Instacart vs The Atlantic
70 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #fbf8f1 Text
#000000 → #1a1a1a Brand
#0aad0a → #fbb33b Border
#e0e0e0 → #d8d3c5 Display font
Instacart Sans → AtlanticSerif Body size
16px → 20px colors 58 changed
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bg #ffffff → #fbf8f1 ~
surface #f6f6f6 → #fbf8f1 ~
surface-strong #e4e4e4 → #e8e3d5 ~
text #000000 → #1a1a1a ~
text-muted #666666 → #5a5a5a ~
text-faint #999999 → #a0a0a0 ~
brand #0aad0a → #fbb33b ~
brand-hover #089408 → #e89e1c ~
brand-soft #e3f5e3 → #fef0d4 ~
brand-deep #003d2a → #c97e07 ~
on-brand #ffffff → #1a1a1a ~
border #e0e0e0 → #d8d3c5 ~
border-soft #ededed → #e0dccf ~
border-strong #999999 → #7a7a7a ~
link #0aad0a → #1a1a1a ~
link-hover #067a06 → #000000 ~
success #0aad0a → #1a7f37 ~
warning #ff7a00 → #cc7a00 ~
danger #e6483d → #c41e3a ~
info #3b82f6 → #1a4972 +
bg-section #f5f1e6 +
bg-feature #ffffff +
bg-dark #1a1a1a +
surface-paper #ffffff +
surface-soft #f5f1e6 +
surface-quote #f5f1e6 +
text-soft #7a7a7a +
brand-A-red #c41e3a +
link-visited #5a5a5a +
border-rule #1a1a1a +
shadow-card rgba(26,26,26,0.06) +
shadow-elev rgba(26,26,26,0.1) +
shadow-modal rgba(26,26,26,0.2) +
scrim rgba(26,26,26,0.5) +
success-soft #e3f2e7 +
warning-soft #fde9cc +
danger-soft #f5d4d8 +
info-soft #dde6ef +
politics-accent #c41e3a +
ideas-accent #fbb33b +
culture-accent #7a3de8 +
technology-accent #1a4972 +
family-accent #0d7060 +
health-accent #127f4e +
cover-tag #fbb33b −
bg-elevated #fafafa −
bg-promo #003d2a −
bg-cream #f7f4ee −
surface-hover #ededed −
surface-on-promo #005a3e −
text-body #1a1a1a −
text-on-dark #ffffff −
brand-active #067a06 −
accent-orange #ff7a00 −
accent-yellow #ffce5e −
accent-red #e6483d −
ring #0aad0a −
rating-gold #fcb53b typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Instacart Sans","size":72} → {"family":"AtlanticSerif","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Instacart Sans","size":40} → {"family":"AtlanticSerif","size":26} ~
h2 {"family":"Instacart Sans","size":32} → {"family":"AtlanticSerif","size":22} ~
body {"family":"Instacart Sans","size":16} → {"family":"AtlanticSerifBody","size":20} ~
label {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":11} → {"family":"Courier New","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 12px → 4px ~
card 16px → 14px spacing 5 changed
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xs 4px → 2px ~
sm 8px → 4px ~
md 16px → 12px ~
lg 32px → 24px ~
xl 48px → 40px