Cartesia vs Mercury
68 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#0a0a0a → #101011 Brand
#2563eb → #5f6ad2 Border
#e5e5e5 → #0000000f Display font
Inter → Tiempos Headline Body size
15px → 16px colors 57 changed
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surface #f5f5f5 → #f4f4f2 ~
text #0a0a0a → #101011 ~
text-muted #525252 → #5b5d5c ~
text-soft #737373 → #8a8c8b ~
text-faint #a3a3a3 → #b5b6b5 ~
brand #2563eb → #5f6ad2 ~
brand-hover #1d4fd7 → #4a55b8 ~
brand-deep #1e40af → #3a4598 ~
brand-soft #dbeafe → #e8eaff ~
accent #0a0a0a → #d3e8e0 ~
link #2563eb → #5f6ad2 ~
link-hover #1d4fd7 → #4a55b8 ~
border #e5e5e5 → #0000000f ~
border-strong #d4d4d4 → #0000001f ~
border-soft #f0f0f0 → #0000000a ~
success-bg #dcfce7 → #e8f1ec ~
warning-bg #fef3c7 → #f7eed8 ~
danger-bg #fee2e2 → #f7e3e0 +
bg-mint #d3e8e0 +
bg-mint-soft #eef6f1 +
bg-ink #101011 +
bg-ink-soft #1a1a1c +
surface-soft #f8f8f6 +
surface-warm #f0f0ed +
surface-on-ink #1a1a1c +
surface-on-ink-elev #26262a +
text-on-ink #fafafa +
text-on-ink-muted #9a9a9a +
text-on-mint #101011 +
brand-tint #f3f4ff +
accent-strong #9bc5b3 +
accent-soft #eef6f1 +
accent-deep #76a692 +
border-on-ink #ffffff14 +
on-mint #101011 +
success #5e9678 +
warning #c08a3a +
danger #c4564f +
shadow-soft rgba(0,0,0,0.03) +
shadow-standard rgba(0,0,0,0.06) +
shadow-elevated rgba(0,0,0,0.10) −
surface-strong #e5e5e5 −
surface-hover #f0f0f0 −
text-medium #262626 −
on-cta #ffffff −
brand-faint #eff6ff −
selected-bg #eff6ff −
disabled-bg #f5f5f5 −
disabled-text #a3a3a3 −
border-focus #2563eb −
success-text #15803d −
warning-text #a16207 −
danger-text #b91c1c −
info-bg #dbeafe −
info-text #1e40af −
shadow-rgb 0, 0, 0 −
shadow-blue 37, 99, 235 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Inter","size":96} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"Inter","size":72} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":72} ~
h2 {"family":"Inter","size":48} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":48} ~
body {"family":"Inter","size":15} → {"family":"GT America","size":16} ~
label {"family":"IBM Plex Mono","size":13} → {"family":"GT America Mono","size":12} radius 1 changed
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card 12px → 10px spacing 5 changed
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xs 1px → 2px ~
sm 2px → 4px ~
md 6px → 12px ~
lg 12px → 24px ~
xl 20px → 40px