Substack vs Cognition
53 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f7f6f5 Text
#363737 → #000000 Brand
#ff6719 → #191919 Border
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) → #000000 Display font
Cahuenga → nbInternational Body size
19px → 16px colors 41 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f7f6f5 ~
text #363737 → #000000 ~
text-soft #666c70 → #3d3d3d ~
text-faint #a8a8a8 → #6b6b6b ~
text-muted #878787 → #9a9a9a ~
brand #ff6719 → #191919 ~
brand-hover #e85412 → #000000 ~
on-brand #ffffff → #f7f6f5 ~
border rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) → #000000 ~
border-soft rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.12) +
bg-secondary #f0efed +
link #000000 +
link-hover #191919 +
selected-bg #0000000d +
disabled #9a9a9a +
border-subtle rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) +
input-bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.031) +
input-bg-hover rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.051) +
success-text #1f5130 +
warning-text #7a5e1f +
danger-text #8a2b2b +
info-text #26416b −
bg-elev #fafaf7 −
bg-cream #fbf9f4 −
bg-soft #f6f6f3 −
surface-warm #fafaf7 −
text-strong #1a1a1a −
text-link #363737 −
brand-deep #cc4a0e −
brand-tint rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.10) −
brand-tint-strong rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.18) −
border-strong rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20) −
border-warm rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) −
selection-bg rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.20) −
success #0d8050 −
warning #d97706 −
danger #dc2626 −
info #2563eb −
shadow-soft rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) −
shadow-medium rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) −
reading-rule rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Cahuenga","size":56} → {"family":"nbInternational","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Cahuenga","size":40} → {"family":"nbInternational","size":36} ~
h2 {"family":"Cahuenga","size":32} → {"family":"nbInternational","size":20} ~
body {"family":"Spectral","size":19} → {"family":"stkBureauSerif","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Monaco","size":13} → {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":13} radius 3 changed
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button 6px → 0px ~
card 12px → 0px ~
pill 9999px → 0px spacing 4 changed
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xs 4px → 0px ~
sm 8px → 4px ~
md 16px → 12px ~
xl 48px → 64px