IBM vs The New York Times
64 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#161616 → #121212 Brand
#0f62fe → #121212 Border
#e0e0e0 → #dfdfdf Display font
IBM Plex Sans → NYT Cheltenham Body size
16px → 18px colors 52 changed
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surface-soft #f4f4f4 → #f7f7f7 ~
surface-strong #e0e0e0 → #ededed ~
text #161616 → #121212 ~
text-strong #161616 → #000000 ~
text-muted #525252 → #5a5a5a ~
text-soft #8c8c8c → #727272 ~
brand #0f62fe → #121212 ~
border #e0e0e0 → #dfdfdf ~
border-strong #161616 → #9a9a9a ~
link #0f62fe → #326891 ~
link-hover #0043ce → #1a4972 ~
success #24a148 → #1a7f37 ~
success-soft #defbe6 → #e7f4ec ~
warning #f1c21b → #b27c00 ~
warning-soft #fcf4d6 → #fbf3e0 ~
danger #da1e28 → #d0021b ~
danger-soft #fff1f1 → #ffe5e8 ~
info #0f62fe → #326891 ~
info-soft #edf5ff → #e7eef5 +
bg-section #f7f7f5 +
bg-dark #121212 +
surface-quote #fbf6e9 +
text-faint #999999 +
brand-red #d0021b +
brand-red-hover #a8001a +
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 +
link-visited #5a5a5a +
on-brand-red #ffffff +
on-ink #ffffff +
border-soft #ebebeb +
border-rule #121212 +
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) +
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) +
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) +
live-red #d0021b +
live-pulse #ff334b +
cooking-orange #cc4b00 +
games-blue #6493b0 +
wirecutter-yellow #ffd400 −
surface-dark #161616 −
surface-dark-elev #262626 −
text-body #161616 −
text-on-dark #ffffff −
text-on-dark-mute #c6c6c6 −
brand-hover #0050e6 −
brand-active #002d9c −
brand-deep #0043ce −
on-brand #ffffff −
border-on-dark #5e5e5e −
focus #0f62fe −
cool-gray-bg #f2f4f8 −
hero-blue-tint #e8eaff typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":72} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":40} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} ~
h2 {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":32} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} ~
body {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":16} → {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} ~
label {"family":"IBM Plex Mono","size":11} → {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 6px → 4px ~
card 8px → 14px spacing 5 changed
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xs 4px → 2px ~
sm 8px → 4px ~
md 16px → 12px ~
lg 48px → 24px ~
xl 96px → 40px