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shopify.com vs spectr.pm

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

shopify.com: Shopify: Your Commerce Platform to Sell Online & In Person - Shopify India · Above the fold
shopify.com
shopify.com· read 2026-08-09
spectr.pm: Spectr - AI Product Ops: Meetings to PRDs, Specs & Stories · Above the fold
spectr.pm
spectr.pm· read 2026-10-14

Worth knowing

  • One side has no named colour roles, which means it predates role-based extraction. Re-generate it for a like-for-like 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.

shopify.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.

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.

shopify.com

No named roles measured.

16 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.

shopify.com

h1

96px · 300 · shown smaller

h1

96px · 400 · shown smaller

h2

68px · 400 · shown smaller

h1

64px · 330 · shown smaller

h2

56px · 330 · shown smaller

h3

55px · 330 · 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.

shopify.com

16px

4px

pill

pill

12px

24px

spectr.pm

0px

Spacing

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

shopify.com

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.

shopify.com

sm

md

lg

xl

spectr.pm

sm

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

shopify.com

default

spectr.pm

primaryfilledprimary-smtext

The measured values behind the panels above.

shopify.comspectr.pm

At a glance

Ground—Dark
Corners — these differPillSharp
Display size — these differ96px288px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ58
Type families — these differ52
Ink on canvas—18.6:1
Components — these differ511

Colour roles

primary—#894DEF
canvas—#0D0D0D
surface—#171717
ink—#FAFAFA
body—#B8B8B8
hairline—#2E2E2E
on-primary—#FAFAFA

Full palette

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

All colours — these differ#18181B#3F3F46#36F4A4#008060#212326#02090A#171E16#CDF986#E5E7EB#000000#FFFFFF#D4D4D8#F9F9F9#71717A#A1A1AA#F2F2F0#894DEF#A273F2#14532D#78350F#166534#4ADE80#92400E#FBBF24#0D0D0D#171717#FAFAFA#B8B8B8#2E2E2E#6B6B6B#000000#262626
Semantic——

Typography

Families — these differInter-VariableNeueHaasGroteskFaktumui-sans-serifaktiv-grotesk-extendedInter-e4c28016845df4efJetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
hero-display—288px · 900 · 288px · -11.52px · uppercase · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
display—132px · 800 · 198px · -2.64px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h1 — these differ64px · 330 · 69.12px · Inter-Variable72px · 800 · 72px · -2.52px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h428px · 360 · 33.6px · Inter-Variable—
h2 — these differ24px · 400 · 31.2px · Inter-Variable44px · 800 · 46.2px · -1.32px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
h524px · 450 · 32px · aktiv-grotesk-extended—
h624px · 550 · 26px · aktiv-grotesk-extended—
h3 — these differ20px · 450 · 20px · Inter-Variable19px · 600 · 28.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
button — these differ18px · 550 · 28px · Inter-Variable15px · 600 · 22.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
input16px · 400 · 24px · Inter-Variable—
body — these differ16px · 420 · 24px · Inter-Variable15px · 500 · 23.25px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
link — these differ16px · 550 · 24px · Inter-Variable14px · 500 · 20px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
list-item — these differ16px · 400 · 24px · ui-sans-serif16px · 500 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
heading—16px · 600 · 24px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef
span14px · 420 · 20px · Inter-Variable—
label14px · 400 · 20px · Inter-Variable—
code—13px · 600 · 19.5px · 1.82px · uppercase · JetBrains Mono-33799697913f1f09
small12px · 450 · 16px · Inter-Variable—
caption—12px · 500 · 16.5px · 0px · Inter-e4c28016845df4ef

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ4px12px16px24px9999px0px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px64px80px92px128px4px8px12px16px24px28px32px40px44px48px64px144px
Border widths — these differ1px2px1px

Depth

Strategy—single-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, 0.1) 0px 20px 25px -5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 8px 10px -6pxrgba(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, rgb(15, 18, 20) 0px 8px 48px 0px, rgba(66, 71, 76, 0.06) 0px 4px 8px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9) 0px 0px 1px 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, 0.1) 0px 8px 8px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 4px 4px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 2px 2px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px 1px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03) 0px 1px 0px 0px insetrgba(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(255, 255, 255, 0.03) 0px 0.929px 0px 0px inset, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px 0.929px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 1.858px 1.858px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 3.717px 3.717px 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 differ0.400.600.700.500.300.801.000.700.900.940.650.36
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3dropdown 10dropdown 20dropdown 21dropdown 30dropdown 50dropdown 10dropdown 50

Components

Sharedcardnavigationlinkcardnavigationlink
Only here — these differbuttoninputbutton-primarybutton-filledbutton-primary-smbutton-textbutton-text-2card-lgfooterlink-sm
Signature——

Interaction states

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

Measured — these differ—other:focus-visibleinput:hoverother:hovercard:hoverother:focusother:disablednav:hovernav:focus-visible

Responsive

Breakpoints — these differ—375→343px · 6col768→704px · 3col1024→960px · 5col1280→1216px · 5col1440→1376px · 5col

Themes

Measured on the live site, not derived.

Support—Single theme

How this was measured

Differences here are ours, not the brands'.

Pages read66
Extracted — these differ2026-08-092026-10-14
Stylesheets—Readable
Roles unassigned—10

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