Design language comparison

Realm vs Zendesk

Two references, one frame. Palette, typography and the curator verdict for Realm and Zendesk, read side by side.

Palette & spacing overlap

Palette

Shared (1)

#ffffff

Realm only

#0a0908#1a322e#eef6f5#535252#f4f0ec#004132

Zendesk only

#000000#11110d#f5f5f2#70a32a#d1f470#203524#808080

Spacing scale (px)

Shared (7)

4px8px10px12px16px20px24px

Realm only

32px40px48px64px80px

Zendesk only

2px6px14px18px30px

Realm

saas · productivity · Light

www.withrealm.com

Palette

#0a0908: color-scheme-6--background
#1a322e: color-scheme-2--text-tertiary
#eef6f5: color-scheme-5--accent
#535252: _primitives---colors--neutral-dark
#ffffff: _primitives---opacity--white-50

Typography

RoobertInter

Zendesk

saas · Light

www.zendesk.com

Palette

#000000: foreground
#ffffff: background
#11110d: foreground
#f5f5f2: background
#70a32a: accent

Typography

Vanilla SansHumanist sans

Typography

Display / body / mono + weight ladder

Side A · Light

Realm

Display: Roobert
Body: Inter

Weight ladder

400500

Side B · Light

Zendesk

Display: Vanilla Sans
Body: Vanilla Sans

Weight ladder

400500600700

Spacing scale

Base unit + container + first 8 steps

Side A · Light

Realm

Base unit: 4 px
Container: 1312 px

4px

8px

10px

12px

16px

20px

24px

32px

Side B · Light

Zendesk

Base unit: 4 px
Container: 1600 px

2px

4px

6px

8px

10px

12px

14px

16px

Motion vocabulary

Level + libraries + durations + easings

Side A · Light

Realm

Level: moderate
Libraries: GSAP

Durations

300ms600ms900ms

Easings

cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.3...cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3...

Side B · Light

Zendesk

Level: moderate
Libraries: -

Durations

0.1s0.6s0.3s0.2s

Easings

cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)ease-outease