The Washington Post vs Venmo
77 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#000000 → #1f2e3a Brand
#000000 → #3d95ce Border
#cccccc → #dbe2e8 Display font
Postoni → Aktiv Grotesk Extended Body size
18px → 16px colors 65 changed
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surface-soft #f8f8f8 → #f5f8fa ~
surface-strong #eeeeee → #e8edf2 ~
text #000000 → #1f2e3a ~
text-muted #444444 → #6b7785 ~
brand #000000 → #3d95ce ~
link #2a64a6 → #3d95ce ~
link-hover #173e6e → #225f8c ~
border #cccccc → #dbe2e8 ~
border-soft #e0e0e0 → #e8edf2 ~
border-strong #888888 → #9aa5b1 +
bg-cool #f5f8fa +
bg-blue #3d95ce +
bg-deep #1f2e3a +
surface-blue-tint #eef6fb +
surface-blue-elevated #5ba9da +
text-body #2f3e4a +
text-subtle #9aa5b1 +
text-friend-name #3d95ce +
brand-hover #2c7eb5 +
brand-active #225f8c +
brand-light #a8d3ec +
brand-disabled #bcd4e4 +
on-brand #ffffff +
on-deep #ffffff +
on-deep-soft #9aa5b1 +
border-on-blue rgba(255,255,255,0.22) +
semantic-success #2ea84f +
semantic-warning #f5a623 +
semantic-danger #e02020 +
semantic-info #3d95ce +
social-like #e02020 +
focus-ring rgba(61,149,206,0.40) +
shadow-ambient rgba(31, 46, 58, 0.06) +
shadow-soft rgba(31, 46, 58, 0.10) +
shadow-hard rgba(31, 46, 58, 0.18) −
bg-section #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
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
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display {"family":"Postoni","size":72} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk Extended","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk Extended","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk Extended","size":32} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 12px ~
card 14px → 16px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px