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linear.app vs netlify.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
netlify.com
netlify.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.

netlify.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

netlify.com

No named roles measured.

17 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

netlify.com

h1

72px · 800 · shown smaller

h1

64px · 800 · shown smaller

h1

64px · 800 · shown smaller

h2

49px · 800 · shown smaller

code

16px · 400

label

16px · 400

button

14px · 600

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

linear.app

4px

pill

6px

12px

8px

pill

netlify.com

4px

6px

50px

12px

360px

2px

Spacing

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

linear.app

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
40

netlify.com

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
36

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

linear.app

sm

md

netlify.com

sm

md

lg

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

linear.app

default

netlify.com

default

The measured values behind the panels above.

linear.appnetlify.com

At a glance

Corners — these differPillRounded
Display size72px72px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ25
Type families — these differ23
Components55

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#181A1C#545A61#2E51ED#0000#ACCE#0D1818#0C2A2A#0E7FE1#000000#FFFFFF#757575#F0F0F0#808080#E9EBED#E5E5E5#F5F5F5#DD0000
Semantic — these differ—Error/Danger #DD0000

Typography

Families — these differInter VariableBerkeley MonoFigtreeMartian MonoInstrument Sans
h1 — these differ64px · 510 · 64px · Inter Variable64px · 800 · 70.4px · Figtree
h2 — these differ48px · 510 · 48px · Inter Variable48.64px · 800 · 53.504px · Figtree
h3 — these differ24px · 590 · 31.92px · Inter Variable12px · 500 · 13.2px · Martian Mono
span16px · 400 · 24px · Inter Variable—
h416px · 590 · 24px · Inter Variable—
body — these differ15px · 400 · 24px · Inter Variable14px · 600 · 21px · Instrument Sans
link14px · 510 · 21px · Inter Variable—
label — these differ14px · 400 · 21px · Inter Variable16px · 400 · 24px · Instrument Sans
code — these differ14px · 400 · 21px · Berkeley Mono12px · 400 · 18px · Martian Mono
input13.3333px · 400 · normal · Inter Variable—
button — these differ13px · 400 · 19.5px · Inter Variable14px · 600 · 21px · Figtree

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ4px6px8px12px9999px2px4px6px12px50%360px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px48px56px76px96px4px8px12px16px20px24px32px36px48px64px96px184px
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 0pxcolor(srgb 0 0 0 / 0.07) 0px 16px 24px 0px, color(srgb 0 0 0 / 0.06) 0px 6px 30px 0px, color(srgb 0 0 0 / 0.1) 0px 8px 10px 0pxcolor(srgb 0.2 0.215686 0.231373 / 0.08) 0px 2px 4px 0px, color(srgb 0.2 0.215686 0.231373 / 0.06) 0px 1px 10px 0pxrgb(46, 81, 237) 0px 0px 0px 2px inset
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ0.300.600.400.700.800.900.700.500.600.85
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3dropdown 50sticky 100sticky 995sticky 996sticky 997base 1base 2sticky 100modal 9989modal 9999toast 2000000000

Components

Sharedbuttoninputcardnavigationlinkbuttoninputcardnavigationlink
Only here——
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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