The Washington Post vs Arc
78 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #FFFCEC Text
#000000 → #000000 Brand
#000000 → #2404AA Border
#cccccc → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) Display font
Postoni → Marlin Soft SQ Body size
18px → 16px colors 66 changed
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bg #ffffff → #FFFCEC ~
surface #ffffff → #FFFFFF ~
text-muted #444444 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) ~
text-soft #666666 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) ~
text-faint #999999 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45) ~
brand #000000 → #2404AA ~
brand-red #cf202f → #FB3A4D ~
link #2a64a6 → #2404AA ~
link-hover #173e6e → #3139FB ~
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-deep #1A0388 +
brand-blue #3139FB +
brand-coral-soft #FFE3E6 +
on-brand #FFFCEC +
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 #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
surface-soft #f8f8f8 −
surface-strong #eeeeee −
surface-quote #f5f0e6 −
brand-tagline #000000 −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 −
link-visited #5a5a5a −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
border-soft #e0e0e0 −
border-rule #000000 −
border-rule-heavy #000000 −
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(0,0,0,0.55) −
success #177a3a −
success-soft #e3f2e7 −
warning #a06200 −
warning-soft #faf0db −
danger #cf202f −
danger-soft #ffe5e7 −
info #2a64a6 −
info-soft #e3edf7 −
live-red #cf202f −
live-pulse #ff3344 −
democracy-tagline-bg #000000 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Postoni","size":72} → {"family":"Marlin Soft SQ","size":64} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"Marlin Soft SQ","size":46} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"Marlin Soft SQ","size":36} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"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