The New York Times vs Venmo
77 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#121212 → #1f2e3a Brand
#121212 → #3d95ce Border
#dfdfdf → #dbe2e8 Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Aktiv Grotesk Extended Body size
18px → 16px colors 65 changed
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surface-soft #f7f7f7 → #f5f8fa ~
surface-strong #ededed → #e8edf2 ~
text #121212 → #1f2e3a ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #6b7785 ~
brand #121212 → #3d95ce ~
link #326891 → #3d95ce ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #225f8c ~
border #dfdfdf → #dbe2e8 ~
border-soft #ebebeb → #e8edf2 ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #9aa5b1 +
bg-cool #f5f8fa +
bg-blue #3d95ce +
bg-deep #1f2e3a +
surface-blue-tint #eef6fb +
surface-blue-elevated #5ba9da +
text-body #2f3e4a +
text-subtle #9aa5b1 +
text-friend-name #3d95ce +
brand-hover #2c7eb5 +
brand-active #225f8c +
brand-light #a8d3ec +
brand-disabled #bcd4e4 +
on-brand #ffffff +
on-deep #ffffff +
on-deep-soft #9aa5b1 +
border-on-blue rgba(255,255,255,0.22) +
semantic-success #2ea84f +
semantic-warning #f5a623 +
semantic-danger #e02020 +
semantic-info #3d95ce +
social-like #e02020 +
focus-ring rgba(61,149,206,0.40) +
shadow-ambient rgba(31, 46, 58, 0.06) +
shadow-soft rgba(31, 46, 58, 0.10) +
shadow-hard rgba(31, 46, 58, 0.18) −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
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) −
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":"Aktiv Grotesk Extended","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk Extended","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk Extended","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"Aktiv Grotesk Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 12px ~
card 14px → 16px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px