The New York Times vs Polygon
81 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#121212 → #0e0820 Brand
#121212 → #8247e5 Border
#dfdfdf → #e0d8ed Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Polygon Display Body size
18px → 16px colors 68 changed
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bg-dark #121212 → #1a1233 ~
text #121212 → #0e0820 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #6b5d8a ~
brand #121212 → #8247e5 ~
link #326891 → #8247e5 ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #6a35c4 ~
border #dfdfdf → #e0d8ed ~
border-soft #ebebeb → #ebe6f4 ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #c9bcdd ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) → rgba(14,8,32,0.60) +
bg-soft #f5f3fa +
bg-strong #ebe6f4 +
bg-dark-elev #241844 +
bg-dark-deep #0e0820 +
surface-card #ffffff +
surface-card-soft #f5f3fa +
text-body #3a2f5a +
text-subtle #9c92b5 +
text-on-dark #ffffff +
text-on-dark-soft #a89cc7 +
brand-hover #6a35c4 +
brand-active #522aa3 +
brand-light #a875ee +
brand-soft #8247e51a +
brand-glow rgba(130,71,229,0.40) +
on-brand #ffffff +
accent-violet #5a3eff +
accent-cyan #16c4d6 +
accent-pink #e74694 +
semantic-up #22c55e +
semantic-up-soft #22c55e1a +
semantic-down #ef4444 +
semantic-warning #f59e0b +
semantic-info #8247e5 +
gradient-hero linear-gradient(135deg, #1a1233 0%, #2d1c5c 50%, #8247e5 100%) +
gradient-card linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(130,71,229,0.10) 0%, rgba(130,71,229,0.02) 100%) +
focus-ring rgba(130,71,229,0.40) −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
surface #ffffff −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-soft #727272 −
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-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) −
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) −
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) −
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":"Polygon Display","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Polygon Display","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Polygon Display","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Inter","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":11} radius 3 changed
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button 4px → 12px ~
card 14px → 16px ~
pill 9999px → 999px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px