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Robinhood vs spectr.pm

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

Robinhood: Robinhood: 24/5 Commission-Free Stock Trading & Investing · Above the fold
Robinhood
robinhood.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

Worth knowing

  • Extraction depth differs: 5 pages against 6. The deeper read will usually show more tokens.

Ground and ink

Each side painted in its own measured canvas, ink, muted and primary roles.

Robinhood

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.

Robinhood

  • canvas#000000
  • ink#FFFFFF
  • muted#D9D9D9
  • hairline#E3E9ED
  • primary#110E08

3 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.

Robinhood

h1

110px · 400 · shown smaller

h1

100px · 400 · shown smaller

display

72px · 400 · shown smaller

h2

52px · 400 · shown smaller

display

52px · 400 · shown smaller

h1

52px · 500 · shown smaller

h3

40px · 400 · 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.

Robinhood

0px

spectr.pm

0px

Spacing

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

Robinhood

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.

Robinhood

No shadows measured.

spectr.pm

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

Robinhood

filledprimaryfilled-2primary-2

spectr.pm

primaryfilledprimary-smtext

The measured values behind the panels above.

Robinhoodspectr.pm

At a glance

GroundDarkDark
CornersSharpSharp
Display size — these differ110px288px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ48
Type families — these differ62
Ink on canvas — these differ21.0:118.6:1
Components — these differ1211

Colour roles

primary — these differ#110E08#894DEF
link#0000EE—
canvas — these differ#000000#0D0D0D
surface—#171717
ink — these differ#FFFFFF#FAFAFA
body — these differ#EDECDB#B8B8B8
muted#D9D9D9—
hairline — these differ#E3E9ED#2E2E2E
on-primary—#FAFAFA

Full palette

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

All colours — these differ#110E08#0000EE#CCFF00#35322D#1C180D#000000#D0C9C1#FFFFFF#EDECDB#D9D9D9#6A7278#E3E9ED#894DEF#A273F2#14532D#78350F#166534#4ADE80#92400E#FBBF24#0D0D0D#171717#FAFAFA#B8B8B8#2E2E2E#6B6B6B#000000#262626
Semantic——

Typography

Families — these differPhonicCapsule Sans TextMartina PlantijnCapsule Sans DisplayITC Garamond StdTimesInter-e4c28016845df4efJetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
hero-display—288px · 900 · 288px · -11.52px · uppercase · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h1 — these differ110px · 400 · 110px · -0.5px · Martina Plantijn72px · 800 · 72px · -2.52px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h2 — these differ52px · 400 · 62px · -1.5px · Phonic44px · 800 · 46.2px · -1.32px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
display — these differ52px · 400 · 62px · -2px · Phonic132px · 800 · 198px · -2.64px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h3 — these differ40px · 400 · 48px · -1px · Phonic19px · 600 · 28.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
heading — these differ32px · 500 · 35.2px · -1.44px · Phonic16px · 600 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h522px · 400 · 30px · -0.5px · Phonic—
body — these differ16px · 400 · 24px · -0.25px · Phonic15px · 500 · 23.25px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
link — these differ16px · 400 · normal · 0px · Capsule Sans Text14px · 500 · 20px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
list-item—16px · 500 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
button — these differ14px · 400 · 22px · -0.1px · Phonic15px · 600 · 22.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
code—13px · 600 · 19.5px · 1.82px · uppercase · JetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
caption — these differ12px · 400 · 19px · -0.1px · Phonic12px · 500 · 16.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef

Shape and rhythm

Radius0px0px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px36px60px64px80px112px4px8px12px16px24px28px32px40px44px48px64px144px
Border widths — these differ—1px

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 differhero: radial-gradient(50% 50%, rgba(17, 14, 8, 0) 40%, rgba(17, 14, 8, 0) 100%)section: radial-gradient(50% 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 40%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 100%)section: radial-gradient(50% 50%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 40%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 100%)section: linear-gradient(to top, rgb(204, 255, 0) 0px, rgb(204, 255, 0) 80px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 80px)section: radial-gradient(50% 50%, rgba(17, 14, 8, 0.89) 40%, rgba(17, 14, 8, 0) 100%)hero: linear-gradient(rgb(0, 0, 0) 0.21%, rgb(8, 8, 8) 33.19%, rgb(208, 201, 193) 67.41%, rgb(208, 201, 193) 100%)hero: linear-gradient(rgba(208, 201, 193, 0) 0.01%, rgba(208, 201, 193, 0) 0.02%, rgb(208, 201, 193) 29.98%)section: radial-gradient(100% 100% at 50% 0%, rgba(217, 216, 214, 0) 69.28%, rgba(176, 162, 134, 0.51) 76.43%, rgb(159, 110, 75) 82.79%, rgb(82, 47, 22) 88.08%, rgb(28, 24, 23) 97.62%)section: linear-gradient(rgb(28, 24, 23) 0%, rgba(28, 24, 23, 0) 29%, rgba(28, 24, 23, 0) 70%, rgb(28, 24, 23) 100%), linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(28, 24, 23) 0%, rgba(28, 24, 23, 0) 28.53%, rgba(28, 24, 23, 0) 68.87%, rgb(28, 24, 23) 98.39%)section: linear-gradient(rgb(28, 24, 23) 0%, rgba(28, 24, 23, 0) 11.54%, rgba(28, 24, 23, 0) 70%, rgb(28, 24, 23) 100%)—
Opacity — these differ0.650.200.701.000.700.900.940.650.36
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2dropdown 10dropdown 50

Components

Sharedbutton-filledbutton-primarybutton-textnavigationfooterlinkbutton-filledbutton-primarybutton-textnavigationfooterlink
Only here — these differbutton-filled-2button-primary-2button-outlinenavigation-2footer-smlink-2button-primary-smbutton-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:focusother:hoverother:focusother:disabledother:focus-visibleother:focus-visibleinput:hoverother:hovercard:hoverother:focusother:disablednav:hovernav:focus-visible

Responsive

Breakpoints — these differ375→327px · 5col768→720px1024→700px1280→700px1440→700px · 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 — these differ56
Extracted — these differ2026-11-032026-10-14
Stylesheets — these differPartly blockedReadable
Roles unassigned — these differ310

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