The New York Times vs Vercel
80 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #fafafa Text
#121212 → #171717 Brand
#121212 → #0070f3 Border
#dfdfdf → hsla(0, 0%, 90%, 1) Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Geist Body size
18px → 16px colors 68 changed
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bg #ffffff → #fafafa ~
text #121212 → #171717 ~
text-faint #999999 → #a3a3a3 ~
brand #121212 → #0070f3 ~
link #326891 → #0070f3 ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #0070f3 ~
border #dfdfdf → hsla(0, 0%, 90%, 1) ~
border-soft #ebebeb → hsla(0, 0%, 95%, 1) ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → hsla(0, 0%, 80%, 1) ~
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) ~
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.40) ~
success #1a7f37 → #0070f3 ~
success-soft #e7f4ec → rgba(0, 112, 243, 0.10) ~
warning #b27c00 → #f5a623 ~
warning-soft #fbf3e0 → rgba(245, 166, 35, 0.10) ~
danger #d0021b → #e00 ~
danger-soft #ffe5e8 → rgba(238, 0, 0, 0.10) ~
info #326891 → #0070f3 ~
info-soft #e7eef5 → rgba(0, 112, 243, 0.10) +
bg-pure #ffffff +
bg-elev #f5f5f5 +
bg-deeper #ededed +
bg-ink #0a0a0a +
bg-pure-black #000000 +
surface-elev #fafafa +
text-pure #000000 +
text-secondary #525252 +
text-tertiary #737373 +
text-on-dark #ededed +
text-on-dark-soft #a3a3a3 +
brand-hover #0061d5 +
brand-deep #0050b3 +
brand-soft rgba(0, 112, 243, 0.10) +
brand-tint rgba(0, 112, 243, 0.06) +
focus hsla(212, 100%, 48%, 1) +
on-brand #ffffff +
cta-bg #171717 +
cta-text #ffffff +
cta-bg-secondary #ffffff +
cta-text-secondary #171717 +
border-deep hsla(0, 0%, 70%, 1) +
shadow-ambient rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) +
shadow-deep rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) +
gradient-conic conic-gradient(from 230deg at 50% 50%, #0070f3, #00b8ff, #7928ca, #ff0080, #0070f3) +
gradient-blue linear-gradient(135deg, #0070f3 0%, #00b8ff 100%) +
gradient-edge linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 0%, rgba(0, 112, 243, 0.20) 100%) −
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":"Geist","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Geist","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Geist","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Geist","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"Geist Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 6px ~
card 14px → 8px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 48px