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Intercom vs spectr.pm

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

Intercom: Intercom | A complete system for human and AI customer service · Above the fold
Intercom
intercom.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.

Intercom

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.

Intercom

  • canvas#FFFFFF
  • ink#000000
  • hairline#D3CEC6
  • primary#111111
  • on-primary#FFFFFF

5 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.

Intercom

h1

80px · 400 · shown smaller

h2

80px · 400 · shown smaller

display

54px · 400 · shown smaller

h1

54px · 400 · shown smaller

h3

40px · 400 · shown smaller

display

40px · 400 · shown smaller

h3

40px · 300 · 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.

Intercom

0px

4px

6px

8px

1px

2px

spectr.pm

0px

Spacing

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

Intercom

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
36

spectr.pm

4
8
12
16
24
28
32
40

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

Intercom

sm

md

lg

xl

spectr.pm

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

Intercom

primaryprimary-2outlineoutline-2

spectr.pm

primaryfilledprimary-smtext

The measured values behind the panels above.

Intercomspectr.pm

At a glance

Ground — these differLightDark
Corners — these differSoftSharp
Display size — these differ80px288px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ18
Type families — these differ42
Ink on canvas — these differ21.0:118.6:1
Components — these differ811

Colour roles

primary — these differ#111111#894DEF
canvas — these differ#FFFFFF#0D0D0D
surface—#171717
ink — these differ#000000#FAFAFA
body — these differ#111111#B8B8B8
hairline — these differ#D3CEC6#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#111111#0007CB#FFFFFF#000000#D3CEC6#1A1A1A#F1EEE9#E7E3DB#DEDBD6#894DEF#A273F2#14532D#78350F#166534#4ADE80#92400E#FBBF24#0D0D0D#171717#FAFAFA#B8B8B8#2E2E2E#6B6B6B#000000#262626
Semantic——

Typography

Families — these differSaansSaansMonoSerrifsystem-uiInter-e4c28016845df4efJetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
hero-display—288px · 900 · 288px · -11.52px · uppercase · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h1 — these differ80px · 400 · 80px · -2.4px · Saans72px · 800 · 72px · -2.52px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h2 — these differ80px · 400 · 80px · -2.4px · Saans44px · 800 · 46.2px · -1.32px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
display — these differ54px · 400 · 54px · -1.6px · Saans132px · 800 · 198px · -2.64px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
heading — these differ28px · 400 · 28px · -0.96px · Saans16px · 600 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h3 — these differ24px · 400 · 24px · -0.48px · Saans19px · 600 · 28.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
list-item — these differ16px · 400 · 24px · 0px · Saans16px · 500 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
quote16px · 300 · 22.4px · -0.16px · Serrif—
body — these differ14px · 400 · 17.5px · 0px · Saans15px · 500 · 23.25px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
link — these differ14px · 400 · 20px · 0px · Saans14px · 500 · 20px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
button — these differ14px · 400 · 18.9px · 0px · Saans15px · 600 · 22.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
input14px · 400 · 19.6px · 0px · Saans—
nav-link14px · 400 · 15.4px · 0px · Saans—
code — these differ12px · 400 · 12px · 0.6px · uppercase · SaansMono13px · 600 · 19.5px · 1.82px · uppercase · JetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
caption — these differ11px · 400 · 16.5px · 0px · system-ui12px · 500 · 16.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ0px1px2px4px6px8px0px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px36px40px48px56px80px4px8px12px16px24px28px32px40px44px48px64px144px
Border widths1px1px

Depth

Strategy — these differlayered-microsingle-tier
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 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) 0px 1px 2px 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, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0px 1px 3px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) 0px 12px 32px 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, rgb(233, 234, 230) 0px 0px 0px 1px, rgba(20, 20, 20, 0.15) 0px 1px 4px 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, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0px 1px 2px 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 — these differsection: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 63%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35) 94%), linear-gradient(32deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 64%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 95%)—
Opacity — these differ0.900.600.760.480.500.011.000.700.900.940.650.36
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 8dropdown 10sticky 999modal 1000dropdown 10dropdown 50

Components

Sharedbutton-primarynavigationfooterlinkbutton-primarynavigationfooterlink
Only here — these differbutton-primary-2button-outlinebutton-outline-2link-lgbutton-filledbutton-primary-smbutton-textbutton-text-2cardcard-lglink-sm
Signature——

Interaction states

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

Measured — these differbutton:hoverother:hovernav:hoverlink:hoverother:focus-visibleother:activeother:focusother:focus-visibleinput:hoverother:hovercard:hoverother:focusother:disablednav:hovernav:focus-visible

Responsive

Breakpoints — these differ375→351px · 2col768→744px · 5col1024→1000px · 6col1280→1248px · 6col1440→1408px · 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 differ510

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