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discord.com vs figma.com

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

discord.com
discord.com· read 2026-08-09
figma.com
figma.com· read 2026-08-09

Worth knowing

  • Neither side has named colour roles, so both predate role-based extraction. Re-generating either one fills in the palette 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.

discord.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.

figma.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.

Palette

Named roles first, then every colour measured without one.

discord.com

No named roles measured.

16 more, no measured role

figma.com

No named roles measured.

4 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.

discord.com

h1

72px · 700 · shown smaller

h1

56px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

48px · 700 · shown smaller

h1

38px · 600

h3

36px · 400

h2

22px · 700

body

20px · 400

figma.com

h1

56px · 400 · shown smaller

body

18px · 330

h3

16px · 400

h2

14px · 400

span

0px · 400

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

discord.com

16px

48px

17px

14px

pill

104px

figma.com

8px

pill

Spacing

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

discord.com

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
40

figma.com

4
8
12
16
24
28
32
36

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

discord.com

sm

md

lg

figma.com

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

discord.com

default

figma.com

default

The measured values behind the panels above.

discord.comfigma.com

At a glance

CornersPillPill
Display size — these differ72px56px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ42
Type families — these differ42
Components — these differ54

Full palette

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

All colours — these differ#060A0B#5865F2#202024#798DF9#23272A#00B0F4#2C2F33#99AAB5#FFFFFF#000000#333333#28282C#A1A1A5#F7F7F7#727377#E1E1E5#FFB3B3#972121#000000#FFFFFF
Semantic——

Typography

Families — these differAbcgintodiscordABC Ginto NormalAbcgintodiscordnordgg sansfigmaSansfigmaMono
h1 — these differ72px · 700 · 64.8px · Abcgintodiscordnord56px · 400 · 56px · figmaSans
h2 — these differ48px · 700 · 48px · Abcgintodiscordnord14px · 400 · 18.2px · figmaMono
body — these differ20px · 400 · 26px · Abcgintodiscord18px · 330 · 25.2px · figmaSans
span — these differ16px · 500 · 19.2px · Abcgintodiscord0px · 400 · 0px · figmaSans
h3 — these differ16px · 400 · 20px · Abcgintodiscord16px · 400 · 22.4px · figmaSans
button16px · 400 · 24px · ABC Ginto Normal—
input14px · 400 · 20px · gg sans—

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ14px16px16.8px48px104px9999px8px9999px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px48px56px80px120px4px8px12px16px24px28px32px36px40px48px52px56px
Border widths — these differ1px—

Depth

Strategy——
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 2px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0pxrgba(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, oklab(0.442733 0.000579804 -0.00658998 / 0.3) 0px 0px 0px 1px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0pxrgba(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, oklab(0.376763 0.00188313 -0.0064694 / 0.25) 0px 0px 0px 1px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 1px 2px 0pxoklch(0 0 none / 0.16) 0px 1px 0px 0px
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ0.650.500.100.490.890.90—
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3base 4base 5base 6base 7dropdown 10base 1dropdown 20dropdown 25dropdown 30dropdown 40

Components

Sharedbuttonnavigationlinkcardbuttonnavigationlinkcard
Only here — these differinput—
Signature——

How this was measured

Differences here are ours, not the brands'.

Pages read6—
Extracted2026-08-092026-08-09
Stylesheets——
Roles unassigned——

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