IBM vs Mercury
71 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#161616 → #101011 Brand
#0f62fe → #5f6ad2 Border
#e0e0e0 → #0000000f Display font
IBM Plex Sans → Tiempos Headline Body size
16px → 16px colors 60 changed
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surface #ffffff → #f4f4f2 ~
surface-soft #f4f4f4 → #f8f8f6 ~
text #161616 → #101011 ~
text-strong #161616 → #000000 ~
text-muted #525252 → #5b5d5c ~
text-soft #8c8c8c → #8a8c8b ~
brand #0f62fe → #5f6ad2 ~
brand-hover #0050e6 → #4a55b8 ~
brand-deep #0043ce → #3a4598 ~
border #e0e0e0 → #0000000f ~
border-strong #161616 → #0000001f ~
link #0f62fe → #5f6ad2 ~
link-hover #0043ce → #4a55b8 ~
success #24a148 → #5e9678 ~
warning #f1c21b → #c08a3a ~
danger #da1e28 → #c4564f +
bg-soft #fafafa +
bg-mint #d3e8e0 +
bg-mint-soft #eef6f1 +
bg-ink #101011 +
bg-ink-soft #1a1a1c +
surface-warm #f0f0ed +
surface-on-ink #1a1a1c +
surface-on-ink-elev #26262a +
text-faint #b5b6b5 +
text-on-ink #fafafa +
text-on-ink-muted #9a9a9a +
text-on-mint #101011 +
brand-soft #e8eaff +
brand-tint #f3f4ff +
accent #d3e8e0 +
accent-strong #9bc5b3 +
accent-soft #eef6f1 +
accent-deep #76a692 +
border-soft #0000000a +
border-on-ink #ffffff14 +
on-mint #101011 +
success-bg #e8f1ec +
warning-bg #f7eed8 +
danger-bg #f7e3e0 +
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 #e0e0e0 −
surface-dark #161616 −
surface-dark-elev #262626 −
text-body #161616 −
text-on-dark #ffffff −
text-on-dark-mute #c6c6c6 −
brand-active #002d9c −
border-on-dark #5e5e5e −
focus #0f62fe −
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) −
success-soft #defbe6 −
warning-soft #fcf4d6 −
danger-soft #fff1f1 −
info #0f62fe −
info-soft #edf5ff −
cool-gray-bg #f2f4f8 −
hero-blue-tint #e8eaff typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":72} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":40} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":72} ~
h2 {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":32} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":48} ~
body {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":16} → {"family":"GT America","size":16} ~
label {"family":"IBM Plex Mono","size":11} → {"family":"GT America Mono","size":12} radius 1 changed
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card 8px → 10px spacing 5 changed
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xs 4px → 2px ~
sm 8px → 4px ~
md 16px → 12px ~
lg 48px → 24px ~
xl 96px → 40px