Rippling design system

What font does Rippling use?

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

Rippling colour palette

Rippling’s home page is dark (#4A0039 background, #FFFFFF text) and uses #FFA81D for its main actions. Its palette: #FFFFFF, #F2EEEB, #4A0039, #1C1C1C, #000000, #FFA81D.

• #FFFFFF
  33.3% · backgrounds
• #F2EEEB
  27.4% · backgrounds
• #4A0039
  16.9% · backgrounds
• #1C1C1C
  12.1% · backgrounds
• #000000
  9.9% · backgrounds, text
• #FFA81D
  0.2% · backgrounds
• #383838
  0.1% · backgrounds
• #E1D8D2
  0.1% · backgrounds
• #CEC1B8
  hairlines and grid lines

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Rippling’s largest type is 48px at weight 500.

Spacing and shape

Spacing sits on a 4px grid: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 36px, 48px, 52px, 60px, 64px.

Corner radii: 1px, 4px, 5px, 8px, 12px, pill. 3 shadow levels measured.

What makes Rippling look like Rippling

Mostly neutral: 83% of the page is #FFFFFF and #F2EEEB and other neutrals; #4A0039 (16.9%) fills whole sections.

#FFA81D is an accent: 0.2% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

#7A005D 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 (48px __basel_e55247) is medium weight, not bold (500), tracked to -0.015em.

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

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

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Figtree:wght@400;500&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #4A0039; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #000000; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #FFFFFF; /* Text */
  --color-border: #FFA81D; /* Border */
  --color-action: #FFA81D; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #000000; /* On action */
  --color-f2eeeb: #F2EEEB; /* 27.4% of the page, as fills */
  --color-1c1c1c: #1C1C1C; /* 12.1% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: "__basel_e55247", "Figtree", sans-serif; /* __basel_e55247 on the site; Figtree renders */
  --font-interface: "Basel", "Figtree", sans-serif; /* Basel on the site; Figtree renders */
  --type-display-large: 48px; /* Display Large, weight 500 */
  --type-display-large-leading: 51.9998px;
  --type-display-large-tracking: -0.015em;
  --type-display-small: 42px; /* Display Small, weight 500 */
  --type-display-small-leading: 48px;
  --type-display-small-tracking: -0.036em;
  --type-headline-large: 30px; /* Headline Large, weight 500 */
  --type-headline-large-leading: 36px;
  --type-headline-small: 24px; /* Headline Small, weight 500 */
  --type-headline-small-leading: 29.9997px;
  --type-headline-small-tracking: 0.01em;
  --type-title: 18px; /* Title, weight 400 */
  --type-title-leading: 25.999px;
  --type-title-tracking: 0.014em;
  --type-body-large: 16px; /* Body Large, weight 500 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 32px;
  --type-body-small: 15px; /* Body Small, weight 400 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 21.999px;
  --type-body-small-tracking: 0.017em;
  --type-label: 12px; /* Label, weight 400 */
  --type-label-leading: 16px;
  --type-label-tracking: 0.021em;
  --space-1: 4px;
  --space-2: 8px;
  --space-3: 12px;
  --space-4: 16px;
  --space-5: 20px;
  --space-6: 24px;
  --space-8: 32px;
  --space-9: 36px;
  --space-12: 48px;
  --space-13: 52px;
  --space-15: 60px;
  --space-16: 64px;
  --space-20: 80px;
  --space-24: 96px;
  --space-30: 120px;
  --space-33: 132px;
  --space-34: 136px;
  --radius-xs: 1px;
  --radius-sm: 4px;
  --radius-md: 5px;
  --radius-lg: 8px;
  --radius-xl: 12px;
  --radius-full: 9999px;
}

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the rippling.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.

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

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