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notion.so vs slack.com

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

notion.so
notion.so· read 2026-08-09
slack.com
slack.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.

notion.so

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.

slack.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.

notion.so

No named roles measured.

18 more, no measured role

slack.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.

notion.so

h1

96px · 600 · shown smaller

h1

64px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

54px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

42px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

32px · 700

h3

22px · 700

h5

18px · 700

slack.com

h1

64px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

58px · 600 · shown smaller

h1

50px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

32px · 700

h3

24px · 700

body

20px · 400

body

18px · 400

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

notion.so

8px

4px

8px

5px

pill

100px

slack.com

4px

16px

30px

pill

12px

Spacing

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

notion.so

4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32

slack.com

8
16
20
24
32
36
40
72

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

notion.so

sm

md

lg

xl

slack.com

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

notion.so

default

slack.com

default

The measured values behind the panels above.

notion.soslack.com

At a glance

CornersPillPill
Display size — these differ96px64px
Spacing base — these differ4px8px
Accent colours — these differ107
Type families — these differ12
Components — these differ54

Full palette

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

All colours — these differ#0075DE#097FE8#62AEF0#27918D#9849E8#1313BA#FF6D00#005BAB#000000#FFFFFF#31302E#A39E98#F6F5F4#615D59#F9F9F8#F2F9FF#F64932#FFB110#1264A3#FFEEAA#611F69#ACCE#4A154B#481A54#FBF3E0#D1F1FF#000000#1D1D1D#696969#FFFFFF#EAF5FE#F9F0FF#EBF7E6#FEF0F3#45C65A#FCC003
Semantic — these differError/Danger #F64932Warning #FFB110Success #45C65AWarning #FCC003

Typography

Families — these differNotionInterSalesforce-SansSalesforce-Avant-Garde
h1 — these differ64px · 700 · 64px · NotionInter50px · 700 · 56px · Salesforce-Avant-Garde
h2 — these differ54px · 700 · 56px · NotionInter32px · 700 · 40px · Salesforce-Avant-Garde
h3 — these differ22px · 700 · 28px · NotionInter24px · 700 · 30px · Salesforce-Avant-Garde
h518px · 700 · 28px · NotionInter—
link — these differ16px · 400 · 24px · NotionInter14px · 700 · 18.004px · Salesforce-Sans
input—16px · 400 · normal · Salesforce-Sans
button—15px · 400 · normal · Salesforce-Sans
body — these differ14px · 400 · 20px · NotionInter20px · 400 · 30px · Salesforce-Sans
span — these differ14px · 500 · 20px · NotionInter15px · 700 · normal · Salesforce-Sans
small—14px · 400 · 20.006px · Salesforce-Sans
list-item12px · 500 · 16px · NotionInter—

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ4px5px8px8px 8px 0px 0px100%9999px4px12px16px30px9999px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px28px32px36px64px80px124px8px16px20px24px32px36px40px72px
Border widths — these differ1px2px1px

Depth

Strategy——
Shadows — these differrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01) 0px 0.175px 1.041px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02) 0px 0.8px 2.925px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.027) 0px 2.025px 7.847px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0px 4px 18px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 1px 0px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 7px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0px 4px 18px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.027) 0px 2.025px 7.84688px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02) 0px 0.8px 2.925px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01) 0px 0.175px 1.04062px 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6) 0px 0px 1px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 32px 0px
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ0.200.420.800.100.500.050.550.60
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3base 4dropdown 10sticky 100sticky 500modal 1000base 1base 2base 3base 4base 6dropdown 10dropdown 99sticky 100

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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