Cartesia vs Descript
58 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #fff7fa Text
#0a0a0a → #1a1a1a Brand
#2563eb → #651a39 Border
#e5e5e5 → #0000001a Display font
Inter → Brett Body size
15px → 17px colors 48 changed
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bg #ffffff → #fff7fa ~
bg-soft #fafafa → #fffafc ~
surface #f5f5f5 → #ffffff ~
text #0a0a0a → #1a1a1a ~
text-strong #000000 → #26171d ~
text-medium #262626 → #4a3540 ~
text-muted #525252 → #c9b9bf ~
text-soft #737373 → #7a6770 ~
text-faint #a3a3a3 → #a8949c ~
brand #2563eb → #651a39 ~
brand-hover #1d4fd7 → #4a1129 ~
brand-deep #1e40af → #3a0d20 ~
brand-soft #dbeafe → #fde2eb ~
link #2563eb → #651a39 ~
link-hover #1d4fd7 → #4a1129 ~
selected-bg #eff6ff → #fde2eb ~
border #e5e5e5 → #0000001a ~
border-strong #d4d4d4 → #00000026 ~
success-bg #dcfce7 → #d9eedb ~
success-text #15803d → #1f4d2c ~
warning-bg #fef3c7 → #fff0d6 ~
warning-text #a16207 → #7a4a00 ~
danger-bg #fee2e2 → #fde2eb ~
danger-text #b91c1c → #651a39 ~
info-bg #dbeafe → #e6e8f5 ~
info-text #1e40af → #2a2a4a +
bg-tertiary #fef0f4 +
surface-rose #f7e8ed +
brand-tint #f5cdda +
accent-red #f73b3b +
accent-orange #ff5340 +
accent-orange-soft #ffd6cc +
accent-coral #ff7a5c +
accent-rose #ff4d7c +
disabled #c9b9bf +
border-subtle #00000010 +
border-brand rgba(101, 26, 57, 0.30) −
surface-strong #e5e5e5 −
surface-hover #f0f0f0 −
on-cta #ffffff −
brand-faint #eff6ff −
accent #0a0a0a −
disabled-bg #f5f5f5 −
disabled-text #a3a3a3 −
border-soft #f0f0f0 −
border-focus #2563eb −
shadow-rgb 0, 0, 0 −
shadow-blue 37, 99, 235 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Inter","size":96} → {"family":"Brett","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"Inter","size":72} → {"family":"Brett","size":72} ~
h2 {"family":"Inter","size":48} → {"family":"Brett","size":48} ~
body {"family":"Inter","size":15} → {"family":"Booton","size":17} ~
label {"family":"IBM Plex Mono","size":13} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 6px → 12px ~
card 12px → 16px spacing 3 changed
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md 6px → 8px ~
lg 12px → 24px ~
xl 20px → 48px