Monzo design system

What font does Monzo use?

Monzo’s website uses Monzo Sans Display for headings and Monzo Sans Text for body text. Monzo Sans Display is not on Google Fonts; the closest free match is Archivo; Monzo Sans Text is not on Google Fonts; the closest free match is Figtree.

Monzo colour palette

Monzo’s home page is light (#FFFFFF background, #091723 text) and uses #091723 for its main actions. Its palette: #FFFFFF, #F2F8F3, #112231, #091723, #FF4F40, #545454.

• #FFFFFF
  79% · backgrounds
• #F2F8F3
  9.7% · backgrounds
• #112231
  7.3% · backgrounds
• #091723
  3% · text
• #FF4F40
  1% · backgrounds, drawings
• #545454
  Text muted
• #C3C8CF
  Border

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Monzo’s largest type is 61.04px at weight 800.

Spacing and shape

Spacing sits on a 4px grid: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 24px, 32px, 48px, 64px, 200px.

Corner radii: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 32px, pill. 2 shadow levels measured.

What makes Monzo look like Monzo

Almost entirely neutral: 99% of the page is painted in #FFFFFF and #F2F8F3.

#FF4F40 is an accent: 1% of the page, used for backgrounds and drawings and small fills such as buttons. Don't fill large areas with it.

The largest type (61.04px MonzoSansDisplay) is bold (800).

Open: text covers 9% of the page.

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

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

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Figtree:wght@400;600;700&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo:wght@600;700;800&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #FFFFFF; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #F2F8F3; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #091723; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #545454; /* Text muted */
  --color-border: #C3C8CF; /* Border */
  --color-action: #091723; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #FFFFFF; /* On action */
  --color-link: #091723; /* Link */
  --color-negative: #FF4F40; /* Negative */
  --color-112231: #112231; /* 7.3% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: "MonzoSansText", "Figtree", sans-serif; /* MonzoSansText on the site; Figtree renders */
  --font-display: "MonzoSansDisplay", "Archivo", sans-serif; /* MonzoSansDisplay on the site; Archivo renders */
  --type-display-1: 61.04px; /* Display 1, weight 800 */
  --type-display-1-leading: 73.2422px;
  --type-display-2: 48.83px; /* Display 2, weight 800 */
  --type-display-2-leading: 58.5946px;
  --type-display-3: 44px; /* Display 3, weight 800 */
  --type-display-3-leading: 52.8px;
  --type-display-4: 39.06px; /* Display 4, weight 800 */
  --type-display-4-leading: 46.8749px;
  --type-headline-large: 31.25px; /* Headline Large, weight 700 */
  --type-headline-large-leading: 37.4995px;
  --type-headline-medium: 25px; /* Headline Medium, weight 700 */
  --type-headline-medium-leading: 30px;
  --type-headline-small: 24px; /* Headline Small, weight 600 */
  --type-headline-small-leading: 33.6px;
  --type-title: 20px; /* Title, weight 400 */
  --type-title-leading: 28px;
  --type-body: 16px; /* Body, weight 400 */
  --type-body-leading: 22.4px;
  --type-label: 12.8px; /* Label, weight 400 */
  --type-label-leading: 17.92px;
  --space-1: 4px;
  --space-2: 8px;
  --space-3: 12px;
  --space-4: 16px;
  --space-6: 24px;
  --space-8: 32px;
  --space-12: 48px;
  --space-16: 64px;
  --space-50: 200px;
  --radius-sm: 4px;
  --radius-md: 8px;
  --radius-lg: 12px;
  --radius-xl: 16px;
  --radius-3xl: 32px;
  --radius-full: 9999px;
  --radius-64: 64px; /* component radius */
}

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the monzo.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.

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

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