Runway design system

What font does Runway use?

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

Runway colour palette

Runway’s home page is light (#FFFFFF background, #000000 text). Its palette: #FFFFFF, #0C0C0C, #404040, #2B22FA, #6B7280, #EEF1F5.

• #FFFFFF
  82.4% · backgrounds
• #0C0C0C
  15.1% · backgrounds
• #404040
  1.1% · text
• #2B22FA
  0.4% · backgrounds
• #6B7280
  0.4% · text
• #EEF1F5
  0.2% · backgrounds
• #1A1A1A
  0.1% · text
• #262626
  0.1% · backgrounds
• #999999
  0.1% · text
• #E5E7EB
  hairlines and grid lines

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Runway’s largest type is 56px at weight 400.

Spacing and shape

Spacing sits on a 4px grid: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 28px, 32px, 40px, 44px, 48px, 56px.

Corner radii: 4px, 6px, 8px, 12px, 16px. No shadows measured: the design is flat.

What makes Runway look like Runway

Almost entirely neutral: 99% of the page is painted in #FFFFFF and #0C0C0C.

#2B22FA is an accent: 0.4% of the page, as small fills such as buttons and badges. Keep it to small areas.

The largest type (56px abcNormal) is regular weight, not bold (400), tracked to -0.015em.

Open: text covers 10% of the page. Sections sit about 64px apart.

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

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

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

:root {
  --color-background: #FFFFFF; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #EEF1F5; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #000000; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #404040; /* Text muted */
  --color-border: #E4E5E6; /* Border */
  --color-action: #EEF1F5; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #1A1A1A; /* On action */
  --color-0c0c0c: #0C0C0C; /* 15.1% of the page, as fills */
  --color-2b22fa: #2B22FA; /* 0.4% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: "abcNormal", "Figtree", sans-serif; /* abcNormal on the site; Figtree renders */
  --type-display-large: 56px; /* Display Large, weight 400 */
  --type-display-large-leading: 61.6px;
  --type-display-large-tracking: -0.015em;
  --type-display-small: 40px; /* Display Small, weight 400 */
  --type-display-small-leading: 40px;
  --type-display-small-tracking: -0.025em;
  --type-headline: 24px; /* Headline, weight 400 */
  --type-headline-leading: 30px;
  --type-headline-tracking: -0.007em;
  --type-title: 20px; /* Title, weight 400 */
  --type-title-leading: 20px;
  --type-body-large: 16px; /* Body Large, weight 400 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 20.8px;
  --type-body-large-tracking: -0.01em;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 400 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 17.5px;
  --type-label-large: 13px; /* Label Large, weight 400 */
  --type-label-large-leading: 16.9px;
  --type-label-large-tracking: -0.02em;
  --type-label-medium: 12px; /* Label Medium, weight 400 */
  --type-label-medium-leading: 16.8px;
  --type-label-small: 11px; /* Label Small, weight 450 */
  --type-label-small-leading: 14.3px;
  --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-10: 40px;
  --space-11: 44px;
  --space-12: 48px;
  --space-14: 56px;
  --space-16: 64px;
  --space-20: 80px;
  --space-22: 88px;
  --space-25: 100px;
  --space-28: 112px;
  --space-32: 128px;
  --space-35: 140px;
  --space-40: 160px;
  --space-47: 188px;
  --radius-sm: 4px;
  --radius-md: 6px;
  --radius-lg: 8px;
  --radius-xl: 12px;
  --radius-2xl: 16px;

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the runwayml.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.

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

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