The New York Times vs Mercury
75 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#121212 → #101011 Brand
#121212 → #5f6ad2 Border
#dfdfdf → #0000000f Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Tiempos Headline Body size
18px → 16px colors 68 changed
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surface #ffffff → #f4f4f2 ~
surface-soft #f7f7f7 → #f8f8f6 ~
text #121212 → #101011 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #5b5d5c ~
text-soft #727272 → #8a8c8b ~
text-faint #999999 → #b5b6b5 ~
brand #121212 → #5f6ad2 ~
link #326891 → #5f6ad2 ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #4a55b8 ~
border #dfdfdf → #0000000f ~
border-soft #ebebeb → #0000000a ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #0000001f ~
success #1a7f37 → #5e9678 ~
warning #b27c00 → #c08a3a ~
danger #d0021b → #c4564f +
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) −
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 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":72} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":48} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"GT America","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"GT America Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 6px ~
card 14px → 10px spacing identical
No differences.