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perplexity.ai vs zoom.us

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
zoom.us
zoom.us· 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.

zoom.us

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

zoom.us

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.

perplexity.ai

body

16px · 400

zoom.us

h1

54px · 500 · shown smaller

h1

48px · 600 · shown smaller

h2

46px · 400 · shown smaller

h3

32px · 500

h2

32px · 600

h2

26px · 600

span

26px · 400

Corners

Drawn at the measured radii.

perplexity.ai

pill

6px

11px

8px

12px

4px

zoom.us

8px

12px

20px

4px

20px

10px

Spacing

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

perplexity.ai

4
8
12
16
32
92

zoom.us

4
8
12
16
20
24
32
36

Depth

Shadows cast on each side's own ground.

perplexity.ai

sm

md

lg

zoom.us

sm

md

lg

xl

Buttons

Rendered from the measured computed styles.

perplexity.ai

default

zoom.us

default

The measured values behind the panels above.

perplexity.aizoom.us

At a glance

Corners — these differPillRounded
Display size — these differ16px54px
Spacing base4px4px
Accent colours77
Type families — these differ14
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#00053D#232333#0D6BDE#0B5CFF#686F79#555B62#4B96F1#085CFF#FFFFFF#2A2B2D#000000#696B6E#DFE3E8#E6F0FF#222325#F2F8FF#DA1639
Semantic — these differSuccess #539E55Error/Danger #E10600Error/Danger #DA1639

Typography

Families — these differpplxSansAlmaden SansHappy Face Semi BoldHappy DisplayAlmadenSans
h3—32px · 500 · 38.4px · Happy Face Semi Bold
h2—26px · 600 · 31.2px · Almaden Sans
body — these differ16px · 400 · 24px · pplxSans16px · 600 · 16px · Almaden Sans
h5—16px · 300 · 17.6px · Almaden Sans
list-item—16px · 400 · 19.2px · AlmadenSans
h4—14px · 700 · 15.4px · Almaden Sans
link—14px · 400 · 20px · Almaden Sans
button—14px · 500 · 16.8px · Almaden Sans
span—12px · 600 · 64px · Almaden Sans
h1—1px · 600 · 1.1px · Almaden Sans

Shape and rhythm

Radius — these differ4px6px8px11px12px9999px4px8px10px12px20px20px 20px 0px 0px
Spacing — these differ4px8px12px16px32px92px4px8px12px16px20px24px32px36px40px52px60px104px
Border widths1px1px

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(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 5px 15px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) 0px 50px 100px 10pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px -9px 75px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px -2.01px 20px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px -0.599px 10px 0pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.09) 0px 54px 248px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) 0px 16.279px 74.765px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) 0px 6.762px 31.053px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03) 0px 2.446px 11.231px 0px
Gradients——
Opacity — these differ0.700.200.900.950.500.200.800.85
Z-index — these differbase 1dropdown 10dropdown 20dropdown 30sticky 500base 1base 2base 5dropdown 10dropdown 11dropdown 20dropdown 22dropdown 30

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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