The New York Times vs IBM
64 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#121212 → #161616 Brand
#121212 → #0f62fe Border
#dfdfdf → #e0e0e0 Display font
NYT Cheltenham → IBM Plex Sans Body size
18px → 16px colors 52 changed
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surface-soft #f7f7f7 → #f4f4f4 ~
surface-strong #ededed → #e0e0e0 ~
text #121212 → #161616 ~
text-strong #000000 → #161616 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #525252 ~
text-soft #727272 → #8c8c8c ~
brand #121212 → #0f62fe ~
link #326891 → #0f62fe ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #0043ce ~
border #dfdfdf → #e0e0e0 ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #161616 ~
success #1a7f37 → #24a148 ~
success-soft #e7f4ec → #defbe6 ~
warning #b27c00 → #f1c21b ~
warning-soft #fbf3e0 → #fcf4d6 ~
danger #d0021b → #da1e28 ~
danger-soft #ffe5e8 → #fff1f1 ~
info #326891 → #0f62fe ~
info-soft #e7eef5 → #edf5ff +
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 −
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 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"IBM Plex Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 6px ~
card 14px → 8px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 48px ~
xl 40px → 96px