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Glossier vs spectr.pm

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

Glossier: Glossier · Above the fold
Glossier
glossier.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.

Glossier

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.

Glossier

  • canvas#FFFFFF
  • ink#000000
  • primary#000000
  • on-primary#FFFFFF

1 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.

Glossier

hero-display

32px · 500

h2

20px · 400

h3

14px · 400

button

14px · 400

input

14px · 400

nav-link

14px · 400

body

14px · 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.

Glossier

0px

0px

0px

spectr.pm

0px

Spacing

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

Glossier

8
12
16
24
32
36
40
56

spectr.pm

4
8
12
16
24
28
32
40

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

Glossier

No shadows measured.

spectr.pm

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

Glossier

filledprimaryiconicon-sm

spectr.pm

primaryfilledprimary-smtext

The measured values behind the panels above.

Glossierspectr.pm

At a glance

Ground — these differLightDark
CornersSharpSharp
Display size — these differ32px288px
Spacing base — these differ8px4px
Accent colours — these differ08
Type families22
Ink on canvas — these differ21.0:118.6:1
Components1111

Colour roles

primary — these differ#000000#894DEF
canvas — these differ#FFFFFF#0D0D0D
surface—#171717
ink — these differ#000000#FAFAFA
body — these differ#666666#B8B8B8
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#000000#FFFFFF#FAF2F4#666666#E8E8E8#894DEF#A273F2#14532D#78350F#166534#4ADE80#92400E#FBBF24#0D0D0D#171717#FAFAFA#B8B8B8#2E2E2E#6B6B6B#000000#262626
Semantic——

Typography

Families — these differApercuApercu MonoInter-e4c28016845df4efJetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
display—132px · 800 · 198px · -2.64px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h1—72px · 800 · 72px · -2.52px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
hero-display — these differ32px · 500 · 35px · 0px · uppercase · Apercu288px · 900 · 288px · -11.52px · uppercase · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h2 — these differ20px · 400 · 28px · 0px · Apercu44px · 800 · 46.2px · -1.32px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h3 — these differ14px · 400 · 19.6px · 0px · Apercu19px · 600 · 28.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
button — these differ14px · 400 · 19.6px · 0.03px · Apercu15px · 600 · 22.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
input14px · 400 · normal · 0px · Apercu—
nav-link14px · 400 · 20px · 0.03px · Apercu—
body — these differ14px · 400 · 16.1px · 0.03px · Apercu15px · 500 · 23.25px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
link—14px · 500 · 20px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h412px · 400 · 20.4px · 0.04px · uppercase · Apercu—
list-item — these differ12px · 400 · 20px · 0.03px · uppercase · Apercu16px · 500 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
heading — these differ12px · 400 · 20.4px · 0.04px · Apercu16px · 600 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
caption — these differ12px · 400 · 20.4px · 0.48px · uppercase · Apercu12px · 500 · 16.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
code — these differ12px · 400 · 16.8px · 0px · uppercase · Apercu Mono13px · 600 · 19.5px · 1.82px · uppercase · JetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09

Shape and rhythm

Radius0px0px
Spacing — these differ8px12px16px24px32px36px40px56px76px80px124px144px4px8px12px16px24px28px32px40px44px48px64px144px
Border widths1px1px

Depth

Strategy — these differcolor-blockingsingle-tier
Shadows — these differ—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 -4px
Gradients — these differsection: none, linear-gradient(to right, rgb(0, 0, 0) 50%, rgb(0, 0, 0) 50%), none, linear-gradient(rgb(0, 0, 0) 50%, rgb(0, 0, 0) 50%)—
Opacity — these differ0.100.140.861.000.700.900.940.650.36
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3dropdown 11dropdown 12dropdown 13dropdown 14dropdown 15dropdown 10dropdown 50

Components

Sharedbutton-filledbutton-primarybutton-textcardfooterlinkbutton-filledbutton-primarybutton-textcardfooterlink
Only here — these differbutton-iconbutton-icon-smbutton-text-smbadge-filledlink-2button-primary-smbutton-text-2card-lgnavigationlink-sm
Signature——

Interaction states

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

Measured — these differbutton:focusbutton:focus-visibleother:focusbutton:disabledbutton:hoverinput:focusinput:hoverlink:hoverother:activeother:hovercard:hoverother:focus-visiblelink:focuslink:focus-visibleother:disabledinput:focus-visiblebutton:activeother:focus-visibleinput:hoverother:hovercard:hoverother:focusother:disablednav:hovernav:focus-visible

Responsive

Breakpoints — these differ375→352px · 8col768→756px · 8col1024→1012px · 8col1280→1254px · 5col1440→1411px · 6col375→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
StylesheetsReadableReadable
Roles unassigned — these differ110

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