The New York Times vs Reddit
79 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #dae0e6 Text
#121212 → #1a1a1b Brand
#121212 → #ff4500 Border
#dfdfdf → #edeff1 Display font
NYT Cheltenham → IBM Plex Sans Body size
18px → 14px colors 67 changed
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bg #ffffff → #dae0e6 ~
text #121212 → #1a1a1b ~
text-strong #000000 → #030303 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #7c7c7c ~
text-soft #727272 → #878a8c ~
text-faint #999999 → #9b9b9b ~
brand #121212 → #ff4500 ~
link #326891 → #0079d3 ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #0061a8 ~
link-visited #5a5a5a → #7c4dff ~
border #dfdfdf → #edeff1 ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #ccc ~
success #1a7f37 → #46d160 ~
warning #b27c00 → #ffb000 ~
danger #d0021b → #ea0027 ~
info #326891 → #0079d3 +
bg-soft #f6f7f8 +
bg-deep #030303 +
surface-hover #f6f7f8 +
surface-elevated #ffffff +
surface-deep #1a1a1b +
text-body #1c1c1c +
text-on-brand #ffffff +
brand-hover #e63e00 +
brand-active #cc3700 +
brand-soft #ffe4d6 +
brand-deep #a83100 +
upvote #ff4500 +
downvote #7193ff +
border-subtle #f6f7f8 +
border-card #ccc +
on-brand #ffffff +
on-bg #1a1a1b +
shadow-color rgba(28,28,28,0.08) +
shadow-elevated rgba(28,28,28,0.16) +
award-gold #ffb000 +
award-silver #c8c9d0 +
award-platinum #39d8ff +
flair-blue #46d160 +
flair-pink #ff66ac +
flair-green #46d160 +
community-blue #0079d3 −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
brand-red #d0021b −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
border-soft #ebebeb −
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 Sans","size":56} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":14} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"IBM Plex 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