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linear.app vs stripe.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
stripe.com
stripe.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.

stripe.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

stripe.com

No named roles measured.

14 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

stripe.com

h1

48px · 300 · shown smaller

h1

32px · 700

h2

32px · 300

h2

26px · 500

h3

26px · 300

h2

18px · 500

list-item

16px · 300

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

linear.app

4px

pill

6px

12px

8px

pill

stripe.com

4px

8px

6px

17px

5px

2px

Spacing

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

linear.app

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
40

stripe.com

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
36

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

linear.app

sm

md

stripe.com

sm

md

lg

xl

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

linear.app

default

stripe.com

default

The measured values behind the panels above.

linear.appstripe.com

At a glance

Corners — these differPillRounded
Display size — these differ72px48px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ29
Type families — these differ21
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#533AFD#425466#0A2540#3C4F69#061B31#0073E6#64748D#0000EE#000000#FFFFFF#F6F9FC#E5EDF5#F8FAFD#15BE53
Semantic — these differ—Success #15BE53

Typography

Families — these differInter VariableBerkeley Monosohne-var
h1 — these differ64px · 510 · 64px · Inter Variable32px · 700 · normal · sohne-var
h2 — these differ48px · 510 · 48px · Inter Variable26px · 500 · 36px · sohne-var
h3 — these differ24px · 590 · 31.92px · Inter Variable26px · 300 · 29.12px · sohne-var
span16px · 400 · 24px · Inter Variable—
h4 — these differ16px · 590 · 24px · Inter Variable16px · 400 · 22.4px · sohne-var
list-item—16px · 300 · normal · sohne-var
body — these differ15px · 400 · 24px · Inter Variable14px · 300 · 19.6px · sohne-var
link14px · 510 · 21px · Inter Variable—
label14px · 400 · 21px · Inter Variable—
code14px · 400 · 21px · Berkeley Mono—
input13.3333px · 400 · normal · Inter Variable—
button — these differ13px · 400 · 19.5px · Inter Variable14px · 400 · 14px · sohne-var

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ4px6px8px12px9999px2px4px5px6px8px16.5px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px48px56px76px96px4px8px12px16px20px24px32px36px40px48px72px164px
Border widths1px1px

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(50, 50, 93, 0.25) 0px 50px 100px -20px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 30px 60px -30pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 18px 36px -18px, rgba(50, 50, 93, 0.25) 0px 30px 45px -30pxrgba(50, 50, 93, 0.25) 0px 13px 27px -5px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 8px 16px -8pxrgba(50, 50, 93, 0.25) 0px 30px 60px -12px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 18px 36px -18px
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ0.300.600.400.700.800.900.150.500.200.850.100.40
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3dropdown 50sticky 100sticky 995sticky 996sticky 997base 1base 2base 3dropdown 99sticky 100sticky 999toast 999999

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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