Netlify design system

What font does Netlify use?

Netlify’s website uses Figtree for headings and Instrument Sans for body text. Figtree is free on Google Fonts; Instrument Sans is free on Google Fonts.

Netlify colour palette

Netlify’s home page is dark (#12181F background, #FFFFFF text) and uses #32E6E2 for its main actions. Its palette: #FFFFFF, #000000, #12181F, #181A1C, #060B10, #353A3E.

• #FFFFFF
  86.3% · backgrounds
• #000000
  3.6% · backgrounds
• #12181F
  3.1% · backgrounds
• #181A1C
  1.7% · backgrounds, text
• #060B10
  1.5% · backgrounds
• #353A3E
  1.1% · text
• #DEFFFE
  0.9% · text, drawings
• #545A61
  0.4% · text, drawings
• #E6ECF2
  0.2% · text
• #32E6E2
  0.2% · backgrounds, text, drawings

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Netlify’s largest type is 64px at weight 800.

Spacing and shape

Spacing steps the page leans on: 4px, 6px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 48px, 64px, 96px.

Corner radii: 1px, 2px, 3px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 12px, pill. 3 shadow levels measured.

What makes Netlify look like Netlify

Almost entirely neutral: 99% of the page is painted in #FFFFFF and #000000.

#32E6E2 is an accent: 0.2% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

#2E51ED is an accent: 0.1% of the page, used for text, lines and drawings and small fills such as buttons. Don't fill large areas with it.

The largest type (64px Figtree) is bold (800).

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

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

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Instrument+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700;800&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Martian+Mono:wght@400;600;700&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Figtree:wght@400;500;600;700;800&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #12181F; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #000000; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #FFFFFF; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #545A61; /* Text muted */
  --color-border: #353A3E; /* Border */
  --color-action: #32E6E2; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #181A1C; /* On action */
  --color-positive: #DEFFFE; /* Positive */
  --color-negative: #D62740; /* Negative */
  --color-060b10: #060B10; /* 1.5% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: "Instrument Sans", sans-serif; /* Instrument Sans */
  --font-interface: "Martian Mono", monospace; /* Martian Mono */
  --font-display: "Figtree", sans-serif; /* Figtree */
  --type-display-large: 64px; /* Display Large, weight 800 */
  --type-display-large-leading: 70.4px;
  --type-display-small: 48px; /* Display Small, weight 700 */
  --type-display-small-leading: 52.8px;
  --type-headline-large: 32px; /* Headline Large, weight 800 */
  --type-headline-large-leading: 35.2px;
  --type-headline-small: 24px; /* Headline Small, weight 700 */
  --type-headline-small-leading: 26.4px;
  --type-title: 18px; /* Title, weight 400 */
  --type-title-leading: 27px;
  --type-body-large: 16px; /* Body Large, weight 400 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 24px;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 400 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 21px;
  --type-label: 13.01px; /* Label, weight 400 */
  --type-label-leading: 19.512px;
  --space-4: 4px;
  --space-8: 8px;
  --space-12: 12px;
  --space-16: 16px;
  --space-20: 20px;
  --space-24: 24px;
  --space-32: 32px;
  --space-48: 48px;
  --space-64: 64px;
  --space-96: 96px;
  --radius-xs: 1px;
  --radius-sm: 2px;
  --radius-md: 3px;
  --radius-lg: 4px;
  --radius-xl: 6px;
  --radius-2xl: 8px;
  --radius-3xl: 12px;
  --radius-full: 9999px;
}

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the netlify.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.

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

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