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anthropic.com vs linear.app

Two design systems side by side, measured from the live sites — colour, type, shape, depth, components, states and responsive behaviour.

anthropic.com
anthropic.com· read 2026-08-09
linear.app
linear.app· read 2026-08-09

Worth knowing

  • Extraction depth differs: 2 pages against 6. The deeper read will usually show more tokens.
  • Neither side has named colour roles, so both predate role-based extraction. Re-generating either one fills in the palette comparison.
  • Interaction states are missing on at least one side — that site's stylesheets were cross-origin and could not be read.

Ground and ink

Each side painted in its own measured canvas, ink, muted and primary roles.

anthropic.com

No colour roles measured on this side, so there is no ground to paint. The palette below is still real; re-extracting the site fills this in.

linear.app

No colour roles measured on this side, so there is no ground to paint. The palette below is still real; re-extracting the site fills this in.

Palette

Named roles first, then every colour measured without one.

anthropic.com

No named roles measured.

16 more, no measured role

linear.app

No named roles measured.

16 more, no measured role

Type scale

Set at the measured size, weight, tracking and leading. Brand typefaces are not loaded, so the metrics are real and the letterforms are not.

anthropic.com

h1

104px · 300 · shown smaller

h1

61px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

61px · 400 · shown smaller

h3

24px · 600

body

24px · 400

list-item

20px · 400

link

18px · 600

linear.app

h2

72px · 510 · shown smaller

h1

64px · 510 · shown smaller

h2

48px · 510 · shown smaller

h1

48px · 590 · shown smaller

h1

40px · 510 · shown smaller

h3

24px · 590

h3

20px · 590

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

anthropic.com

8px

8px

0px

linear.app

4px

pill

6px

12px

8px

pill

Spacing

One shared scale across both sides, so the bars are directly comparable.

anthropic.com

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
48

linear.app

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
40

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

anthropic.com

sm

linear.app

sm

md

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

anthropic.com

default

linear.app

default

The measured values behind the panels above.

anthropic.comlinear.app

At a glance

Corners — these differSoftPill
Display size — these differ104px72px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ52
Type families — these differ42
Components — these differ35

Full palette

Every colour each extraction kept, including the ones with no measured role.

All colours — these differ#D97757#E3DACC#C6613F#788C5D#BCD1CA#6A9BCC#C46686#EBCECE#141413#FAF9F5#B0AEA5#000000#C6C4BA#87867F#0F0F0E#73726C#62666D#08090A#0F1011#0003#0009#0000#F91880#00BA7C#F7F8F8#8A8F98#FFFFFF#D0D6E0#3E3E44#000000#E5E5E6#18191A
Semantic——

Typography

Families — these differAnthropic SansAnthropic SerifanthropicSerifanthropicSansInter VariableBerkeley Mono
h1 — these differ60.8653px · 700 · 66.9518px · Anthropic Sans64px · 510 · 64px · Inter Variable
h2 — these differ60.8653px · 400 · 66.9518px · Anthropic Serif48px · 510 · 48px · Inter Variable
h3 — these differ24px · 600 · 31.2px · Anthropic Sans24px · 590 · 31.92px · Inter Variable
body — these differ24px · 400 · 33.6px · Anthropic Serif15px · 400 · 24px · Inter Variable
list-item20px · 400 · 28px · Anthropic Serif—
link — these differ18px · 600 · 25.2px · Anthropic Serif14px · 510 · 21px · Inter Variable
span — these differ16px · 400 · 16px · Anthropic Sans16px · 400 · 24px · Inter Variable
h4—16px · 590 · 24px · Inter Variable
code—14px · 400 · 21px · Berkeley Mono
input—13.3333px · 400 · normal · Inter Variable
button—13px · 400 · 19.5px · Inter Variable
h612px · 500 · 15px · Anthropic Sans—
label — these differ12px · 400 · 15px · Anthropic Sans14px · 400 · 21px · Inter Variable
small12px · 400 · 16.8px · anthropicSans—

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ0px 8px 8px 0px8px 0px 0px 8px8px4px6px8px12px9999px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px48px60px64px76px180px4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px48px56px76px96px
Border widths1px1px

Depth

Strategy——
Shadows — these differrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01) 0px 2px 2px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02) 0px 4px 4px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0px 16px 24px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) 0px 1px 0px 0pxrgba(255, 255, 255, 0.03) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.04) 0px 1px 0px 0px inset, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6) 0px 0px 0px 1px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 4px 4px 0px
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ0.010.340.500.300.600.400.700.800.90
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3base 5dropdown 10sticky 101modal 1000modal 9999base 1base 2base 3dropdown 50sticky 100sticky 995sticky 996sticky 997

Components

Sharedbuttonnavigationlinkbuttonnavigationlink
Only here — these differ—inputcard
Signature——

How this was measured

Differences here are ours, not the brands'.

Pages read — these differ26
Extracted2026-08-092026-08-09
Stylesheets——
Roles unassigned——

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