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canva.com vs spectr.pm

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

canva.com: Canva India: Visual Suite for Everyone · Above the fold
canva.com
canva.com· read 2026-08-09
spectr.pm: Spectr - AI Product Ops: Meetings to PRDs, Specs & Stories · Above the fold
spectr.pm
spectr.pm· read 2026-10-14

Worth knowing

  • One side has no named colour roles, which means it predates role-based extraction. Re-generate it for a like-for-like comparison.
  • Interaction states are missing on at least one side — that site's stylesheets were cross-origin and could not be read.

Ground and ink

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

canva.com

No colour roles measured on this side, so there is no ground to paint. The palette below is still real; re-extracting the site fills this in.

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.

canva.com

No named roles measured.

13 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.

canva.com

h1

24px · 600

h2

15px · 700

body

14px · 400

button

14px · 600

h3

12px · 700

list-item

10px · 400

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.

canva.com

12px

48px

10px

20px

spectr.pm

0px

Spacing

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

canva.com

4
8
12
16
24
32
48
64

spectr.pm

4
8
12
16
24
28
32
40

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

canva.com

sm

md

spectr.pm

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

canva.com

default

spectr.pm

primaryfilledprimary-smtext

The measured values behind the panels above.

canva.comspectr.pm

At a glance

Ground—Dark
Corners — these differRoundedSharp
Display size — these differ24px288px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ108
Type families22
Ink on canvas—18.6:1
Components — these differ411

Colour roles

primary—#894DEF
canvas—#0D0D0D
surface—#171717
ink—#FAFAFA
body—#B8B8B8
hairline—#2E2E2E
on-primary—#FAFAFA

Full palette

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

All colours — these differ#9E9EFF#0F1015#101219#394660#A370FC#404F6D#151E82#8B3DFF#000000#FFFFFF#F3F4F7#DB142C#B61629#894DEF#A273F2#14532D#78350F#166534#4ADE80#92400E#FBBF24#0D0D0D#171717#FAFAFA#B8B8B8#2E2E2E#6B6B6B#000000#262626
Semantic — these differError/Danger #DB142CError/Danger #B61629—

Typography

Families — these differCanva SansTimes New RomanInter-e4c28016845df4efJetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
hero-display—288px · 900 · 288px · -11.52px · uppercase · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
display—132px · 800 · 198px · -2.64px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h1 — these differ24px · 600 · 32px · Canva Sans72px · 800 · 72px · -2.52px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
heading—16px · 600 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h2 — these differ15px · 700 · normal · Times New Roman44px · 800 · 46.2px · -1.32px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
body — these differ14px · 400 · 22px · Canva Sans15px · 500 · 23.25px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
button — these differ14px · 600 · 22px · Canva Sans15px · 600 · 22.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
link—14px · 500 · 20px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
code—13px · 600 · 19.5px · 1.82px · uppercase · JetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
caption—12px · 500 · 16.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h3 — these differ11.7px · 700 · normal · Times New Roman19px · 600 · 28.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
list-item — these differ10px · 400 · normal · Times New Roman16px · 500 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ10px12px20px48px0px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px24px32px48px64px168px4px8px12px16px24px28px32px40px44px48px64px144px
Border widths — these differ—1px

Depth

Strategy—single-tier
Shadows — these differrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px insetrgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08) 0px 24px 24px -18px inset, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25) 0px 1px 0.5px 0px inset, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 0px -1px 0.5px 0px inset, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14) 0px 1px 2px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.07) 0px 3px 4px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px 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 differ0.070.040.031.000.700.900.940.650.36
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 5sticky 100dropdown 10dropdown 50

Components

Sharednavigationlinknavigationlink
Only here — these differbuttoninputbutton-primarybutton-filledbutton-primary-smbutton-textbutton-text-2cardcard-lgfooterlink-sm
Signature——

Interaction states

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

Measured — these differ—other:focus-visibleinput:hoverother:hovercard:hoverother:focusother:disablednav:hovernav:focus-visible

Responsive

Breakpoints — these differ—375→343px · 6col768→704px · 3col1024→960px · 5col1280→1216px · 5col1440→1376px · 5col

Themes

Measured on the live site, not derived.

Support—Single theme

How this was measured

Differences here are ours, not the brands'.

Pages read—6
Extracted — these differ2026-08-092026-10-14
Stylesheets—Readable
Roles unassigned—10

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