Diff

The Washington Post vs Mercury

75 token-level differences between these two design systems.

Role tokens
Background
#ffffff #ffffff
Text
#000000 #101011
Brand
#000000 #5f6ad2
Border
#cccccc #0000000f
Display font
Postoni Tiempos Headline
Body size
18px 16px
colors 68 changed
~ surface #ffffff #f4f4f2
~ surface-soft #f8f8f8 #f8f8f6
~ text #000000 #101011
~ text-muted #444444 #5b5d5c
~ text-soft #666666 #8a8c8b
~ text-faint #999999 #b5b6b5
~ brand #000000 #5f6ad2
~ link #2a64a6 #5f6ad2
~ link-hover #173e6e #4a55b8
~ border #cccccc #0000000f
~ border-soft #e0e0e0 #0000000a
~ border-strong #888888 #0000001f
~ success #177a3a #5e9678
~ warning #a06200 #c08a3a
~ danger #cf202f #c4564f
+ bg-soft #fafafa
+ bg-mint #d3e8e0
+ bg-mint-soft #eef6f1
+ bg-ink #101011
+ bg-ink-soft #1a1a1c
+ 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-hover #4a55b8
+ brand-deep #3a4598
+ brand-soft #e8eaff
+ brand-tint #f3f4ff
+ accent #d3e8e0
+ accent-strong #9bc5b3
+ accent-soft #eef6f1
+ accent-deep #76a692
+ border-on-ink #ffffff14
+ on-brand #ffffff
+ 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)
+ shadow-elevated rgba(0,0,0,0.10)
bg-section #f5f5f5
bg-dark #000000
surface-strong #eeeeee
surface-quote #f5f0e6
brand-tagline #000000
brand-red #cf202f
brand-red-hover #a8001a
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7
link-visited #5a5a5a
on-brand-red #ffffff
on-ink #ffffff
border-rule #000000
border-rule-heavy #000000
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(0,0,0,0.55)
success-soft #e3f2e7
warning-soft #faf0db
danger-soft #ffe5e7
info #2a64a6
info-soft #e3edf7
live-red #cf202f
live-pulse #ff3344
democracy-tagline-bg #000000
typography 5 changed
~ display {"family":"Postoni","size":72} {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":96}
~ h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":72}
~ h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} {"family":"Tiempos Headline","size":48}
~ body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} {"family":"GT America","size":16}
~ label {"family":"Courier New","size":11} {"family":"GT America Mono","size":12}
radius 2 changed
~ button 4px 6px
~ card 14px 10px
spacing identical
No differences.
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