Figma design system

What font does Figma use?

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

Figma colour palette

Figma’s home page is light (#FFFFFF background, #000000 text) and uses #000000 for its main actions. Its palette: #FFFFFF, #000000, #E6E6E6, #808080.

• #FFFFFF
  88.5% · backgrounds
• #000000
  11.5% · backgrounds, text
• #E6E6E6
  Surface
• #808080
  Text muted

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Figma’s largest type is 88px at weight 400.

Spacing and shape

Spacing sits on a 4px grid: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 40px, 48px, 56px, 60px, 64px.

Corner radii: 2px, 3px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 13px, 16px, pill. 2 shadow levels measured.

What makes Figma look like Figma

Almost entirely neutral: 100% of the page is painted in #FFFFFF and #000000.

The largest type (88px figmaSans) is regular weight, not bold (400), tracked to -0.014em.

Open: text covers 7% of the page. Sections sit about 160px apart.

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

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

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Figtree:wght@300;400;500&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #FFFFFF; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #E6E6E6; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #000000; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #808080; /* Text muted */
  --color-border: #E6E6E6; /* Border */
  --color-action: #000000; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #FFFFFF; /* On action */
  --font-body: "figmaSans", "Figtree", sans-serif; /* figmaSans on the site; Figtree renders */
  --font-code: "figmaMono", "JetBrains Mono", monospace; /* figmaMono on the site; JetBrains Mono renders */
  --font-interface: "Figma Sans", "Figtree", sans-serif; /* Figma Sans on the site; Figtree renders */
  --type-display-large: 88px; /* Display Large, weight 400 */
  --type-display-large-leading: 88px;
  --type-display-large-tracking: -0.014em;
  --type-display-medium: 56px; /* Display Medium, weight 400 */
  --type-display-medium-leading: 56px;
  --type-display-medium-tracking: -0.022em;
  --type-display-small: 44px; /* Display Small, weight 400 */
  --type-display-small-leading: 48.4px;
  --type-display-small-tracking: -0.015em;
  --type-headline: 30px; /* Headline, weight 400 */
  --type-headline-leading: 36px;
  --type-headline-tracking: -0.022em;
  --type-title: 18px; /* Title, weight 330 */
  --type-title-leading: 25.2px;
  --type-body-large: 16px; /* Body Large, weight 320 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 23.2px;
  --type-body-large-tracking: -0.007em;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 400 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 20.3px;
  --space-1: 4px;
  --space-2: 8px;
  --space-3: 12px;
  --space-4: 16px;
  --space-5: 20px;
  --space-6: 24px;
  --space-8: 32px;
  --space-10: 40px;
  --space-12: 48px;
  --space-14: 56px;
  --space-15: 60px;
  --space-16: 64px;
  --space-20: 80px;
  --space-30: 120px;
  --radius-xs: 2px;
  --radius-sm: 3px;
  --radius-md: 4px;
  --radius-lg: 6px;
  --radius-xl: 8px;
  --radius-2xl: 13px;
  --radius-3xl: 16px;
  --radius-full: 9999px;
  --radius-24: 24px; /* component radius */
}

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the figma.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.

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

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

Contact PikSpec

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