Linear design system

What font does Linear use?

Linear’s website uses Inter for headings and body text. Inter is free on Google Fonts.

Linear colour palette

Linear’s home page is dark (#08090A background, #F7F8F8 text) and uses #E5E5E6 for its main actions. Its palette: #08090A, #0F1011, #FFFFFF, #101112, #F7F8F8, #8A8F98.

• #08090A
  61.4% · backgrounds
• #0F1011
  19.3% · backgrounds
• #FFFFFF
  6% · drawings
• #101112
  3.8% · backgrounds
• #F7F8F8
  2.1% · text
• #8A8F98
  1.9% · text
• #D0D6E0
  1.6% · text
• #161718
  1% · backgrounds
• #E4F222
  0.8% · backgrounds
• #00B8CC
  0.7% · drawings

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Linear’s largest type is 72px at weight 510.

Spacing and shape

Spacing sits on a 4px grid: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 28px, 32px, 36px, 40px, 48px, 56px.

Corner radii: 1.5px, 2px, 3px, 4px, 5px, 6px, 8px, pill. 14 shadow levels measured.

What makes Linear look like Linear

Almost entirely neutral: 98% of the page is painted in #08090A and #0F1011.

#E4F222 is an accent: 0.8% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

#00B8CC is an accent: 0.7% of the page, used for drawings only. Don't fill large areas with it.

The largest type (72px Inter Variable) is medium weight, not bold (510), tracked to -0.022em.

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

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

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@300;400;500;600&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #08090A; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #101112; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #F7F8F8; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #8A8F98; /* Text muted */
  --color-border: #2E2E32; /* Border */
  --color-action: #E5E5E6; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #08090A; /* On action */
  --color-positive: #83DCDC; /* Positive */
  --color-negative: #F34E52; /* Negative */
  --color-warning: #F7BF8B; /* Warning */
  --color-0f1011: #0F1011; /* 19.3% of the page, as fills */
  --color-ffffff: #FFFFFF; /* 6% of the page, as drawings */
  --color-161718: #161718; /* 1% of the page, as fills */
  --color-e4f222: #E4F222; /* 0.8% of the page, as fills */
  --color-00b8cc: #00B8CC; /* 0.7% of the page, as drawings */
  --color-62666d: #62666D; /* 0.4% of the page, as drawings */
  --font-body: "Inter Variable", "Inter", sans-serif; /* Inter Variable on the site; Inter renders */
  --font-interface: "Berkeley Mono", "JetBrains Mono", monospace; /* Berkeley Mono on the site; JetBrains Mono renders */
  --type-display-large: 72px; /* Display Large, weight 510 */
  --type-display-large-leading: 72px;
  --type-display-large-tracking: -0.022em;
  --type-display-medium: 64px; /* Display Medium, weight 510 */
  --type-display-medium-leading: 64px;
  --type-display-medium-tracking: -0.022em;
  --type-display-small: 48px; /* Display Small, weight 510 */
  --type-display-small-leading: 48px;
  --type-display-small-tracking: -0.022em;
  --type-headline-large: 32px; /* Headline Large, weight 400 */
  --type-headline-large-leading: 36px;
  --type-headline-large-tracking: -0.022em;
  --type-headline-small: 24px; /* Headline Small, weight 400 */
  --type-headline-small-leading: 31.92px;
  --type-headline-small-tracking: -0.012em;
  --type-title-large: 20px; /* Title Large, weight 590 */
  --type-title-large-leading: 26.6px;
  --type-title-large-tracking: -0.012em;
  --type-title-small: 18px; /* Title Small, weight 400 */
  --type-title-small-leading: 28.8px;
  --type-title-small-tracking: -0.009em;
  --type-body-large: 16px; /* Body Large, weight 510 */
  --type-body-large-leading: normal;
  --type-body-medium: 15px; /* Body Medium, weight 400 */
  --type-body-medium-leading: 24px;
  --type-body-medium-tracking: -0.011em;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 400 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 21px;
  --type-body-small-tracking: -0.013em;
  --type-label-large: 13px; /* Label Large, weight 400 */
  --type-label-large-leading: 20px;
  --type-label-large-tracking: -0.003em;
  --type-label-medium: 12px; /* Label Medium, weight 510 */
  --type-label-medium-leading: 16.8px;
  --type-label-small: 10px; /* Label Small, weight 400 */
  --type-label-small-leading: 14px;
  --type-label-small-tracking: -0.015em;
  --space-1: 4px;
  --space-2: 8px;
  --space-3: 12px;
  --space-4: 16px;

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the linear.app 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.

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

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