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Letterboxd vs spectr.pm

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

Letterboxd: Just a moment... · Above the fold
Letterboxd
letterboxd.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.

Letterboxd

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.

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.

Letterboxd

  • ink#313131
  • hairline#D9D9D9

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.

Letterboxd

h1

40px · 600 · shown smaller

h2

24px · 600

body

16px · 400

link

12px · 400

code

12px · 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.

Letterboxd

0px

spectr.pm

0px

Spacing

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

Letterboxd

8
16
32
128

spectr.pm

4
8
12
16
24
28
32
40

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

Letterboxd

No shadows measured.

spectr.pm

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

Letterboxd

No buttons measured.

spectr.pm

primaryfilledprimary-smtext

The measured values behind the panels above.

Letterboxdspectr.pm

At a glance

Ground—Dark
CornersSharpSharp
Display size — these differ40px288px
Spacing base — these differ8px4px
Accent colours — these differ18
Type families22
Ink on canvas—18.6:1
Components — these differ211

Colour roles

primary—#894DEF
link#0000EE—
canvas—#0D0D0D
surface—#171717
ink — these differ#313131#FAFAFA
body—#B8B8B8
hairline — these differ#D9D9D9#2E2E2E
on-primary—#FAFAFA

Full palette

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

All colours — these differ#0000EE#313131#D9D9D9#894DEF#A273F2#14532D#78350F#166534#4ADE80#92400E#FBBF24#0D0D0D#171717#FAFAFA#B8B8B8#2E2E2E#6B6B6B#000000#262626
Semantic——

Typography

Families — these differsystem-uimonospaceInter-e4c28016845df4efJetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
hero-display—288px · 900 · 288px · -11.52px · uppercase · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
display—132px · 800 · 198px · -2.64px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h1 — these differ40px · 600 · 50px · 0px · system-ui72px · 800 · 72px · -2.52px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h2 — these differ24px · 600 · 30px · 0px · system-ui44px · 800 · 46.2px · -1.32px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h3—19px · 600 · 28.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
body — these differ16px · 400 · 24px · 0px · system-ui15px · 500 · 23.25px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
heading—16px · 600 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
list-item—16px · 500 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
button—15px · 600 · 22.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
link — these differ12px · 400 · 18px · 0px · system-ui14px · 500 · 20px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
code — these differ12px · 400 · 18px · 0px · monospace13px · 600 · 19.5px · 1.82px · uppercase · JetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
caption—12px · 500 · 16.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef

Shape and rhythm

Radius0px0px
Spacing — these differ8px16px32px128px4px8px12px16px24px28px32px40px44px48px64px144px
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——
Opacity — these differ—1.000.700.900.940.650.36
Z-index — these differ—dropdown 10dropdown 50

Components

Sharedfooterlinkfooterlink
Only here — these differ—button-primarybutton-filledbutton-primary-smbutton-textbutton-text-2cardcard-lgnavigationlink-sm
Signature——

Interaction states

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

Measured — these differlink:hoverlink:activeinput:activeother:hoverother:focus-visibleinput:hoverother:hovercard:hoverother:focusother:disablednav:hovernav:focus-visible

Responsive

Breakpoints — these differ375→1920px768→1920px1024→1920px1280→1920px1440→1920px375→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 differ010

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