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Headspace vs spectr.pm

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

Headspace: Mental Health App for Meditation & Sleep - Headspace · Above the fold
Headspace
headspace.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.

Headspace

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.

Headspace

  • canvas#FFFFFF
  • ink#000000
  • muted#2D2C2B
  • hairline#4B4C4D
  • primary#44423F
  • on-primary#FFFFFF

7 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.

Headspace

display

220px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

92px · 700 · shown smaller

display

72px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

64px · 700 · shown smaller

h1

64px · 700 · shown smaller

display

56px · 700 · shown smaller

display

56px · 700 · 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.

Headspace

0px

pill

4px

8px

spectr.pm

0px

Spacing

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

Headspace

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
40

spectr.pm

4
8
12
16
24
28
32
40

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

Headspace

sm

spectr.pm

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

Headspace

primarysecondaryfilledfilled-sm

spectr.pm

primaryfilledprimary-smtext

The measured values behind the panels above.

Headspacespectr.pm

At a glance

Ground — these differLightDark
Corners — these differPillSharp
Display size — these differ220px288px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ68
Type families22
Ink on canvas — these differ21.0:118.6:1
Components — these differ1011

Colour roles

primary — these differ#44423F#894DEF
accent#FFCE00—
link#5A6175—
canvas — these differ#FFFFFF#0D0D0D
surface—#171717
ink — these differ#000000#FAFAFA
body — these differ#141313#B8B8B8
muted#2D2C2B—
hairline — these differ#4B4C4D#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#44423F#FFCE00#5A6175#0000EE#0061EF#FFA1CC#3B197F#02873E#FFFFFF#F9F4F2#000000#141313#2D2C2B#4B4C4D#63605D#C6C1B9#894DEF#A273F2#14532D#78350F#166534#4ADE80#92400E#FBBF24#0D0D0D#171717#FAFAFA#B8B8B8#2E2E2E#6B6B6B#000000#262626
Semantic——

Typography

Families — these differHeadspace ApercuApercuInter-e4c28016845df4efJetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
hero-display—288px · 900 · 288px · -11.52px · uppercase · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h2 — these differ92px · 700 · 101.2px · -3.22px · Headspace Apercu44px · 800 · 46.2px · -1.32px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h1 — these differ64px · 700 · 72px · -1.92px · Headspace Apercu72px · 800 · 72px · -2.52px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
display — these differ48px · 700 · 48px · -1.44px · Headspace Apercu132px · 800 · 198px · -2.64px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h3 — these differ40px · 700 · 46px · -1.2px · Headspace Apercu19px · 600 · 28.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h532px · 700 · 38.4px · -0.96px · Headspace Apercu—
heading — these differ32px · 500 · 38.4px · -0.96px · Headspace Apercu16px · 600 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h424px · 700 · 32px · -0.6px · Headspace Apercu—
body — these differ16px · 500 · 24px · -0.16px · Headspace Apercu15px · 500 · 23.25px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
nav-link16px · 400 · 18.4px · 0px · Headspace Apercu—
button — these differ16px · 700 · 17.6px · 0px · Headspace Apercu15px · 600 · 22.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
label16px · 400 · 24px · 0px · Headspace Apercu—
input16px · 400 · 24px · 0px · Headspace Apercu—
code—13px · 600 · 19.5px · 1.82px · uppercase · JetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
caption — these differ12px · 500 · 13.8px · -0.12px · Headspace Apercu12px · 500 · 16.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
link — these differ12px · 500 · 18px · -0.12px · Headspace Apercu14px · 500 · 20px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
list-item — these differ0px · 400 · 0px · 0px · Headspace Apercu16px · 500 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ0px4px8px9999px0px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px48px56px60px80px4px8px12px16px24px28px32px40px44px48px64px144px
Border widths — these differ1px2px1px

Depth

Strategysingle-tiersingle-tier
Shadows — these differrgba(65, 61, 69, 0.2) 0px 2px 0px 0pxrgba(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 differ0.700.500.200.300.990.981.000.700.900.940.650.36
Z-index — these differbase 1base 9dropdown 10sticky 101dropdown 10dropdown 50

Components

Sharedbutton-primarybutton-fillednavigationfooterlinklink-smcardbutton-primarybutton-fillednavigationfooterlinklink-smcard
Only here — these differbutton-secondarybutton-filled-smbutton-secondary-smbutton-primary-smbutton-textbutton-text-2card-lg
Signature——

Interaction states

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

Measured — these differother:focusother:hoverother:activeother:disabledlink:focuslink:hoverbutton:hoverinput:focuslink:focus-visiblebutton:focusother:focus-visibleinput:hoverother:hovercard:hoverother:focusother:disablednav:hovernav:focus-visible

Responsive

Breakpoints — these differ375→343px · 5col768→768px · 3col1024→1024px · 6col1280→1280px · 6col1440→1440px · 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 read66
Extracted — these differ2026-11-032026-10-14
StylesheetsReadableReadable
Roles unassigned — these differ710

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