Shopify design system

What font does Shopify use?

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

Shopify colour palette

Shopify’s home page is dark (#02090A background, #FFFFFF text) and uses #FFFFFF for its main actions. Its palette: #000000, #02090A, #041E18, #000A1E, #061A1C, #FFFFFF.

• #000000
  43.5% · backgrounds
• #02090A
  24.6% · backgrounds
• #041E18
  12% · backgrounds
• #000A1E
  6.1% · backgrounds
• #061A1C
  4% · backgrounds
• #FFFFFF
  3.1% · text
• #010624
  2.1% · backgrounds
• #020A08
  1.7% · backgrounds
• #060607
  1.3% · backgrounds
• #072720
  0.4% · backgrounds

Type scale

Each size the page sets text in, with its weight and line height. Shopify’s largest type is 96px at weight 300.

Spacing and shape

Spacing sits on a 4px grid: 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 28px, 32px, 36px, 40px, 48px, 56px.

Corner radii: 4px, 5px, 8px, 12px, 16px, pill. 11 shadow levels measured.

What makes Shopify look like Shopify

Almost entirely neutral: 99% of the page is painted in #000000 and #02090A.

#36F4A4 is an accent: under 0.1% of the page, used for text only. Don't fill large areas with it.

#5433EB 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 (96px Shopify-Inter) is light, not bold (300), tracked to -0.02em.

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

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

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@300;400;500;600&display=swap");

:root {
  --color-background: #02090A; /* Background */
  --color-surface: #000000; /* Surface */
  --color-text: #FFFFFF; /* Text */
  --color-text-muted: #A1A1AA; /* Text muted */
  --color-border: #11352D; /* Border */
  --color-action: #FFFFFF; /* Action */
  --color-on-action: #000000; /* On action */
  --color-positive: #36F4A4; /* Positive */
  --color-041e18: #041E18; /* 12% of the page, as fills */
  --color-000a1e: #000A1E; /* 6.1% of the page, as fills */
  --color-061a1c: #061A1C; /* 4% of the page, as fills */
  --color-010624: #010624; /* 2.1% of the page, as fills */
  --color-020a08: #020A08; /* 1.7% of the page, as fills */
  --color-060607: #060607; /* 1.3% of the page, as fills */
  --color-072720: #072720; /* 0.4% of the page, as fills */
  --font-body: "Shopify-Inter", "Inter", sans-serif; /* Shopify-Inter on the site; Inter renders */
  --type-display-1: 96px; /* Display 1, weight 300 */
  --type-display-1-leading: 103.68px;
  --type-display-1-tracking: -0.02em;
  --type-display-2: 64px; /* Display 2, weight 330 */
  --type-display-2-leading: 69.12px;
  --type-display-2-tracking: -0.02em;
  --type-display-3: 56px; /* Display 3, weight 330 */
  --type-display-3-leading: 60.48px;
  --type-display-3-tracking: -0.03em;
  --type-display-4: 44px; /* Display 4, weight 330 */
  --type-display-4-leading: 48.4px;
  --type-display-4-tracking: -0.01em;
  --type-headline-large: 34px; /* Headline Large, weight 330 */
  --type-headline-large-leading: 38.76px;
  --type-headline-large-tracking: -0.02em;
  --type-headline-small: 24px; /* Headline Small, weight 400 */
  --type-headline-small-leading: 31.2px;
  --type-headline-small-tracking: -0.02em;
  --type-title-large: 20px; /* Title Large, weight 400 */
  --type-title-large-leading: 28px;
  --type-title-small: 18px; /* Title Small, weight 400 */
  --type-title-small-leading: 25.2px;
  --type-body-large: 16px; /* Body Large, weight 400 */
  --type-body-large-leading: 24px;
  --type-body-small: 14px; /* Body Small, weight 420 */
  --type-body-small-leading: 19.2px;
  --type-label: 13px; /* Label, weight 420 */
  --type-label-leading: 19.2px;
  --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-12: 48px;
  --space-14: 56px;
  --space-16: 64px;
  --space-17: 68px;
  --space-18: 72px;

How this was measured

PikSpec’s scanner read the shopify.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.

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

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