The Washington Post vs Perplexity
77 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #fbf9f5 Text
#000000 → #272520 Brand
#000000 → #20808d Border
#cccccc → rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.12) Display font
Postoni → pplxSans Body size
18px → 16px colors 65 changed
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bg #ffffff → #fbf9f5 ~
text #000000 → #272520 ~
text-strong #000000 → #1a1813 ~
text-muted #444444 → #5d574c ~
text-soft #666666 → #7a7367 ~
text-faint #999999 → #9a9388 ~
brand #000000 → #20808d ~
link #2a64a6 → #20808d ~
link-hover #173e6e → #176874 ~
border #cccccc → rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.12) ~
border-soft #e0e0e0 → rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.07) ~
border-strong #888888 → rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.20) +
bg-soft #f5f1ea +
bg-deep #efeae0 +
surface-warm rgba(39, 26, 0, 0.07) +
text-medium #3f3a31 +
brand-strong #176874 +
brand-deep #0f4f5a +
brand-soft #d6ecef +
brand-wash rgba(32, 128, 141, 0.08) +
on-brand #ffffff +
cta-bg #272520 +
cta-text #fdfbfa +
cta-hover-bg #3a342b +
cta-active-bg #1a1813 +
selected-bg rgba(32, 128, 141, 0.10) +
disabled #b8b1a4 +
border-brand rgba(32, 128, 141, 0.30) +
success-bg #dceee0 +
success-text #2f5d3f +
warning-bg #f5e8c5 +
warning-text #7a5e1f +
danger-bg #f4dada +
danger-text #8a3a3a +
info-bg #d6ecef +
info-text #0f4f5a −
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-visited #5a5a5a −
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 #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":"pplxSans","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"pplxSans","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"pplxSans","size":36} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"pplxSans","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"pplxMono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 1px ~
sm 4px → 2px ~
md 12px → 6px ~
lg 24px → 12px ~
xl 40px → 20px