Diff

The Washington Post vs Square

72 token-level differences between these two design systems.

Role tokens
Background
#ffffff #ffffff
Text
#000000 #000000
Brand
#000000 #000000
Border
#cccccc #d8d8d8
Display font
Postoni Square Sans Display
Body size
18px 16px
colors 60 changed
~ surface-soft #f8f8f8 #f7f7f7
~ surface-strong #eeeeee #ebebeb
~ text-muted #444444 #5a5a5a
~ link #2a64a6 #006aff
~ link-hover #173e6e #0050c8
~ border #cccccc #d8d8d8
~ border-soft #e0e0e0 #ebebeb
~ border-strong #888888 #a0a0a0
+ bg-cool #f7f7f7
+ bg-cream #f1eee9
+ surface-dark-elevated #1c1c1c
+ surface-cream #f1eee9
+ text-body #1c1c1c
+ text-subtle #8a8a8a
+ text-on-dark #ffffff
+ text-on-dark-soft #a0a0a0
+ brand-hover #1c1c1c
+ accent #006aff
+ accent-hover #0050c8
+ accent-soft #e6efff
+ on-brand #ffffff
+ on-accent #ffffff
+ border-on-dark rgba(255,255,255,0.16)
+ semantic-success #1f8b4c
+ semantic-warning #cc7700
+ semantic-danger #cf202f
+ semantic-info #006aff
+ focus-ring rgba(0,106,255,0.45)
+ shadow-ambient rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04)
+ shadow-soft rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08)
+ shadow-hard rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16)
bg-section #f5f5f5
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-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
~ display {"family":"Postoni","size":72} {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":80}
~ h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":40}
~ h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} {"family":"Square Sans Display","size":32}
~ body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} {"family":"Square Sans Text","size":16}
~ label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} {"family":"Square Sans Mono","size":11}
radius 2 changed
~ button 4px 8px
~ card 14px 12px
spacing 5 changed
~ xs 2px 4px
~ sm 4px 8px
~ md 12px 16px
~ lg 24px 32px
~ xl 40px 64px
↻ Swap direction · Square → The Washington Post