Coda design system

What font does Coda use?

Coda’s website uses Calibre R for headings and Inter for body text. Calibre R is not on Google Fonts; the closest free match is Archivo; Inter is free on Google Fonts.

Coda colour palette

Coda’s home page is light (#FFFFFF background, #141413 text) and uses #141413 for its main actions. Its palette: #FFFFFF, #FFF6EC, #292827, #73716D, #141413, #FCFAF7.

• #FFFFFF
  88% · backgrounds
• #FFF6EC
  7.4% · backgrounds
• #292827
  1.8% · text
• #73716D
  1.1% · text
• #141413
  0.8% · backgrounds, text
• #FCFAF7
  0.6% · backgrounds
• #EE5A29
  0.2% · backgrounds
• #FDC298
  0.1% · text
• #DEDBD5
  hairlines and grid lines
• #346E4A
  Positive

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Coda’s largest type is 72px at weight 700.

Spacing and shape

Spacing sits on a 4px grid: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 28px, 32px, 36px, 40px, 48px, 60px.

Corner radii: 1px, 2px, 3px, 4px, 8px, 9.6px, 12px. 9 shadow levels measured.

What makes Coda look like Coda

Almost entirely neutral: 99% of the page is painted in #FFFFFF and #FFF6EC.

#EE5A29 is an accent: 0.2% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

#FDC298 is an accent: 0.1% of the page, used for text only. Don't fill large areas with it.

The largest type (72px Calibre-R) is bold (700), tracked to -0.045em.

Coda 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 Coda’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 Coda’s product, so use your own name, words and images.

Download Coda 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; Coda’s name, logo, words and images are theirs.

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

:root {
  --color-background: #FFFFFF; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #FFF6EC; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #141413; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #73716D; /* Text muted */
  --color-border: #DEDBD5; /* Border */
  --color-action: #141413; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #FFFFFF; /* On action */
  --color-positive: #346E4A; /* Positive */
  --color-negative: #EE5A29; /* Negative */
  --color-warning: #FDC298; /* Warning */
  --color-fcfaf7: #FCFAF7; /* 0.6% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: "Inter", sans-serif; /* Inter */
  --font-display: "Calibre-R", "Archivo", sans-serif; /* Calibre-R on the site; Archivo renders */
  --font-interface: "Super Sans VF", "Figtree", sans-serif; /* Super Sans VF on the site; Figtree renders */
  --type-display-large: 72px; /* Display Large, weight 700 */
  --type-display-large-leading: 72px;
  --type-display-large-tracking: -0.045em;
  --type-display-medium: 52px; /* Display Medium, weight 700 */
  --type-display-medium-leading: 57.2px;
  --type-display-medium-tracking: -0.035em;
  --type-display-small: 38px; /* Display Small, weight 700 */
  --type-display-small-leading: 41.8px;
  --type-display-small-tracking: -0.025em;
  --type-title-large: 22px; /* Title Large, weight 400 */
  --type-title-large-leading: 34px;
  --type-title-large-tracking: -0.03em;
  --type-title-small: 20px; /* Title Small, weight 400 */
  --type-title-small-leading: 30px;
  --type-title-small-tracking: -0.03em;
  --type-body-large: 16px; /* Body Large, weight 400 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 24px;
  --type-body-large-tracking: -0.03em;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 600 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 20px;
  --type-body-small-tracking: -0.03em;
  --space-1: 4px;
  --space-2: 8px;
  --space-3: 12px;
  --space-4: 16px;
  --space-5: 20px;
  --space-6: 24px;
  --space-7: 28px;
  --space-8: 32px;
  --space-9: 36px;
  --space-10: 40px;
  --space-12: 48px;
  --space-15: 60px;
  --space-18: 72px;
  --space-24: 96px;
  --space-25: 100px;
  --space-29: 116px;
  --space-30: 120px;
  --radius-xs: 1px;
  --radius-sm: 2px;
  --radius-md: 3px;
  --radius-lg: 4px;
  --radius-xl: 8px;
  --radius-2xl: 9.6px;
  --radius-3xl: 12px;

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the coda.io home page in Chrome at 1440px wide on 15 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.

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

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