Reddit vs Mercury
78 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#dae0e6 → #ffffff Text
#1a1a1b → #101011 Brand
#ff4500 → #5f6ad2 Border
#edeff1 → #0000000f Display font
IBM Plex Sans → Tiempos Headline Body size
14px → 16px colors 66 changed
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bg #dae0e6 → #ffffff ~
bg-soft #f6f7f8 → #fafafa ~
surface #ffffff → #f4f4f2 ~
text #1a1a1b → #101011 ~
text-strong #030303 → #000000 ~
text-muted #7c7c7c → #5b5d5c ~
text-soft #878a8c → #8a8c8b ~
text-faint #9b9b9b → #b5b6b5 ~
brand #ff4500 → #5f6ad2 ~
brand-hover #e63e00 → #4a55b8 ~
brand-soft #ffe4d6 → #e8eaff ~
brand-deep #a83100 → #3a4598 ~
link #0079d3 → #5f6ad2 ~
link-hover #0061a8 → #4a55b8 ~
border #edeff1 → #0000000f ~
border-strong #ccc → #0000001f ~
shadow-elevated rgba(28,28,28,0.16) → rgba(0,0,0,0.10) ~
success #46d160 → #5e9678 ~
warning #ffb000 → #c08a3a ~
danger #ea0027 → #c4564f +
bg-mint #d3e8e0 +
bg-mint-soft #eef6f1 +
bg-ink #101011 +
bg-ink-soft #1a1a1c +
surface-soft #f8f8f6 +
surface-warm #f0f0ed +
surface-on-ink #1a1a1c +
surface-on-ink-elev #26262a +
text-on-ink #fafafa +
text-on-ink-muted #9a9a9a +
text-on-mint #101011 +
brand-tint #f3f4ff +
accent #d3e8e0 +
accent-strong #9bc5b3 +
accent-soft #eef6f1 +
accent-deep #76a692 +
border-soft #0000000a +
border-on-ink #ffffff14 +
on-mint #101011 +
success-bg #e8f1ec +
warning-bg #f7eed8 +
danger-bg #f7e3e0 +
shadow-soft rgba(0,0,0,0.03) +
shadow-standard rgba(0,0,0,0.06) −
bg-deep #030303 −
surface-hover #f6f7f8 −
surface-elevated #ffffff −
surface-deep #1a1a1b −
text-body #1c1c1c −
text-on-brand #ffffff −
brand-active #cc3700 −
upvote #ff4500 −
downvote #7193ff −
link-visited #7c4dff −
border-subtle #f6f7f8 −
border-card #ccc −
on-bg #1a1a1b −
shadow-color rgba(28,28,28,0.08) −
award-gold #ffb000 −
award-silver #c8c9d0 −
award-platinum #39d8ff −
flair-blue #46d160 −
flair-pink #ff66ac −
flair-green #46d160 −
community-blue #0079d3 −
info #0079d3 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":56} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":40} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":72} ~
h2 {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":32} → {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":48} ~
body {"family":"IBM Plex Sans","size":14} → {"family":"GT America","size":16} ~
label {"family":"IBM Plex Mono","size":12} → {"family":"GT America Mono","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 8px → 6px ~
card 12px → 10px spacing 5 changed
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xs 4px → 2px ~
sm 8px → 4px ~
md 16px → 12px ~
lg 32px → 24px ~
xl 48px → 40px