The New York Times vs Calm
74 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #0a1f3a Text
#121212 → #fafafa Brand
#121212 → #0066ff Border
#dfdfdf → #243d65 Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Aktiv Grotesk Body size
18px → 16px colors 62 changed
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bg #ffffff → #0a1f3a ~
surface #ffffff → #13294a ~
surface-soft #f7f7f7 → #1c3458 ~
surface-strong #ededed → #243d65 ~
text #121212 → #fafafa ~
text-strong #000000 → #ffffff ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #a8b3c5 ~
text-soft #727272 → #7d8a9e ~
text-faint #999999 → #5a6678 ~
brand #121212 → #0066ff ~
link #326891 → #fafafa ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #0066ff ~
border #dfdfdf → #243d65 ~
border-soft #ebebeb → #1c3458 ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #365182 ~
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) → rgba(0,0,0,0.5) ~
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) → rgba(0,0,0,0.7) ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) → rgba(4,12,26,0.8) ~
success #1a7f37 → #42d68a ~
warning #b27c00 → #ffba43 ~
danger #d0021b → #ff6b6b ~
info #326891 → #0066ff +
bg-strong #040c1a +
bg-elev #13294a +
bg-elev-strong #1c3458 +
bg-twilight #1a2c52 +
bg-dawn #2a3d6e +
surface-light #fafafa +
brand-hover #0052d6 +
brand-active #003fa3 +
brand-pale #a8c8ff +
brand-deep #001f5c +
brand-soft #0d2456 +
brand-glow #3380ff +
text-on-brand #ffffff +
text-on-light #0a1f3a +
border-input #4a648a +
star-white #ffffff +
star-blue #a8c8ff +
twilight-purple #7c5fb8 +
dusk-pink #e88fa8 +
shadow-blue-glow rgba(0,102,255,0.25) −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
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-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) −
success-soft #e7f4ec −
warning-soft #fbf3e0 −
danger-soft #ffe5e8 −
info-soft #e7eef5 −
live-red #d0021b −
live-pulse #ff334b −
cooking-orange #cc4b00 −
games-blue #6493b0 −
wirecutter-yellow #ffd400 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 12px ~
card 14px → 16px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 48px