Apple design system

What font does Apple use?

Apple’s website uses SF Pro Display for headings and SF Pro Text for body text. SF Pro Display is not on Google Fonts; the closest free match is Inter; SF Pro Text is not on Google Fonts; the closest free match is Inter.

Apple colour palette

Apple’s home page is light (#F5F5F7 background, #1D1D1F text) and uses #0071E3 for its main actions. Its palette: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F7, #000000, #1D1D1F, #FAFAFC, #F4F8FB.

• #FFFFFF
  39.3% · backgrounds
• #F5F5F7
  38.3% · backgrounds
• #000000
  18.3% · backgrounds, text
• #1D1D1F
  0.8% · text
• #FAFAFC
  0.6% · backgrounds
• #F4F8FB
  0.5% · backgrounds
• #24568E
  0.5% · backgrounds
• #524617
  0.5% · backgrounds
• #C69851
  0.5% · backgrounds
• #0071E3
  0.2% · backgrounds

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Apple’s largest type is 56px at weight 600.

Spacing and shape

Spacing steps the page leans on: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 40px, 48px, 56px, 60px.

Corner radii: 8px, 11px, pill. 1 shadow level measured.

What makes Apple look like Apple

Almost entirely neutral: 98% of the page is painted in #FFFFFF and #F5F5F7.

#24568E is an accent: 0.5% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

#524617 is an accent: 0.5% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

The largest type (56px SF Pro Display) is semibold (600), tracked to -0.005em.

Apple DESIGN.md for Claude Code, Cursor and Lovable

A DESIGN.md is the brief an AI coding tool reads before it writes UI. This one carries everything on this page as rules a model follows: the allowed colours and what each is for, the fonts with free stand-ins, the type scale, spacing, corners, and the things Apple’s design never does.

Put it in your project root and ask your tool to follow it: “Read DESIGN.md and build [your product] in this design language.” It describes a style, not Apple’s product, so use your own name, words and images.

Download Apple DESIGN.md · View it as text

As CSS variables

The measured values as CSS custom properties, with free fonts standing in for licensed ones. Use them to learn from or to start a project in a similar style; Apple’s name, logo, words and images are theirs.

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;600;700&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #F5F5F7; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #FFFFFF; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #1D1D1F; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #6E6E73; /* Text muted */
  --color-border: #2997FF; /* Border */
  --color-action: #0071E3; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #FFFFFF; /* On action */
  --color-link: #0066CC; /* Link */
  --color-negative: #300402; /* Negative */
  --color-warning: #241004; /* Warning */
  --color-000000: #000000; /* 18.3% of the page, as fills */
  --color-fafafc: #FAFAFC; /* 0.6% of the page, as fills */
  --color-f4f8fb: #F4F8FB; /* 0.5% of the page, as fills */
  --color-24568e: #24568E; /* 0.5% of the page, as fills */
  --color-524617: #524617; /* 0.5% of the page, as fills */
  --color-c69851: #C69851; /* 0.5% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: "SF Pro Text", "Inter", sans-serif; /* SF Pro Text on the site; Inter renders */
  --font-display: "SF Pro Display", "Inter", sans-serif; /* SF Pro Display on the site; Inter renders */
  --type-display-large: 56px; /* Display Large, weight 600 */
  --type-display-large-leading: 60px;
  --type-display-large-tracking: -0.005em;
  --type-display-small: 40px; /* Display Small, weight 600 */
  --type-display-small-leading: 44px;
  --type-headline-large: 34px; /* Headline Large, weight 600 */
  --type-headline-large-leading: 50px;
  --type-headline-large-tracking: -0.011em;
  --type-headline-medium: 28px; /* Headline Medium, weight 400 */
  --type-headline-medium-leading: 32px;
  --type-headline-medium-tracking: 0.007em;
  --type-headline-small: 25.5px; /* Headline Small, weight 600 */
  --type-headline-small-leading: 37.5px;
  --type-headline-small-tracking: -0.015em;
  --type-title-large: 21px; /* Title Large, weight 400 */
  --type-title-large-leading: 25px;
  --type-title-large-tracking: 0.011em;
  --type-title-small: 19px; /* Title Small, weight 400 */
  --type-title-small-leading: 23px;
  --type-title-small-tracking: 0.012em;
  --type-body-large: 17px; /* Body Large, weight 400 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 20.0002px;
  --type-body-large-tracking: -0.022em;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 400 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 18.0008px;
  --type-body-small-tracking: -0.016em;
  --type-label: 12px; /* Label, weight 400 */
  --type-label-leading: 16.0005px;
  --type-label-tracking: -0.01em;
  --space-4: 4px;
  --space-8: 8px;
  --space-12: 12px;
  --space-16: 16px;
  --space-20: 20px;
  --space-24: 24px;
  --space-40: 40px;
  --space-48: 48px;
  --space-56: 56px;
  --space-60: 60px;
  --radius-md: 8px;
  --radius-lg: 11px;

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the apple.com home page in Chrome at 1440px wide on 14 October 2026: the computed styles of its elements, the fonts that rendered and how much of the page each colour covers. Websites change; capture the page yourself with PikSpec for today’s values, any page, and exports in five formats.

Apple is a trademark of its owner. This page is an independent measurement and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Apple.

Similar light designs: Airbnb · Airtable · Allbirds · Anthropic · Arc · Asana

Contact PikSpec

Email support@pikspec.com for support, privacy requests or content reports.