Descript vs Mercury
72 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#fff7fa → #ffffff Text
#1a1a1a → #101011 Brand
#651a39 → #5f6ad2 Border
#0000001a → #0000000f Display font
Brett → Tiempos Headline Body size
17px → 16px colors 61 changed
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bg #fff7fa → #ffffff ~
bg-soft #fffafc → #fafafa ~
surface #ffffff → #f4f4f2 ~
text #1a1a1a → #101011 ~
text-strong #26171d → #000000 ~
text-soft #7a6770 → #8a8c8b ~
text-faint #a8949c → #b5b6b5 ~
text-muted #c9b9bf → #5b5d5c ~
brand #651a39 → #5f6ad2 ~
brand-hover #4a1129 → #4a55b8 ~
brand-deep #3a0d20 → #3a4598 ~
brand-soft #fde2eb → #e8eaff ~
brand-tint #f5cdda → #f3f4ff ~
link #651a39 → #5f6ad2 ~
link-hover #4a1129 → #4a55b8 ~
border #0000001a → #0000000f ~
border-strong #00000026 → #0000001f ~
success-bg #d9eedb → #e8f1ec ~
warning-bg #fff0d6 → #f7eed8 ~
danger-bg #fde2eb → #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 +
accent #d3e8e0 +
accent-strong #9bc5b3 +
accent-soft #eef6f1 +
accent-deep #76a692 +
border-soft #0000000a +
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) −
bg-tertiary #fef0f4 −
surface-rose #f7e8ed −
text-medium #4a3540 −
accent-red #f73b3b −
accent-orange #ff5340 −
accent-orange-soft #ffd6cc −
accent-coral #ff7a5c −
accent-rose #ff4d7c −
selected-bg #fde2eb −
disabled #c9b9bf −
border-subtle #00000010 −
border-brand rgba(101, 26, 57, 0.30) −
success-text #1f4d2c −
warning-text #7a4a00 −
danger-text #651a39 −
info-bg #e6e8f5 −
info-text #2a2a4a typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Brett","size":96} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"Brett","size":72} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":72} ~
h2 {"family":"Brett","size":48} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":48} ~
body {"family":"Booton","size":17} → {"family":"GT America","size":16} ~
label {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":12} → {"family":"GT America Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 12px → 6px ~
card 16px → 10px spacing 4 changed
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xs 1px → 2px ~
sm 2px → 4px ~
md 8px → 12px ~
xl 48px → 40px