The Washington Post vs BMW M
75 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #0a0a0a Text
#000000 → #e6e6e6 Brand
#000000 → #e22718 Border
#cccccc → rgba(255,255,255,0.12) Display font
Postoni → BMW Type Next Latin Body size
18px → 16px colors 64 changed
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bg #ffffff → #0a0a0a ~
surface #ffffff → #0a0a0a ~
text #000000 → #e6e6e6 ~
text-strong #000000 → #ffffff ~
text-muted #444444 → #a3a3a3 ~
text-faint #999999 → #6b6b6b ~
brand #000000 → #e22718 ~
link #2a64a6 → #0066b1 ~
link-hover #173e6e → #1c69d4 ~
border #cccccc → rgba(255,255,255,0.12) ~
border-strong #888888 → rgba(255,255,255,0.24) ~
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) → rgba(0,0,0,0.8) ~
success #177a3a → #22c55e ~
warning #a06200 → #f59e0b ~
danger #cf202f → #e22718 ~
info #2a64a6 → #0066b1 +
bg-elev #161616 +
bg-strong #1f1f1f +
bg-light #ffffff +
bg-light-soft #f5f5f5 +
surface-card #161616 +
surface-card-hover #1f1f1f +
text-on-light #0a0a0a +
brand-hover #b81f12 +
brand-active #9d1a0e +
on-brand #ffffff +
m-blue #0066b1 +
m-violet #5b1f7a +
m-red #e22718 +
m-blue-electric #1c69d4 +
m-gradient-start #0066b1 +
m-gradient-mid #5b1f7a +
m-gradient-end #e22718 +
border-light #e6e6e6 +
ring #e22718 +
shadow-soft rgba(0,0,0,0.6) +
shadow-deep rgba(0,0,0,0.95) +
glow-red rgba(226,39,24,0.4) −
bg-section #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
surface-soft #f8f8f8 −
surface-strong #eeeeee −
surface-quote #f5f0e6 −
text-soft #666666 −
brand-tagline #000000 −
brand-red #cf202f −
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-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":"BMW Type Next Latin","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"BMW Type Next Latin","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"BMW Type Next Latin","size":32} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"BMW Type Next Latin","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":11} radius 1 changed
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button 4px → 8px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 48px ~
xl 40px → 96px