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Allbirds vs spectr.pm

Two design systems side by side, measured from the live sites — colour, type, shape, depth, components, states and responsive behaviour.

Allbirds: Allbirds: Comfortable, Sustainable Shoes & Apparel · Above the fold
Allbirds
allbirds.com· read 2026-11-03
spectr.pm: Spectr - AI Product Ops: Meetings to PRDs, Specs & Stories · Above the fold
spectr.pm
spectr.pm· read 2026-10-14

Ground and ink

Each side painted in its own measured canvas, ink, muted and primary roles.

Allbirds

Heading on canvas

Body copy in the measured muted role.

Primary action
17.3:1 ink on canvas

spectr.pm

Heading on canvas

Body copy in the measured muted role.

Primary action
18.6:1 ink on canvas

Palette

Named roles first, then every colour measured without one.

Allbirds

  • canvas#ECE9E2
  • ink#000000
  • muted#FFFFFF
  • primary#212121
  • on-primary#FFFFFF

spectr.pm

  • canvas#0D0D0D
  • surface#171717
  • ink#FAFAFA
  • hairline#2E2E2E
  • primary#894DEF
  • on-primary#FAFAFA

10 more, no measured role

Type scale

Set at the measured size, weight, tracking and leading. Brand typefaces are not loaded, so the metrics are real and the letterforms are not.

Allbirds

h2

40px · 400 · shown smaller

h1

24px · 400

h3

24px · 500

body

20px · 400

input

16px · 400

button

16px · 400

code

16px · 500

spectr.pm

hero-display

288px · 900 · shown smaller

display

280px · 900 · shown smaller

display

252px · 900 · shown smaller

display

200px · 900 · shown smaller

display

132px · 800 · shown smaller

display

99px · 600 · shown smaller

h2

92px · 800 · shown smaller

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

Allbirds

0px

0px

0px

pill

4px

6px

spectr.pm

0px

Spacing

One shared scale across both sides, so the bars are directly comparable.

Allbirds

4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32

spectr.pm

4
8
12
16
24
28
32
40

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

Allbirds

sm

md

lg

spectr.pm

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

Allbirds

primaryprimary-lgfilledoutline

spectr.pm

primaryfilledprimary-smtext

The measured values behind the panels above.

Allbirdsspectr.pm

At a glance

Ground — these differLightDark
Corners — these differPillSharp
Display size — these differ40px288px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ08
Type families — these differ32
Ink on canvas — these differ17.3:118.6:1
Components — these differ911

Colour roles

primary — these differ#212121#894DEF
canvas — these differ#ECE9E2#0D0D0D
surface—#171717
ink — these differ#000000#FAFAFA
body — these differ#575757#B8B8B8
muted#FFFFFF—
hairline—#2E2E2E
on-primary — these differ#FFFFFF#FAFAFA

Full palette

Every colour each extraction kept, including the ones with no measured role.

All colours — these differ#212121#ECE9E2#000000#575757#FFFFFF#894DEF#A273F2#14532D#78350F#166534#4ADE80#92400E#FBBF24#0D0D0D#171717#FAFAFA#B8B8B8#2E2E2E#6B6B6B#000000#262626
Semantic——

Typography

Families — these differGeographSelf ModernAkkurat MonoInter-e4c28016845df4efJetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
hero-display—288px · 900 · 288px · -11.52px · uppercase · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
display—132px · 800 · 198px · -2.64px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h2 — these differ40px · 400 · 60px · 0px · Self Modern44px · 800 · 46.2px · -1.32px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h1 — these differ24px · 400 · 32px · 0.6px · Geograph72px · 800 · 72px · -2.52px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h3 — these differ24px · 500 · 24px · 0px · Geograph19px · 600 · 28.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
input16px · 400 · 24px · 0px · Geograph—
list-item—16px · 500 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
body — these differ14px · 500 · 20px · 0.7px · uppercase · Geograph15px · 500 · 23.25px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
link — these differ12px · 400 · 16px · 0px · Geograph14px · 500 · 20px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
button — these differ12px · 500 · 16px · 0.6px · uppercase · Geograph15px · 600 · 22.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
caption — these differ12px · 500 · 15px · 0.3px · uppercase · Geograph12px · 500 · 16.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
heading — these differ12px · 500 · 16px · 0px · uppercase · Geograph16px · 600 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
code — these differ12px · 400 · 16px · 1.2px · uppercase · Akkurat Mono13px · 600 · 19.5px · 1.82px · uppercase · JetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ0px4px6px9999px0px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px28px32px36px40px56px64px4px8px12px16px24px28px32px40px44px48px64px144px
Border widths1px1px

Depth

Strategy — these differlayered-microsingle-tier
Shadows — these differrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 1px 3px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 1px 2px -1pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 10px 15px -3px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 4px 6px -4pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 20px 25px -5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 8px 10px -6pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 10px 15px -3px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 4px 6px -4px
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ—1.000.700.900.940.650.36
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2dropdown 10dropdown 20dropdown 30dropdown 40dropdown 50dropdown 80dropdown 10dropdown 50

Components

Sharedbutton-primarybutton-filledbutton-textfooterlinklink-smbutton-primarybutton-filledbutton-textfooterlinklink-sm
Only here — these differbutton-primary-lgbutton-outlinebutton-text-smbutton-primary-smbutton-text-2cardcard-lgnavigation
Signature——

Interaction states

Read from each site's own stylesheets. An empty side means they were cross-origin and unreadable.

Measured — these differbutton:focusbutton:hoverbutton:disabledother:hoverother:focusother:activeother:disabledinput:focuslink:hovercard:hoverother:focus-visibleinput:hoverother:hovercard:hoverother:focusother:disablednav:hovernav:focus-visible

Responsive

Breakpoints — these differ375→355px · 4col768→748px · 7col1024→1004px · 7col1280→1260px · 7col1440→1420px · 7col375→343px · 6col768→704px · 3col1024→960px · 5col1280→1216px · 5col1440→1376px · 5col

Themes

Measured on the live site, not derived.

SupportSingle themeSingle theme

How this was measured

Differences here are ours, not the brands'.

Pages read—6
Extracted — these differ2026-11-032026-10-14
Stylesheets — these differPartly blockedReadable
Roles unassigned — these differ010

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