The New York Times vs Tailscale
74 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f9f7f6 Text
#121212 → #181717 Brand
#121212 → #d04841 Border
#dfdfdf → rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.12) Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Inter Body size
18px → 16px colors 64 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f9f7f6 ~
text #121212 → #181717 ~
text-faint #999999 → #a39e9b ~
brand #121212 → #d04841 ~
link #326891 → #d04841 ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #b83d37 ~
border #dfdfdf → rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.12) ~
border-soft #ebebeb → rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.07) ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.22) ~
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) → rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.06) ~
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) → rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.08) ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) → rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.45) ~
success #1a7f37 → #2f7d52 ~
success-soft #e7f4ec → rgba(47, 125, 82, 0.10) ~
warning #b27c00 → #c9821f ~
warning-soft #fbf3e0 → rgba(201, 130, 31, 0.10) ~
danger #d0021b → #d04841 ~
danger-soft #ffe5e8 → rgba(208, 72, 65, 0.10) ~
info #326891 → #181717 ~
info-soft #e7eef5 → rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.06) +
bg-pure #ffffff +
bg-elev #f3f0ee +
bg-warm #efeae7 +
bg-ink #181717 +
bg-ink-soft #232222 +
surface-warm #f9f7f6 +
text-secondary #4a4746 +
text-tertiary #736f6d +
text-on-ink #f5f2f0 +
text-on-ink-soft #a39e9b +
brand-hover #b83d37 +
brand-deep #9e332e +
brand-soft rgba(208, 72, 65, 0.10) +
brand-tint rgba(208, 72, 65, 0.06) +
focus rgba(208, 72, 65, 0.40) +
on-brand #ffffff +
cta-bg #d04841 +
cta-text #ffffff +
cta-bg-secondary #232222 +
cta-text-secondary #ffffff +
border-ink #181717 +
shadow-ambient rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.04) +
shadow-deep rgba(24, 23, 23, 0.14) −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-muted #5a5a5a −
text-soft #727272 −
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-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":"Inter","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Inter","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Inter","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Inter","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 3 changed
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xs 2px → 0px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px