Descript vs Semafor
86 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#fff7fa → #f8f5d7 Text
#1a1a1a → #1f1d1a Brand
#651a39 → #3a6d78 Border
#0000001a → #d8d0a8 Display font
Brett → FeatureFlatHeadline Body size
17px → 18px colors 75 changed
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bg #fff7fa → #f8f5d7 ~
surface #ffffff → #f8f5d7 ~
text #1a1a1a → #1f1d1a ~
text-strong #26171d → #000000 ~
text-soft #7a6770 → #7a756f ~
text-faint #a8949c → #a39e96 ~
text-muted #c9b9bf → #5a5651 ~
brand #651a39 → #3a6d78 ~
brand-hover #4a1129 → #2d5a64 ~
brand-deep #3a0d20 → #1a3a44 ~
brand-soft #fde2eb → #cce0e4 ~
link #651a39 → #3a6d78 ~
link-hover #4a1129 → #2d5a64 ~
border #0000001a → #d8d0a8 ~
border-strong #00000026 → #7a756f +
bg-section #f8f5d7 +
bg-section-flagship #f8f5d7 +
bg-section-africa #f8f5d7 +
bg-dark #1f1d1a +
bg-darkest #0d0c0a +
surface-paper #ffffff +
surface-soft #f5f1c9 +
surface-strong #e8e3b5 +
surface-quote #fefbe8 +
surface-card-elevated #fcfae0 +
text-on-teal #ffffff +
text-on-dark #f8f5d7 +
brand-active #1f4750 +
link-visited #7a756f +
on-dark #f8f5d7 +
border-soft #e8e2c2 +
border-rule #1f1d1a +
border-teal #3a6d78 +
shadow-card rgba(31,29,26,0.06) +
shadow-elev rgba(31,29,26,0.1) +
shadow-modal rgba(31,29,26,0.3) +
scrim rgba(31,29,26,0.6) +
success #2a8a4f +
success-soft #dff0e7 +
warning #cc7a00 +
warning-soft #fde9cc +
danger #a62d2d +
danger-soft #f0d4d4 +
info #3a6d78 +
info-soft #cce0e4 +
flag-flagship #3a6d78 +
flag-africa #c46b3a +
flag-principals #3a6d78 +
flag-net-zero #2a8a4f +
flag-tech #5a4a8a +
flag-business #3a6d78 +
flag-media #a62d2d +
flag-gulf #c46b3a −
bg-soft #fffafc −
bg-tertiary #fef0f4 −
surface-rose #f7e8ed −
text-medium #4a3540 −
brand-tint #f5cdda −
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-bg #d9eedb −
success-text #1f4d2c −
warning-bg #fff0d6 −
warning-text #7a4a00 −
danger-bg #fde2eb −
danger-text #651a39 −
info-bg #e6e8f5 −
info-text #2a2a4a typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Brett","size":96} → {"family":"FeatureFlatHeadline","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Brett","size":72} → {"family":"FeatureFlatHeadline","size":28} ~
h2 {"family":"Brett","size":48} → {"family":"FeatureFlatHeadline","size":22} ~
body {"family":"Booton","size":17} → {"family":"FeatureFlatText","size":18} ~
label {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":12} → {"family":"Courier New","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 12px → 4px ~
card 16px → 6px spacing 4 changed
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xs 1px → 2px ~
sm 2px → 4px ~
md 8px → 12px ~
xl 48px → 40px