The New York Times vs Meta
65 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#121212 → #1c2b33 Brand
#121212 → #0467df Border
#dfdfdf → #dddfe2 Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Optimistic Display Body size
18px → 16px colors 53 changed
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surface-soft #f7f7f7 → #f5f5f5 ~
surface-strong #ededed → #ebedf0 ~
text #121212 → #1c2b33 ~
text-strong #000000 → #0a1014 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #65676b ~
text-soft #727272 → #8a8d91 ~
brand #121212 → #0467df ~
link #326891 → #0467df ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #0356b8 ~
border #dfdfdf → #dddfe2 ~
border-soft #ebebeb → #e4e6eb ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #1c2b33 ~
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) → rgba(0,0,0,0.08) ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) → rgba(28,43,51,0.7) ~
success #1a7f37 → #42b72a ~
success-soft #e7f4ec → #e9f7e2 ~
warning #b27c00 → #f7b928 ~
warning-soft #fbf3e0 → #fff8e1 ~
danger #d0021b → #fa3e3e ~
danger-soft #ffe5e8 → #ffeaea ~
info #326891 → #0467df ~
info-soft #e7eef5 → #e7f3ff +
bg-deep #1c2b33 +
bg-soft #f5f5f5 +
surface-tint #f0f4fa +
text-on-dark #ffffff +
text-on-dark-muted #b0b3b8 +
brand-hover #0356b8 +
brand-active #024187 +
brand-soft #e7f3ff +
on-brand #ffffff +
accent-instagram #e4405f +
accent-whatsapp #25d366 +
accent-quest #000000 +
accent-threads #000000 −
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-rule #121212 −
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":"Optimistic Display","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Optimistic Display","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Optimistic Display","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Meta Sans","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"Optimistic Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 48px