Cursor design system

What font does Cursor use?

Cursor’s website uses Cursor Gothic for headings and body text. Cursor Gothic is not on Google Fonts; the closest free match is Figtree.

Cursor colour palette

Cursor’s home page is light (#F7F7F4 background, #26251E text) and uses #34785C for its main actions. Its palette: #F7F7F4, #F2F1ED, #26251E, #D9D5CF, #B6B9BE, #FCFCFC.

• #F7F7F4
  61.5% · backgrounds
• #F2F1ED
  28.6% · backgrounds
• #26251E
  3.7% · text
• #D9D5CF
  1.5% · backgrounds
• #B6B9BE
  1.5% · backgrounds
• #FCFCFC
  1% · backgrounds
• #3A3A3C
  0.5% · backgrounds
• #E6E5E0
  0.5% · backgrounds
• #CAC6BE
  0.4% · backgrounds
• #EBEAE5
  0.4% · backgrounds

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Cursor’s largest type is 72px at weight 400.

Spacing and shape

Spacing steps the page leans on: 4px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 40px, 48px, 52px.

Corner radii: 1px, 1.5px, 2px, 2.5px, 3px, 4px, 6px, pill. 9 shadow levels measured.

What makes Cursor look like Cursor

Almost entirely neutral: 99% of the page is painted in #F7F7F4 and #F2F1ED.

#F54E00 is an accent: 0.1% of the page, used for text only. Don't fill large areas with it.

#A78BFA is an accent: under 0.1% of the page, used for text and lines only. Don't fill large areas with it.

The largest type (72px CursorGothic) is regular weight, not bold (400), tracked to -0.03em.

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

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

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Figtree:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500;700&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #F7F7F4; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #FFFFFF; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #26251E; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #555555; /* Text muted */
  --color-border: #D8D8D8; /* Border */
  --color-action: #34785C; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #FFFFFF; /* On action */
  --color-positive: #1F8A65; /* Positive */
  --color-negative: #E7000B; /* Negative */
  --color-warning: #F54E00; /* Warning */
  --color-f2f1ed: #F2F1ED; /* 28.6% of the page, as fills */
  --color-d9d5cf: #D9D5CF; /* 1.5% of the page, as fills */
  --color-b6b9be: #B6B9BE; /* 1.5% of the page, as fills */
  --color-fcfcfc: #FCFCFC; /* 1% of the page, as fills */
  --color-3a3a3c: #3A3A3C; /* 0.5% of the page, as fills */
  --color-e6e5e0: #E6E5E0; /* 0.5% of the page, as fills */
  --color-cac6be: #CAC6BE; /* 0.4% of the page, as fills */
  --color-ebeae5: #EBEAE5; /* 0.4% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: "CursorGothic", "Figtree", sans-serif; /* CursorGothic on the site; Figtree renders */
  --font-interface: "berkeleyMono", "JetBrains Mono", monospace; /* berkeleyMono on the site; JetBrains Mono renders */
  --type-display-large: 72px; /* Display Large, weight 400 */
  --type-display-large-leading: 79.2px;
  --type-display-large-tracking: -0.03em;
  --type-display-small: 36px; /* Display Small, weight 400 */
  --type-display-small-leading: 43.2px;
  --type-display-small-tracking: -0.02em;
  --type-headline: 26px; /* Headline, weight 400 */
  --type-headline-leading: 32.5px;
  --type-headline-tracking: -0.012em;
  --type-title-large: 22px; /* Title Large, weight 400 */
  --type-title-large-leading: 28.6px;
  --type-title-large-tracking: -0.005em;
  --type-title-small: 20px; /* Title Small, weight 700 */
  --type-title-small-leading: 31px;
  --type-body-large: 17.28px; /* Body Large, weight 400 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 23.328px;
  --type-body-medium: 16px; /* Body Medium, weight 400 */
  --type-body-medium-leading: 24px;
  --type-body-medium-tracking: 0.005em;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 400 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 21px;
  --type-body-small-tracking: 0.01em;
  --type-label-large: 13px; /* Label Large, weight 400 */
  --type-label-large-leading: 17.3333px;
  --type-label-medium: 12px; /* Label Medium, weight 400 */
  --type-label-medium-leading: 16px;
  --type-label-small: 11px; /* Label Small, weight 400 */
  --type-label-small-leading: 14px;
  --type-label-small-tracking: 0.004em;
  --space-4: 4px;
  --space-8: 8px;
  --space-12: 12px;
  --space-16: 16px;
  --space-20: 20px;
  --space-24: 24px;
  --space-32: 32px;
  --space-40: 40px;
  --space-48: 48px;
  --space-52: 52px;

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the cursor.com 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.

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

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