The Washington Post vs Spline
85 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #000000 Text
#000000 → #ffffff Brand
#000000 → #0062ff Border
#cccccc → rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1) Display font
Postoni → Spline Sans Body size
18px → 16px colors 75 changed
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bg #ffffff → #000000 ~
surface #ffffff → #0d0d10 ~
surface-soft #f8f8f8 → rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03) ~
text #000000 → #ffffff ~
text-muted #444444 → rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7) ~
brand #000000 → #0062ff ~
border #cccccc → rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1) ~
border-soft #e0e0e0 → rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) ~
border-strong #888888 → rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2) ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.55) → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7) ~
success #177a3a → #47b35f ~
warning #a06200 → #ffb01f ~
danger #cf202f → #fd585b ~
info #2a64a6 → #5797ff +
bg-elevated #0a0a0c +
bg-panel #1e1e23 +
bg-dropdown rgba(30, 30, 35, 0.8) +
surface-hover rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) +
text-90 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9) +
text-80 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8) +
text-60 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6) +
text-40 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4) +
text-20 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2) +
brand-lighter #5797ff +
brand-dark #217ce5 +
brand-ios #5966f3 +
on-brand #ffffff +
cta-secondary-bg rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2) +
cta-secondary-text #ffffff +
btn-bg rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.05) +
btn-bg-highlight rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.06) +
accent-red #fd585b +
accent-yellow #ffb01f +
accent-purple #a770ff +
accent-purple-wash rgba(143, 102, 255, 0.13) +
accent-pink #ff5cab +
accent-green #47b35f +
accent-green-wash rgba(73, 188, 84, 0.10) +
super #00a376 +
super-darker #008761 +
super-lighter #38e2b3 +
team #915eff +
team-darker #7448d4 +
team-lighter #d680ff +
bg-pink #ffe6e6 +
bg-greenish #c1f6e8 +
shadow-glow-blue rgba(0, 98, 255, 0.4) −
bg-section #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
surface-strong #eeeeee −
surface-quote #f5f0e6 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-soft #666666 −
text-faint #999999 −
brand-tagline #000000 −
brand-red #cf202f −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 −
link #2a64a6 −
link-hover #173e6e −
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) −
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":"Spline Sans","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"Spline Sans","size":58} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"Spline Sans","size":36} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"Spline Sans","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"Spline Sans Mono","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 3 changed
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xs 2px → 0px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px