The Washington Post vs Are.na
69 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #fafafa Text
#000000 → #000000 Brand
#000000 → #ff6600 Border
#cccccc → #dddddd Display font
Postoni → Inter Body size
18px → 14px colors 56 changed
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bg #ffffff → #fafafa ~
surface #ffffff → #f1f1f1 ~
text-muted #444444 → #666666 ~
text-soft #666666 → #999999 ~
text-faint #999999 → #bbbbbb ~
brand #000000 → #ff6600 ~
link #2a64a6 → #ff6600 ~
link-visited #5a5a5a → #cc4f00 ~
border #cccccc → #dddddd ~
border-soft #e0e0e0 → #eeeeee ~
border-strong #888888 → #999999 ~
success #177a3a → #2d6a4f ~
warning #a06200 → #7a5300 ~
danger #cf202f → #8b1a1a ~
info #2a64a6 → #666666 +
bg-alt #ffffff +
bg-warm #f6f5f3 +
surface-hover #e8e8e8 +
surface-deep #e0e0e0 +
surface-block #ffffff +
text-display #000000 +
text-on-brand #ffffff +
brand-hover #e85a00 +
brand-active #cc4f00 +
brand-soft #fff1e6 +
brand-faint #fff8f1 +
on-brand #ffffff +
success-bg #e8f0eb +
warning-bg #f5ebd6 +
danger-bg #f3e0e0 +
info-bg #f1f1f1 −
bg-section #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
surface-soft #f8f8f8 −
surface-strong #eeeeee −
surface-quote #f5f0e6 −
brand-tagline #000000 −
brand-red #cf202f −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 −
link-hover #173e6e −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
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-soft #e3f2e7 −
warning-soft #faf0db −
danger-soft #ffe5e7 −
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":"Inter","size":40} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"Inter","size":32} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"Inter","size":24} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"Inter","size":14} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":12} radius 3 changed
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button 4px → 0px ~
card 14px → 0px ~
pill 9999px → 0px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 1px ~
sm 4px → 2px ~
md 12px → 6px ~
lg 24px → 12px ~
xl 40px → 20px