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github.com vs mailchimp.com

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

github.com
github.com· read 2026-08-09
mailchimp.com
mailchimp.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.

github.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.

mailchimp.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.

github.com

No named roles measured.

16 more, no measured role

mailchimp.com

No named roles measured.

18 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.

github.com

h1

64px · 425 · shown smaller

h1

64px · 800 · shown smaller

h1

56px · 440 · shown smaller

h3

40px · 460 · shown smaller

body

28px · 480

h2

24px · 600

h3

22px · 480

mailchimp.com

h1

64px · 400 · shown smaller

h1

48px · 400 · shown smaller

h2

40px · 400 · shown smaller

h3

24px · 400

link

16px · 400

body

13px · 400

button

13px · 500

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

github.com

6px

8px

12px

60px

16px

16px

mailchimp.com

3px

44px

10px

4px

200px

Spacing

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

github.com

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
40

mailchimp.com

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
40

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

github.com

sm

md

lg

xl

mailchimp.com

sm

md

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

github.com

default

mailchimp.com

default

The measured values behind the panels above.

github.commailchimp.com

At a glance

CornersRoundedRounded
Display size64px64px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ37
Type families22
Components — these differ54

Full palette

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

All colours — these differ#0000#010409#58635B#1F2328#FFF0#25292E#59636E#656C76#000000#FFFFFF#F0F6FC#D1D9E0#9198A1#D2D9D4#CF222E#D29922#004E56#231E15#AADDAA#ACCE#692340#236CFF#BBAADD#FF7346#000000#FFFFFF#575757#BCBAB6#F6F6F4#DBD9D2#403B3B#666666#FFE01B#E12437
Semantic — these differError/Danger #CF222EWarning #D29922Warning #FFE01BError/Danger #E12437

Typography

Families — these differMona Sans VFMona SansMeans WebGraphik Web
h1 — these differ56px · 440 · 61.6px · Mona Sans48px · 400 · 48px · Means Web
h2 — these differ24px · 600 · 36px · Mona Sans VF40px · 400 · 40px · Means Web
h3 — these differ22px · 480 · 30.8px · Mona Sans24px · 400 · 31.9999px · Means Web
body — these differ18px · 400 · 27px · Mona Sans13px · 400 · 17.55px · Graphik Web
button — these differ16px · 400 · 24px · Mona Sans VF13px · 500 · 14.3px · Graphik Web
label16px · 400 · 24px · Mona Sans—
link—16px · 400 · 21.6px · Graphik Web
span14px · 400 · 21px · Mona Sans VF—
h4 — these differ14px · 600 · 21px · Mona Sans11px · 500 · 13.75px · Graphik Web

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ6px8px12px16px 0px 0px16px60px3px4px10px44px200px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px48px64px80px128px4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px64px68px80px108px
Border widths1px2px1px2px

Depth

Strategy——
Shadows — these differrgba(209, 217, 224, 0.25) 0px 0px 0px 1px, rgba(37, 41, 46, 0.04) 0px 6px 12px -3px, rgba(37, 41, 46, 0.12) 0px 6px 18px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01) 0px 100px 80px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02) 0px 41px 33px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02) 0px 22px 17px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03) 0px 12px 10px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0px 6px 5px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.07) 0px 2px 2px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 0px 0px 1px insetrgba(209, 217, 224, 0) 0px 0px 0px 1px, rgba(37, 41, 46, 0.32) 0px 56px 112px 0pxrgba(36, 28, 21, 0.12) 0px 4px 12px 0pxrgba(35, 30, 21, 0.15) 0px 0px 20px 3px
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ0.500.600.080.300.570.580.010.800.60
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3dropdown 32dropdown 91dropdown 92dropdown 98dropdown 99base 1base 2base 3dropdown 10dropdown 12dropdown 50sticky 100sticky 490

Components

Sharedbuttoncardnavigationlinkbuttoncardnavigationlink
Only here — these differinput—
Signature——

How this was measured

Differences here are ours, not the brands'.

Pages read66
Extracted2026-08-092026-08-09
Stylesheets——
Roles unassigned——

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