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mailchimp.com vs notion.so

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

mailchimp.com
mailchimp.com· read 2026-08-09
notion.so
notion.so· 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.

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.

notion.so

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.

mailchimp.com

No named roles measured.

18 more, no measured role

notion.so

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.

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

notion.so

h1

96px · 600 · shown smaller

h1

64px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

54px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

42px · 700 · shown smaller

h2

32px · 700

h3

22px · 700

h5

18px · 700

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

mailchimp.com

3px

44px

10px

4px

200px

notion.so

8px

4px

8px

5px

pill

100px

Spacing

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

mailchimp.com

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
40

notion.so

4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

mailchimp.com

sm

md

notion.so

sm

md

lg

xl

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

mailchimp.com

default

notion.so

default

The measured values behind the panels above.

mailchimp.comnotion.so

At a glance

Corners — these differRoundedPill
Display size — these differ64px96px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ710
Type families — these differ21
Components — these differ45

Full palette

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

All colours — these differ#004E56#231E15#AADDAA#ACCE#692340#236CFF#BBAADD#FF7346#000000#FFFFFF#575757#BCBAB6#F6F6F4#DBD9D2#403B3B#666666#FFE01B#E12437#0075DE#097FE8#62AEF0#27918D#9849E8#1313BA#FF6D00#005BAB#000000#FFFFFF#31302E#A39E98#F6F5F4#615D59#F9F9F8#F2F9FF#F64932#FFB110
Semantic — these differWarning #FFE01BError/Danger #E12437Error/Danger #F64932Warning #FFB110

Typography

Families — these differMeans WebGraphik WebNotionInter
h1 — these differ48px · 400 · 48px · Means Web64px · 700 · 64px · NotionInter
h2 — these differ40px · 400 · 40px · Means Web54px · 700 · 56px · NotionInter
h3 — these differ24px · 400 · 31.9999px · Means Web22px · 700 · 28px · NotionInter
h5—18px · 700 · 28px · NotionInter
link — these differ16px · 400 · 21.6px · Graphik Web16px · 400 · 24px · NotionInter
span—14px · 500 · 20px · NotionInter
body — these differ13px · 400 · 17.55px · Graphik Web14px · 400 · 20px · NotionInter
button13px · 500 · 14.3px · Graphik Web—
list-item—12px · 500 · 16px · NotionInter
h411px · 500 · 13.75px · Graphik Web—

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ3px4px10px44px200px4px5px8px8px 8px 0px 0px100%9999px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px20px24px32px40px64px68px80px108px4px8px12px16px20px24px28px32px36px64px80px124px
Border widths1px2px1px2px

Depth

Strategy——
Shadows — these differrgba(36, 28, 21, 0.12) 0px 4px 12px 0pxrgba(35, 30, 21, 0.15) 0px 0px 20px 3pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01) 0px 0.175px 1.041px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02) 0px 0.8px 2.925px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.027) 0px 2.025px 7.847px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0px 4px 18px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 1px 0px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 2px 7px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) 0px 4px 18px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.027) 0px 2.025px 7.84688px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.02) 0px 0.8px 2.925px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.01) 0px 0.175px 1.04062px 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6) 0px 0px 1px 0px
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ0.010.800.600.200.420.800.100.500.05
Z-index — these differbase 1base 2base 3dropdown 10dropdown 12dropdown 50sticky 100sticky 490base 1base 2base 3base 4dropdown 10sticky 100sticky 500modal 1000

Components

Sharedbuttoncardnavigationlinkbuttoncardnavigationlink
Only here — these differ—input
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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