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linear.app vs mailchimp.com

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

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

Worth knowing

  • 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.

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.

mailchimp.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.

Palette

Named roles first, then every colour measured without one.

linear.app

No named roles measured.

16 more, no measured role

mailchimp.com

No named roles measured.

18 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.

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

mailchimp.com

h1

64px · 400 · shown smaller

h1

48px · 400 · shown smaller

h2

40px · 400 · shown smaller

h3

24px · 400

link

16px · 400

body

13px · 400

button

13px · 500

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

linear.app

4px

pill

6px

12px

8px

pill

mailchimp.com

3px

44px

10px

4px

200px

Spacing

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

linear.app

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
40

mailchimp.com

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
40

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

linear.app

sm

md

mailchimp.com

sm

md

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

linear.app

default

mailchimp.com

default

The measured values behind the panels above.

linear.appmailchimp.com

At a glance

Corners — these differPillRounded
Display size — these differ72px64px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ27
Type families22
Components — these differ54

Full palette

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

All colours — these differ#62666D#08090A#0F1011#0003#0009#0000#F91880#00BA7C#F7F8F8#8A8F98#FFFFFF#D0D6E0#3E3E44#000000#E5E5E6#18191A#004E56#231E15#AADDAA#ACCE#692340#236CFF#BBAADD#FF7346#000000#FFFFFF#575757#BCBAB6#F6F6F4#DBD9D2#403B3B#666666#FFE01B#E12437
Semantic — these differ—Warning #FFE01BError/Danger #E12437

Typography

Families — these differInter VariableBerkeley MonoMeans WebGraphik Web
h1 — these differ64px · 510 · 64px · Inter Variable48px · 400 · 48px · Means Web
h2 — these differ48px · 510 · 48px · Inter Variable40px · 400 · 40px · Means Web
h3 — these differ24px · 590 · 31.92px · Inter Variable24px · 400 · 31.9999px · Means Web
span16px · 400 · 24px · Inter Variable—
h4 — these differ16px · 590 · 24px · Inter Variable11px · 500 · 13.75px · Graphik Web
body — these differ15px · 400 · 24px · Inter Variable13px · 400 · 17.55px · Graphik Web
link — these differ14px · 510 · 21px · Inter Variable16px · 400 · 21.6px · Graphik Web
label14px · 400 · 21px · Inter Variable—
code14px · 400 · 21px · Berkeley Mono—
input13.3333px · 400 · normal · Inter Variable—
button — these differ13px · 400 · 19.5px · Inter Variable13px · 500 · 14.3px · Graphik Web

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ4px6px8px12px9999px3px4px10px44px200px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px48px56px76px96px4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px64px68px80px108px
Border widths — these differ1px1px2px

Depth

Strategy——
Shadows — these differrgba(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 0pxrgba(36, 28, 21, 0.12) 0px 4px 12px 0pxrgba(35, 30, 21, 0.15) 0px 0px 20px 3px
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ0.300.600.400.700.800.900.010.800.60
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3dropdown 50sticky 100sticky 995sticky 996sticky 997base 1base 2base 3dropdown 10dropdown 12dropdown 50sticky 100sticky 490

Components

Sharedbuttoncardnavigationlinkbuttoncardnavigationlink
Only here — these differinput—
Signature——

How this was measured

Differences here are ours, not the brands'.

Pages read66
Extracted2026-08-092026-08-09
Stylesheets——
Roles unassigned——

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