The New York Times vs Plaid
76 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#121212 → #000000 Brand
#121212 → #0a85ea Border
#dfdfdf → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Plaid Sans Body size
18px → 16px colors 64 changed
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surface #ffffff → #f3f5f8 ~
surface-soft #f7f7f7 → #fafbfc ~
text #121212 → #000000 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #4a5568 ~
text-soft #727272 → #7a8390 ~
text-faint #999999 → #a0a8b3 ~
brand #121212 → #0a85ea ~
link #326891 → #0a85ea ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #0066c0 ~
border #dfdfdf → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) ~
border-soft #ebebeb → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20) +
bg-soft #f7f9fb +
bg-blue #eaf3ff +
bg-cream #f3efe6 +
bg-ink #000000 +
surface-cream #faf6ed +
text-medium #1a1f29 +
brand-strong #0066c0 +
brand-deep #003c80 +
brand-soft #dceeff +
brand-wash rgba(10, 133, 234, 0.08) +
on-brand #ffffff +
accent #000000 +
accent-soft rgba(10, 133, 234, 0.08) +
selected-bg #eaf3ff +
disabled #c4cad3 +
border-blue rgba(10, 133, 234, 0.30) +
success-bg #dcf3e3 +
success-text #1f5d3f +
warning-bg #fff0c5 +
warning-text #7a5e1f +
danger-bg #fde0e0 +
danger-text #8a2828 +
info-bg #dceeff +
info-text #003c80 −
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 #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":"Plaid Sans","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Plaid Sans","size":56} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Plaid Sans","size":44} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Plaid Sans","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":12} 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