Snowflake vs The New York Times
80 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#000000 → #121212 Brand
#249EDC → #121212 Border
#D8DFE5 → #dfdfdf Display font
Texta → NYT Cheltenham Body size
16px → 18px colors 72 changed
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surface #f5fafd → #ffffff ~
text #000000 → #121212 ~
text-muted #9A9A9A → #5a5a5a ~
brand #249EDC → #121212 ~
link #1A82B8 → #326891 ~
link-hover #0F2A3A → #1a4972 ~
border #D8DFE5 → #dfdfdf ~
border-soft #E8EDF1 → #ebebeb ~
border-strong #B0BBC4 → #9a9a9a +
bg-section #f7f7f5 +
bg-dark #121212 +
surface-soft #f7f7f7 +
surface-strong #ededed +
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 −
bg-surface #f5fafd −
bg-soft #eaf4fb −
bg-feature #dfeff9 −
bg-deep #0F2A3A −
bg-midnight #091C28 −
bg-ink #000000 −
text-charcoal #111111 −
text-slate #2A2A2A −
text-steel #444444 −
text-stone #6B6B6B −
text-on-deep #ffffff −
text-on-deep-muted #B6D2E2 −
brand-light #45AEE3 −
brand-bright #3DB5E8 −
brand-deep #1A82B8 −
brand-dark #0F2A3A −
brand-soft #C6E6F6 −
brand-wash #DFEFF9 −
brand-mid #6AC4EA −
on-brand #ffffff −
on-brand-deep #ffffff −
accent-coral #FF7A59 −
accent-violet #7B61FF −
accent-emerald #16A672 −
accent-amber #F5B400 −
border-on-deep #1B3F55 −
semantic-success #16A672 −
semantic-warning-bg #FFF6E0 −
semantic-warning-text #8A6A1A −
semantic-error #D8333C −
semantic-info #1A82B8 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Texta","size":72} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Texta","size":40} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} ~
h2 {"family":"Texta","size":32} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} ~
body {"family":"Texta","size":16} → {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} ~
label {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":11} → {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 12px → 4px ~
card 16px → 14px spacing 1 changed
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xs 0px → 2px