What font does BBC Home use?

BBC Home’s website uses two typefaces: BBC Reith Sans (headings and body text), served from static.files.bbci.co.uk; BBC Reith Serif, served from static.files.bbci.co.uk.

What are BBC Home’s brand colours?

The main colours on bbc.com are Red (#EB0000), White (#FFFFFF), Near Black (#202224), Off White (#E6E8EA) and Black (#000000).

What colour is BBC Home’s text and background?

Body text is #202224 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is BBC Home’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on bbc.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check BBC Home’s own brand or press page.

Is this BBC Home’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from bbc.com’s public web pages on 31 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with BBC Home. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

BBC Home Style Guide: Colours, Fonts & Logo

Identity & metadata

What browsers, search engines and social cards show before anyone reaches the page, from the homepage’s <head>.

Title &
description

Page title: BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio; ▲ 116 / 60 characters
Meta description: Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more; ● 125 / 160 characters
og:title: BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio
og:description: Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more
Language: en-GB
Theme colour: #ffffff

In search results

BBC Homehttps://www.bbc.com/

BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Busine…

Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

bbc.com

BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Cul…

Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, cultu…

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Logo & favicons

Found as: SVG in the header. SVG, 112 × 32.

Logo

On white

On black

On Red

Favicons

8 found

512 px · SVG mask-icon
512 px · PNG manifest
192 px · PNG manifest
180 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
48 px · ICO alternate icon
48 px · ICO favicon.ico
32 px · PNG icon
16 px · PNG icon

BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio

Light browser tab

BBC Home | Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio

Dark browser tab

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Colour

Read from the site’s stylesheets and weighted by where each colour is used. Names are the nearest standard colour name. Click a swatch to copy its hex code.

Contrast is against the site’s text colour (#202224) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

White 28.3%
Near Black 23.4%
Off White 23.1%
Black 22.3%
Red 3%

By how often each colour appears in the site’s CSS, weighted by where (body, headings, buttons), not by area on the screen.

Neutrals

Text, backgrounds and structure

White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 0

On text
15.96:1 AAA

On white
—

Background, text, theme · theme-color meta tag, .cgZiKo
Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
11 6 0 86

On text
—

On white
15.96:1 AAA

Text · .kFiPxM, .eGAhOs
Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
2 1 0 8

On text
12.99:1 AAA

On white
1.23:1 Fail

Background, border, text · .kFiPxM:hover .Button-styles__ButtonIcon-sc-c0f7f974-0, .fuasZG
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
1.32:1 Fail

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .bFiEsi, .eVzqwK

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 100 100 8

On text
3.44:1 AA large

On white
4.63:1 AA

Text, graphic · .bhNabf, .lmvGEq

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Typography

Faces from Google Fonts are shown in the real thing. Others are licensed to the site, so they show in your device’s copy if you have one, or a stand-in if not.

BBC Reith Sans

Aa 300 Aa 900

BBC Reith Sans

Served from static.files.bbci.co.uk · weights 300, 400, 500, 700, 800, 900 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 300 Aa 900

BBC Reith Serif

Served from static.files.bbci.co.uk · weights 300, 400, 500, 700, 900 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 ! ? & @ % $ – ’ “ ”

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Paragraph 12px / 16px weight 400 · none · BBC Reith Sans

Visit BBC for trusted reporting on the latest world and US news, sports, business, climate, innovation, culture and much more

Link 12px / 16px weight 700 · none · BBC Reith Sans

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

28pxline 32px · 3 rules
24pxline 28px · 1 rules
18pxline 22px · 5 rules
16pxline 18px · 7 rules
15pxline 20px · 3 rules
14pxline 18px · 17 rules
12pxline 16px · 9 rules

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Elements

The main button and link as the site’s CSS draws them, and the corner radii and shadows it uses most.

Elements

Corner radius

50% · 1×

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Layout

Breakpoints from the site’s media queries and the widths its content is held to, with how often each appears.

Grid

Breakpoints

399

599

767

1007

1279

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1280 px

1008 px

722 px

616 px

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Notes

Plain checks on what was found. Worth fixing if you look after this site.

Notes

▲ CheckThe title is 116 characters. Google usually cuts titles near 60, so the end may not show in results.
▲ CheckThere is no og:image, so links shared on social media show no picture.

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Questions

Quick answers, from the same capture as the rest of this guide.

Questions

What font does BBC Home use?: BBC Home’s website uses two typefaces: BBC Reith Sans (headings and body text), served from static.files.bbci.co.uk; BBC Reith Serif, served from static.files.bbci.co.uk.
What are BBC Home’s brand colours?: The main colours on bbc.com are Red (#EB0000), White (#FFFFFF), Near Black (#202224), Off White (#E6E8EA) and Black (#000000).
What colour is BBC Home’s text and background?: Body text is #202224 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is BBC Home’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on bbc.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check BBC Home’s own brand or press page.
Is this BBC Home’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from bbc.com’s public web pages on 31 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with BBC Home. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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Design tokens

Everything above as CSS variables, ready to paste into a project. Members can download the tokens as files for Figma (Tokens Studio), Style Dictionary and Tailwind.

Tokens

bbc-com-tokens.css

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/* bbc.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/bbc.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #202224;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-near-black: #202224;
  --colour-off-white: #E6E8EA;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-red: #EB0000;

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-other: 'BBC Reith Sans', 'BBCReithSans-fallback', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-p: 12px;
  --leading-p: 16px;
  --text-a: 12px;
  --leading-a: 16px;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 50%;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 399px;
  --breakpoint-2: 599px;
  --breakpoint-3: 767px;
  --breakpoint-4: 1007px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1279px;
  --max-width-1: 1280px;
  --max-width-2: 1008px;
  --max-width-3: 722px;
  --max-width-4: 616px;
}

{
    "site": "bbc.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/bbc.com",
    "text": "#202224",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Near Black",
            "hex": "#202224",
            "rgb": [
                32,
                34,
                36
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Off White",
            "hex": "#E6E8EA",
            "rgb": [
                230,
                232,
                234
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Red",
            "hex": "#EB0000",
            "rgb": [
                235,
                0,
                0
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "BBC Reith Sans",
            "stack": "BBC Reith Sans, BBCReithSans-fallback, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                300,
                400,
                500,
                700,
                800,
                900
            ],
            "source": "Served from static.files.bbci.co.uk"
        },
        {
            "name": "BBC Reith Serif",
            "stack": "BBC Reith Serif, BBCReithSerif-fallback, serif",
            "weights": [
                300,
                400,
                500,
                700,
                900
            ],
            "source": "Served from static.files.bbci.co.uk"
        }
    ]
}

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Title &
description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Near Black

Off White

Black

Colours

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BBC Reith Sans

Type scale

Sizes in use

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Notes

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Off White

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BBC Reith Sans

Type scale

Sizes in use

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Grid

Notes

Questions

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