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perplexity.ai vs wise.com

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

perplexity.ai
perplexity.ai· read 2026-08-09
wise.com
wise.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.

perplexity.ai

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.

wise.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.

perplexity.ai

No named roles measured.

14 more, no measured role

wise.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.

perplexity.ai

body

16px · 400

wise.com

h1

105px · 900 · shown smaller

h1

100px · 700 · shown smaller

h1

89px · 900 · shown smaller

h1

61px · 600 · shown smaller

h2

59px · 900 · shown smaller

h2

56px · 900 · shown smaller

input

49px · 400 · shown smaller

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

perplexity.ai

pill

6px

11px

8px

12px

4px

wise.com

pill

50px

10px

28px

10px

24px

Spacing

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

perplexity.ai

4
8
12
16
32
92

wise.com

4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

perplexity.ai

sm

md

lg

wise.com

sm

md

lg

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

perplexity.ai

default

wise.com

default

The measured values behind the panels above.

perplexity.aiwise.com

At a glance

CornersPillPill
Display size — these differ16px105px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours — these differ78
Type families — these differ12
Components — these differ45

Full palette

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

All colours — these differ#271A00#0000#27251E#FFF0#016A71#A23544#DC6973#97431A#000000#D6D5D4#FDFBFA#FFFFFF#539E55#E10600#163300#0E0F0C#9FE870#21231D#FADC65#E2F6D5#A0E1E1#0D1F00#454745#FFFFFF#000000#FFD11A#CB272F#B8232B
Semantic — these differSuccess #539E55Error/Danger #E10600Warning #FFD11AError/Danger #CB272FError/Danger #B8232B

Typography

Families — these differpplxSansWise SansInter
h1—105.428px · 900 · 89.6142px · Wise Sans
h2—58.5143px · 900 · 49.7372px · Wise Sans
input—49px · 400 · 73.5px · Wise Sans
h3—20px · 700 · 24px · Wise Sans
h4—20px · 600 · 28px · Inter
button—18px · 400 · 26px · Inter
body — these differ16px · 400 · 24px · pplxSans40px · 900 · 34px · Wise Sans
span—16px · 600 · 24px · Inter
link—16px · 400 · 24px · Inter
label—14px · 400 · 21.7px · Inter
small—12px · 500 · 15.6px · Inter

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ4px6px8px11px12px9999px10px 10px 0px 0px10px24px28.1539px50%9999px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px32px92px4px8px12px16px20px24px28px32px36px56px92px100px
Border widths — these differ1px1px2px

Depth

Strategy——
Shadows — these differrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) 0px 1px 2px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 0px 0px 1pxoklch(0.5525 0.085 207.66 / 0) 0px 0px 36px 4pxrgba(22, 51, 0, 0.08) 0px 8px 24px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 12px 40px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) 0px 4px 24px 0px
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ0.700.200.450.500.600.700.851.00
Z-index — these differbase 1dropdown 10dropdown 20dropdown 30sticky 500base 1base 2base 5dropdown 10dropdown 99sticky 100sticky 200modal 1040

Components

Sharedbuttoncardnavigationlinkbuttoncardnavigationlink
Only here — these differ—input
Signature——

How this was measured

Differences here are ours, not the brands'.

Pages read—6
Extracted2026-08-092026-08-09
Stylesheets——
Roles unassigned——

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