +
bg-deep #030303 +
surface-hover #f6f7f8 +
surface-elevated #ffffff +
surface-deep #1a1a1b +
text-body #1c1c1c +
text-on-brand #ffffff +
brand-hover #e63e00 +
brand-active #cc3700 +
brand-soft #ffe4d6 +
brand-deep #a83100 +
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-news #ffffff −
bg-section-opinion #f6f6f6 −
bg-section-longread #fff4e2 −
bg-section-sport #fff4f2 −
bg-section-culture #fdf0e9 −
bg-section-lifestyle #fbeee7 −
bg-dark #1a1a1a −
surface-soft #f6f6f6 −
surface-strong #dcdcdc −
surface-quote #fff4e2 −
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 −
on-brand-yellow #121212 −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
border-soft #ebebeb −
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
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display {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":72} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":56} ~
h1 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":26} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"GuardianEgyp","size":22} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":32} ~
body {"family":"GuardianTextEgyptian","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 9999px → 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