The New York Times vs Descript
78 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #fff7fa Text
#121212 → #1a1a1a Brand
#121212 → #651a39 Border
#dfdfdf → #0000001a Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Brett Body size
18px → 17px colors 67 changed
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bg #ffffff → #fff7fa ~
text #121212 → #1a1a1a ~
text-strong #000000 → #26171d ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #c9b9bf ~
text-soft #727272 → #7a6770 ~
text-faint #999999 → #a8949c ~
brand #121212 → #651a39 ~
link #326891 → #651a39 ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #4a1129 ~
border #dfdfdf → #0000001a ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #00000026 +
bg-soft #fffafc +
bg-tertiary #fef0f4 +
surface-rose #f7e8ed +
text-medium #4a3540 +
brand-hover #4a1129 +
brand-deep #3a0d20 +
brand-soft #fde2eb +
brand-tint #f5cdda +
on-brand #ffffff +
accent-red #f73b3b +
accent-orange #ff5340 +
accent-orange-soft #ffd6cc +
accent-coral #ff7a5c +
accent-rose #ff4d7c +
selected-bg #fde2eb +
disabled #c9b9bf +
border-subtle #00000010 +
border-brand rgba(101, 26, 57, 0.30) +
success-bg #d9eedb +
success-text #1f4d2c +
warning-bg #fff0d6 +
warning-text #7a4a00 +
danger-bg #fde2eb +
danger-text #651a39 +
info-bg #e6e8f5 +
info-text #2a2a4a −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
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-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) −
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) −
success #1a7f37 −
success-soft #e7f4ec −
warning #b27c00 −
warning-soft #fbf3e0 −
danger #d0021b −
danger-soft #ffe5e8 −
info #326891 −
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":"Brett","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Brett","size":72} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Brett","size":48} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Booton","size":17} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 12px ~
card 14px → 16px spacing 4 changed
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xs 2px → 1px ~
sm 4px → 2px ~
md 12px → 8px ~
xl 40px → 48px