The Washington Post vs Claude.ai
70 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f8f8f6 Text
#000000 → #121212 Brand
#000000 → #cd6f47 Border
#cccccc → rgba(18,18,18,0.12) Display font
Postoni → Anthropic Serif Body size
18px → 17px colors 58 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f8f8f6 ~
surface-soft #f8f8f8 → #fbfaf6 ~
text #000000 → #121212 ~
text-muted #444444 → #666660 ~
text-faint #999999 → #b4b4a8 ~
brand #000000 → #cd6f47 ~
link #2a64a6 → #121212 ~
link-hover #173e6e → #cd6f47 ~
link-visited #5a5a5a → #7d3c1f ~
border #cccccc → rgba(18,18,18,0.12) ~
border-soft #e0e0e0 → rgba(18,18,18,0.06) ~
border-strong #888888 → rgba(18,18,18,0.18) ~
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) → rgba(18,18,18,0.06) ~
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) → rgba(18,18,18,0.10) ~
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) → rgba(18,18,18,0.18) ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.55) → rgba(18,18,18,0.45) ~
success #177a3a → #5a8c5a ~
success-soft #e3f2e7 → #e6efe2 ~
warning #a06200 → #b58a3c ~
warning-soft #faf0db → #fbf3df ~
danger #cf202f → #b54a3c ~
danger-soft #ffe5e7 → #fbe8e3 ~
info #2a64a6 → #5a708c +
bg-soft #faf9f5 +
bg-deep #f0efea +
surface-warm #f3f0ea +
text-subtle #8e8e85 +
text-on-brand #ffffff +
text-on-cta #f8f8f6 +
text-on-dark #f3f0ea +
brand-soft #f3e7df +
brand-paler #fdf0e8 +
brand-strong #a85530 +
brand-deep #7d3c1f +
on-brand #ffffff +
cta-bg #121212 +
cta-text #f8f8f6 +
cta-hover #2a2a2a +
cta-active #3d3d3d +
shadow-warm rgba(18,18,18,0.04) +
highlight #fbe8d6 −
bg-section #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
surface-strong #eeeeee −
surface-quote #f5f0e6 −
text-soft #666666 −
brand-tagline #000000 −
brand-red #cf202f −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
border-rule #000000 −
border-rule-heavy #000000 −
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":"Anthropic Serif","size":56} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"Anthropic Serif","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"Anthropic Serif","size":40} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"Anthropic Sans","size":17} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"Anthropic Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 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