6 Best-Worked Plugins that Convert Styles to Variables in Figma

Working with variables and tokens is the most popular practice nowadays. It makes it easy to be busy with design in a team. We can organize the whole design system, and tokenize by variables. But we are elder designers who used styles before variables) The design files of most of us consist of styles instead of variables. No worries, in this article we will explore some famous and best-worked Figma plugins that convert styles to variables. Let’s dive into it

1. Styles to Variables

Source: Yann Edern Gillet — Figma community

There is no need to manually add all your styles. Use this “Styles to Variables” plugin to focus on aliases and modes and update your design system components instead. It works with color styles (both solid and transparent).

Here’s how to use it:

1. Open the plugin.
2. Choose a name for your new collection.
3. Use the first level of groups to create modes.
4. Link styles to the variables created.
5. Click the “Convert Styles into Variables” button below.