Cartesia vs Things
66 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f2f5f7 Text
#0a0a0a → #303336 Brand
#2563eb → #5c9cf5 Border
#e5e5e5 → #26344a1a Display font
Inter → Inter Body size
15px → 17px colors 55 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f2f5f7 ~
bg-soft #fafafa → #ffffff ~
surface #f5f5f5 → #e8ecef ~
text #0a0a0a → #303336 ~
text-strong #000000 → #0a1320 ~
text-muted #525252 → #26344a80 ~
text-soft #737373 → #000f24a3 ~
text-faint #a3a3a3 → #26344a40 ~
brand #2563eb → #5c9cf5 ~
brand-hover #1d4fd7 → #4385e0 ~
brand-deep #1e40af → #2c6dbf ~
brand-soft #dbeafe → #dceaff ~
border #e5e5e5 → #26344a1a ~
border-strong #d4d4d4 → #26344a2e ~
border-soft #f0f0f0 → #26344a10 +
surface-elev #dde2e6 +
surface-card #ffffff +
text-body #3f454d +
brand-softer #eaf2ff +
cta-bg #1a1a1f +
cta-text #ffffff +
shadow-icon rgba(20,30,50,0.08) +
shadow-card rgba(20,30,50,0.04) +
shadow-elev rgba(20,30,50,0.10) +
scrim rgba(10,19,32,0.50) +
success #34a853 +
success-soft #e6f4ea +
warning #f59e0b +
warning-soft #fff8e1 +
danger #dc3545 +
danger-soft #fde7ea +
info #5c9cf5 +
info-soft #dceaff −
surface-strong #e5e5e5 −
surface-hover #f0f0f0 −
text-medium #262626 −
on-cta #ffffff −
brand-faint #eff6ff −
accent #0a0a0a −
link #2563eb −
link-hover #1d4fd7 −
selected-bg #eff6ff −
disabled-bg #f5f5f5 −
disabled-text #a3a3a3 −
border-focus #2563eb −
success-bg #dcfce7 −
success-text #15803d −
warning-bg #fef3c7 −
warning-text #a16207 −
danger-bg #fee2e2 −
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":"Inter","size":56} ~
h1 {"family":"Inter","size":72} → {"family":"Inter","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"Inter","size":48} → {"family":"Inter","size":32} ~
body {"family":"Inter","size":15} → {"family":"Inter","size":17} ~
label {"family":"IBM Plex Mono","size":13} → {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":12} radius 1 changed
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button 6px → 8px spacing 5 changed
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xs 1px → 4px ~
sm 2px → 8px ~
md 6px → 16px ~
lg 12px → 48px ~
xl 20px → 96px