The New York Times vs Railway
79 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #13111c Text
#121212 → #f7f7f8 Brand
#121212 → #553f83 Border
#dfdfdf → #33323e Display font
NYT Cheltenham → IBM Plex Serif Body size
18px → 16px colors 72 changed
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bg #ffffff → #13111c ~
surface #ffffff → #291839 ~
text #121212 → #f7f7f8 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #a1a0ab ~
text-soft #727272 → #7a798a ~
text-faint #999999 → #5a5969 ~
brand #121212 → #553f83 ~
link #326891 → #9d7ad4 ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #b39de2 ~
link-visited #5a5a5a → #8462c4 ~
border #dfdfdf → #33323e ~
border-soft #ebebeb → #ffffff14 ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #ffffff26 ~
success #1a7f37 → #22c55e ~
warning #b27c00 → #f59e0b ~
danger #d0021b → #ef4444 ~
info #326891 → #9d7ad4 +
bg-deep #0c0a14 +
bg-elev-1 #1c1a26 +
bg-elev-2 #291839 +
bg-elev-3 #322046 +
surface-alt #1c1a26 +
surface-deep #322046 +
surface-pink #2a1f3f +
brand-hover #6b4fa3 +
brand-pressed #46336e +
brand-deep #3a2b5d +
brand-glow #553f8333 +
on-brand #ffffff +
accent #9d7ad4 +
accent-hover #b39de2 +
accent-soft #2a1f3f +
accent-mid #7d63b8 +
selected #553f8326 +
disabled #33323e +
disabled-text #7a798a +
text-heading #ffffff +
text-disabled #7a798a +
border-brand #553f8366 +
shadow-ambient rgba(0,0,0,0.3) +
shadow-standard rgba(0,0,0,0.5) +
shadow-elevated rgba(0,0,0,0.65) +
shadow-glow rgba(85,63,131,0.35) +
success-bg #0f3a1f +
warning-bg #3a2710 +
danger-bg #3a1818 +
info-bg #291839 −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-strong #000000 −
brand-red #d0021b −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 −
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-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":"IBM Plex Serif","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"IBM Plex Serif","size":40} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Inter","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"IBM Plex Mono","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 20px spacing identical
No differences.