Glossier design system

What font does Glossier use?

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

Glossier colour palette

Glossier’s home page is dark (#000000 background, #FFFFFF text) and uses #FFFFFF for its main actions. Its palette: #FFFFFF, #F7F7F7, #FAF2F4, #000000, #333333, #666666.

• #FFFFFF
  59% · backgrounds
• #F7F7F7
  18.9% · backgrounds
• #FAF2F4
  17.2% · backgrounds
• #000000
  3.6% · backgrounds, text
• #333333
  0.6% · backgrounds
• #666666
  0.3% · text
• #FBD1DA
  0.1% · backgrounds
• #E8E8E8
  0.1% · backgrounds, lines
• #0600FF
  0.1% · backgrounds
• #BDE1D7
  Positive

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Glossier’s largest type is 20px at weight 400.

Spacing and shape

Spacing steps the page leans on: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 40px, 56px, 80px, 100px.

Corner radii: 2px, 3px, 17px, 20px. 1 shadow level measured.

What makes Glossier look like Glossier

Almost entirely neutral: 99% of the page is painted in #FFFFFF and #F7F7F7.

#0600FF is an accent: 0.1% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

#A85566 is an accent: under 0.1% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

The largest type (32px Apercu) is medium weight, not bold (500), in capitals.

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

Download Glossier 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; Glossier’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&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #000000; /* Background */
  --color-text: #FFFFFF; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #666666; /* Text muted */
  --color-action: #FFFFFF; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #000000; /* On action */
  --color-positive: #BDE1D7; /* Positive */
  --color-negative: #FBD1DA; /* Negative */
  --color-warning: #F1EFD8; /* Warning */
  --color-f7f7f7: #F7F7F7; /* 18.9% of the page, as fills */
  --color-faf2f4: #FAF2F4; /* 17.2% of the page, as fills */
  --color-333333: #333333; /* 0.6% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: "Apercu", "Figtree", sans-serif; /* Apercu on the site; Figtree renders */
  --font-code: "Apercu Mono", "JetBrains Mono", monospace; /* Apercu Mono on the site; JetBrains Mono renders */
  --font-interface: "Apercu Pro", "Figtree", sans-serif; /* Apercu Pro on the site; Figtree renders */
  --type-title: 20px; /* Title, weight 400 */
  --type-title-leading: 28px;
  --type-body-large: 16px; /* Body Large, weight 400 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 19.6px;
  --type-body-large-tracking: 0.002em;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 400 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 19.6px;
  --type-label: 12px; /* Label, weight 400 */
  --type-label-leading: 19.6px;
  --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-56: 56px;
  --space-80: 80px;
  --space-100: 100px;
  --radius-xs: 2px;
  --radius-sm: 3px;
  --radius-2xl: 17px;
  --radius-3xl: 20px;
}

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the glossier.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.

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

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