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