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Apple vs spectr.pm

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

Apple: Apple · Above the fold
Apple
apple.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.

Apple

Heading on canvas

Body copy in the measured muted role.

Primary action
21:1 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.

Apple

  • canvas#FFFFFF
  • surface#F5F5F7
  • ink#000000
  • muted#6E6E73
  • hairline#D2D2D7
  • primary#0071E3
  • on-primary#FFFFFF

3 more, no measured role

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.

Apple

h1

80px · 600 · shown smaller

h1

64px · 600 · shown smaller

h2

56px · 600 · shown smaller

h1

48px · 600 · shown smaller

h2

48px · 600 · shown smaller

h3

40px · 600 · shown smaller

h2

40px · 600 · shown smaller

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.

Apple

0px

pill

28px

11px

8px

spectr.pm

0px

Spacing

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

Apple

8
12
16
20
24
28
32
36

spectr.pm

4
8
12
16
24
28
32
40

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

Apple

sm

spectr.pm

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

Apple

filledprimaryfilled-smprimary-sm

spectr.pm

primaryfilledprimary-smtext

The measured values behind the panels above.

Applespectr.pm

At a glance

Ground — these differLightDark
Corners — these differPillSharp
Display size — these differ80px288px
Spacing base — these differ8px4px
Accent colours — these differ48
Type families22
Ink on canvas — these differ21.0:118.6:1
Components — these differ1611

Colour roles

primary — these differ#0071E3#894DEF
accent#2997FF—
canvas — these differ#FFFFFF#0D0D0D
surface — these differ#F5F5F7#171717
ink — these differ#000000#FAFAFA
body — these differ#1D1D1F#B8B8B8
muted#6E6E73—
hairline — these differ#D2D2D7#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#0071E3#2997FF#0066CC#B64400#FFFFFF#F5F5F7#000000#1D1D1F#6E6E73#86868B#D2D2D7#333336#894DEF#A273F2#14532D#78350F#166534#4ADE80#92400E#FBBF24#0D0D0D#171717#FAFAFA#B8B8B8#2E2E2E#6B6B6B#000000#262626
Semantic——

Typography

Families — these differSF Pro TextSF Pro DisplayInter-e4c28016845df4efJetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
hero-display—288px · 900 · 288px · -11.52px · uppercase · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
display—132px · 800 · 198px · -2.64px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h1 — these differ48px · 600 · 52.0077px · -0.14px · SF Pro Display72px · 800 · 72px · -2.52px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
heading — these differ28px · 400 · 32px · 0.2px · SF Pro Display16px · 600 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h2 — these differ24px · 600 · 28px · 0.22px · SF Pro Display44px · 800 · 46.2px · -1.32px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h419px · 600 · 23.0001px · 0.23px · SF Pro Display—
body — these differ17px · 400 · 20.0002px · -0.37px · SF Pro Text15px · 500 · 23.25px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
button — these differ17px · 400 · 41px · 0px · SF Pro Text15px · 600 · 22.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h3 — these differ14.04px · 600 · 18.7206px · -0.12px · SF Pro Text19px · 600 · 28.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
code—13px · 600 · 19.5px · 1.82px · uppercase · JetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
link — these differ12px · 400 · 12px · -0.12px · SF Pro Text14px · 500 · 20px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
list-item — these differ12px · 400 · 16.0005px · -0.12px · SF Pro Text16px · 500 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
caption — these differ12px · 600 · 16.0005px · -0.12px · SF Pro Text12px · 500 · 16.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ0px8px11px28px9999px0px
Spacing — these differ8px12px16px20px24px28px32px36px40px44px84px88px4px8px12px16px24px28px32px40px44px48px64px144px
Border widths — these differ—1px

Depth

Strategysingle-tiersingle-tier
Shadows — these differrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 1px insetrgba(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 differ0.360.420.800.970.000.821.000.700.900.940.650.36
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3base 4base 5base 6base 7dropdown 30dropdown 10dropdown 50

Components

Sharedbutton-filledbutton-primarybutton-primary-smcardnavigationfooterlinkbutton-filledbutton-primarybutton-primary-smcardnavigationfooterlink
Only here — these differbutton-filled-smbutton-iconbutton-outlinecard-2navigation-2footer-smlink-lgbadge-textbadge-text-2button-textbutton-text-2card-lglink-sm
Signature——

Interaction states

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

Measured — these differlink:hoverother:hoverother:focus-visibleother:activeother:disabledinput:focusbutton:focus-visiblebutton:hoverlink:focuslink:focus-visiblenav:hoverbutton:activebutton:disabledother:focuslink:disabledcard:hoverlink:activecard:focus-visibleother:focus-visibleinput:hoverother:hovercard:hoverother:focusother:disablednav:hovernav:focus-visible

Responsive

Breakpoints — these differ375→343px · 3col768→736px · 3col1024→980px · 3col1280→980px · 3col1440→980px · 3col375→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 read66
Extracted — these differ2026-11-032026-10-14
Stylesheets — these differPartly blockedReadable
Roles unassigned — these differ310

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