Notion design system

What font does Notion use?

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

Notion colour palette

Notion’s home page is light (#FFFFFF background, #000000 text) and uses #0075DE for its main actions. Its palette: #FFFFFF, #F9F9F8, #F6F5F4, #000000, #097FE8, #005BAB.

• #FFFFFF
  74.3% · backgrounds
• #F9F9F8
  7.5% · backgrounds
• #F6F5F4
  6.5% · backgrounds
• #000000
  3.3% · text
• #097FE8
  1.3% · backgrounds
• #005BAB
  1.3% · backgrounds
• #FFB110
  1.3% · backgrounds
• #F64932
  1.3% · backgrounds
• #E32D14
  1.3% · backgrounds
• #E89D01
  1.3% · backgrounds

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Notion’s largest type is 96px at weight 600.

Spacing and shape

Spacing sits on a 4px grid: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 28px, 32px, 36px, 40px, 60px, 64px.

Corner radii: 4px, 5px, 8px, 12px, pill. 2 shadow levels measured.

What makes Notion look like Notion

Almost entirely neutral: 92% of the page is painted in #FFFFFF and #F9F9F8.

#097FE8 is an accent: 1.3% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

#005BAB is an accent: 1.3% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

The largest type (96px NotionInter) is semibold (600), tracked to -0.048em.

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

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

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Source+Serif+4:wght@400&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #FFFFFF; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #F6F5F4; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #000000; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #A39E98; /* Text muted */
  --color-action: #0075DE; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #FFFFFF; /* On action */
  --color-link: #0075DE; /* Link */
  --color-positive: #1AAE39; /* Positive */
  --color-negative: #F64932; /* Negative */
  --color-warning: #FFB110; /* Warning */
  --color-f9f9f8: #F9F9F8; /* 7.5% of the page, as fills */
  --color-097fe8: #097FE8; /* 1.3% of the page, as fills */
  --color-005bab: #005BAB; /* 1.3% of the page, as fills */
  --color-e32d14: #E32D14; /* 1.3% of the page, as fills */
  --color-e89d01: #E89D01; /* 1.3% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: "NotionInter", "Inter", sans-serif; /* NotionInter on the site; Inter renders */
  --font-interface: "Lyon Text", "Source Serif 4", serif; /* Lyon Text on the site; Source Serif 4 renders */
  --type-display-1: 96px; /* Display 1, weight 600 */
  --type-display-1-leading: 100px;
  --type-display-1-tracking: -0.048em;
  --type-display-2: 72px; /* Display 2, weight 500 */
  --type-display-2-leading: 87.12px;
  --type-display-2-tracking: -0.028em;
  --type-display-3: 54px; /* Display 3, weight 700 */
  --type-display-3-leading: 56px;
  --type-display-3-tracking: -0.035em;
  --type-display-4: 42px; /* Display 4, weight 700 */
  --type-display-4-leading: 48px;
  --type-display-4-tracking: -0.036em;
  --type-title-large: 22px; /* Title Large, weight 700 */
  --type-title-large-leading: 28px;
  --type-title-large-tracking: -0.011em;
  --type-title-medium: 20px; /* Title Medium, weight 400 */
  --type-title-medium-leading: 28px;
  --type-title-medium-tracking: -0.006em;
  --type-title-small: 18px; /* Title Small, weight 400 */
  --type-title-small-leading: 28px;
  --type-body-large: 16px; /* Body Large, weight 700 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 24px;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 500 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 20px;
  --type-label: 12px; /* Label, weight 500 */
  --type-label-leading: 16px;
  --type-label-tracking: 0.01em;
  --space-1: 4px;
  --space-2: 8px;
  --space-3: 12px;
  --space-4: 16px;
  --space-5: 20px;
  --space-6: 24px;
  --space-7: 28px;
  --space-8: 32px;
  --space-9: 36px;
  --space-10: 40px;
  --space-15: 60px;
  --space-16: 64px;
  --space-20: 80px;
  --space-24: 96px;
  --space-27: 108px;

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the notion.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.

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

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