Design language comparison
Comet vs Linear
Both Comet and Linear commit to a dark-canvas approach, and they pair different display families (system-ui vs Inter Variable). Beyond surface, motion levels are both expressive.
Palette · side by side
Up to 8 dominant swatches eachSide A · dark
Comet
Full Page
#313131
foreground
#0000ee
brand
#d9d9d9
neutral
Side B · dark
Linear
Full Page
#f7f8f8
background
#62666d
foreground
#d0d6e0
foreground
#8a8f98
foreground
#f79ce0
accent
#55cdff
accent
#ffc47c
accent
#00ff05
accent
Typography · side by side
Primary family + weight ladder + sampleSide A · dark
Comet
Full Page
- Display
- system-ui
- Body
- monospace
- Mono
- monospace
- Weights
- 400 · 600
Sample
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1234567890 — Body sample renders in the captured family if your browser has it; otherwise system fallback signals the weight ladder.
Side B · dark
Linear
Full Page
- Display
- Inter Variable
- Body
- Berkeley Mono
- Mono
- Berkeley Mono
- Weights
- 400 · 510 · 590
Sample
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1234567890 — Body sample renders in the captured family if your browser has it; otherwise system fallback signals the weight ladder.
Spacing scale · side by side
Base unit + first 8 scale valuesSide A · dark
Comet
Full Page
- Base unit
- 8 px
- Container max
- 960 px
Side B · dark
Linear
Full Page
- Base unit
- 4 px
- Container max
- 1436 px
Motion vocabulary · side by side
Level + durations + easingsSide A · dark
Comet
Full Page
- Level
- expressive
- Libraries
- —
Durations
Easings
Side B · dark
Linear
Full Page
- Level
- expressive
- Libraries
- —
Durations
Easings
Palette & spacing overlap
Palette overlap is zero — Comet and Linear live in completely different chromatic registers, even when their layout grids feel adjacent. Their spacing scales overlap by 17% (8, 16 px shared) — a rhythm any agent can transfer between the two systems with minimal recalibration.
Curator verdict
If you are building an interface that needs to reference both, Comet's restraint reads as the safer default and Linear's rhythm provides the accent moments — pair them at section-level, not at component-level.