Mercury vs The New York Times
75 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#101011 → #121212 Brand
#5f6ad2 → #121212 Border
#0000000f → #dfdfdf Display font
Tiempos Headline → NYT Cheltenham Body size
16px → 18px colors 68 changed
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surface #f4f4f2 → #ffffff ~
surface-soft #f8f8f6 → #f7f7f7 ~
text #101011 → #121212 ~
text-muted #5b5d5c → #5a5a5a ~
text-soft #8a8c8b → #727272 ~
text-faint #b5b6b5 → #999999 ~
brand #5f6ad2 → #121212 ~
border #0000000f → #dfdfdf ~
border-soft #0000000a → #ebebeb ~
border-strong #0000001f → #9a9a9a ~
link #5f6ad2 → #326891 ~
link-hover #4a55b8 → #1a4972 ~
success #5e9678 → #1a7f37 ~
warning #c08a3a → #b27c00 ~
danger #c4564f → #d0021b +
bg-section #f7f7f5 +
bg-dark #121212 +
surface-strong #ededed +
surface-quote #fbf6e9 +
brand-red #d0021b +
brand-red-hover #a8001a +
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 +
link-visited #5a5a5a +
on-brand-red #ffffff +
on-ink #ffffff +
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) +
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) +
success-soft #e7f4ec +
warning-soft #fbf3e0 +
danger-soft #ffe5e8 +
info #326891 +
info-soft #e7eef5 +
live-red #d0021b +
live-pulse #ff334b +
cooking-orange #cc4b00 +
games-blue #6493b0 +
wirecutter-yellow #ffd400 −
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-on-ink #fafafa −
text-on-ink-muted #9a9a9a −
text-on-mint #101011 −
brand-hover #4a55b8 −
brand-deep #3a4598 −
brand-soft #e8eaff −
brand-tint #f3f4ff −
accent #d3e8e0 −
accent-strong #9bc5b3 −
accent-soft #eef6f1 −
accent-deep #76a692 −
border-on-ink #ffffff14 −
on-brand #ffffff −
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) typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":96} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":72} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} ~
h2 {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":48} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} ~
body {"family":"GT America","size":16} → {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} ~
label {"family":"GT America Mono","size":12} → {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 6px → 4px ~
card 10px → 14px spacing identical
No differences.