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Blackboardstyle guide

Blackboard’s website (blackboard.com) sets its headings in Georgia and its body text in Helvetica. Its palette is led by Dark Slate Grey (#1D5245), Royal Blue (#0054BC) and Dodger Blue (#4196FF), with #172622 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 1 November 2026.

Website
blackboard.com
Typefaces
Georgia, Helvetica, ft_bureau
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
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Screenshot of blackboard.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 1 Nov 2026.

Identity & metadata

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

Title &
description

Page title
AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & Learning | Blackboard
▲ 68 / 60 characters
Meta description
Discover Blackboard's AI-powered LMS designed for higher education, businesses, and government - enabling personalized learning, accessibility, and better outcomes worldwide. Contact us!
▲ 186 / 160 characters
Site name
Blackboard
og:title
AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & Learning
og:description
Discover Blackboard's AI-powered LMS designed for higher education, businesses, and government - enabling personalized learning, accessibility, and better outcomes worldwide. Contact us!
Language
en

In search results

Blackboardhttps://www.blackboard.com/

AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & Learning | Bla…

Discover Blackboard's AI-powered LMS designed for higher education, businesses, and government - enabling personalized learning, accessibility, and better outcom…

When shared

The image Blackboard shares with links

blackboard.com

AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & Learning

Discover Blackboard's AI-powered LMS designed for higher education, businesses, and government - enabling per…

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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 (#172622) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 36.9%
  • Dark Slate Grey 16.3%
  • Warm Near Black 12.9%
  • Warm Dark Grey 8.2%
  • Off White 8%
  • Royal Blue 5.4%
  • Dodger Blue 2.1%
  • Gold 1.9%
  • Medium Aqua Marine 1.4%
  • Midnight Blue 1.4%
  • Black 1.4%
  • Plum 0.9%
  • Dark Slate Blue 0.9%
  • Medium Sea Green 0.9%
  • Lime Green 0.8%
  • Light Blue 0.6%

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
    15.71:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Text, background, border · .JfOhRq_catalyst2025 .JfOhRq_centeredContainer .JfOhRq_catalystRight .JfOhRq_cat, ._1IlsPa_emergenceFAQ ._1IlsPa_accordionItem ._1IlsPa_accordionContent ._1IlsPa_

  • Warm Near Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    39 0 11 85
    On text
    —
    On white
    15.71:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · h1, .M0fWSq_faqTitle

  • Warm Dark Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    8 0 2 58
    On text
    2.83:1 Fail
    On white
    5.55:1 AA

    Text, border · .W6wrUG_title, .SwMncq_title

  • Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 1 2 11
    On text
    11.96:1 AAA
    On white
    1.31:1 Fail

    Background, border, text · .pagination button, .pillar-page .pillar-number

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

  • Dark Slate Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    65 0 16 68
    On text
    1.75:1 Fail
    On white
    8.95:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .pagination button, .cJcMZW_trust-center .cJcMZW_trust-center-banner-title

  • Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 55 0 26
    On text
    2.24:1 Fail
    On white
    7.01:1 AAA

    Background, text, border · .header-banner, .JfOhRq_catalyst2025 .JfOhRq_centeredContainer .JfOhRq_catalystLeft .JfOhRq_menu

  • Dodger Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    75 41 0 0
    On text
    5.26:1 AA
    On white
    2.99:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .JfOhRq_catalyst2025 .JfOhRq_centeredContainer .JfOhRq_catalystRight .JfOhRq_cat, .fjDE8G_together2025 .fjDE8G_gradientButton

  • Gold

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 20 100 0
    On text
    10.39:1 AAA
    On white
    1.51:1 Fail

    Text, border, background · .JfOhRq_catalyst2025 .JfOhRq_catalystOutlineButton, .JfOhRq_catalyst2025 .JfOhRq_catalystSolidButton

  • Medium Aqua Marine

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    65 0 16 29
    On text
    6.19:1 AA
    On white
    2.54:1 Fail

    Border, background, graphic · .le2vba_progressFill, .ds-card-icon-green-200

  • Midnight Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    99 64 0 71
    On text
    1.06:1 Fail
    On white
    16.71:1 AAA

    Background · .JfOhRq_catalyst2025, .JfOhRq_catalyst2025 .JfOhRq_centeredContainer .JfOhRq_catalystRight

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    89 57 0 85
    On text
    1.21:1 Fail
    On white
    18.99:1 AAA

    Background · .JfOhRq_catalyst2025 .JfOhRq_centeredContainer .JfOhRq_catalystRight .JfOhRq_ant, .JfOhRq_catalyst2025 .JfOhRq_flyout

  • Plum

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    22 33 0 4
    On text
    7.35:1 AAA
    On white
    2.14:1 Fail

    Border, background, text · .-sZ-rq_vibrant, .ds-card-icon-vibrant-200

  • Dark Slate Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    33 49 0 47
    On text
    1.98:1 Fail
    On white
    7.94:1 AAA

    Text, border · .c4487G_icon, .c4487G_ctaIcon

  • Medium Sea Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    92 0 62 33
    On text
    5.23:1 AA
    On white
    3.00:1 AA large

    Background · .fjDE8G_together2025 .fjDE8G_gradientButton, .fjDE8G_gradientBar

  • Lime Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    92 0 88 33
    On text
    5.18:1 AA
    On white
    3.03:1 AA large

    Background · .x-button-primary:before, .x-button-outline

  • Light Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    26 10 0 14
    On text
    8.71:1 AAA
    On white
    1.80:1 Fail

    Text, border, graphic · .ds-card-icon-opportunity-300, --color-opportunity-300

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(90deg,#4196ff 0% 33%,#0dac41 75%,#c8da2b 100%)

  • linear-gradient(135deg,#f5f5f5 0%,#fff 100%)

  • linear-gradient(90deg,#0054bc,#0dac14)

Dark mode

Switched on by the site

  • Off White

    #F9F7F6 · --color-text-strong

  • Off White

    #E3E0DE · --color-text-medium

  • Light Grey

    #CECCCA · --color-text-subtle

  • Warm Charcoal

    #1F332E · --color-surface-surface-2

  • Near Black

    #161613 · --color-surface-surface-1

  • Warm Near Black

    #172622 · --color-surface-surface-3

  • Warm Dark Grey

    #626A68 · --color-border-subtle

  • Warm Dark Grey

    #495A55 · --color-border-medium

  • Dark Slate Grey

    #1D5245

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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.

Georgia

Aa 400 Aa 500

Georgia

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 500 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 700

Helvetica

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 500, 700 · headings, body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 700

ft_bureau

Self-hosted · weights 400, 500, 600, 700 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 100 Aa 700

IBM Plex Sans

Self-hosted · weights 100, 700 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Heading 1 clamp(3rem, 5.5vw, 5rem) · 80 px / 1.1 weight 400 · Georgia

Blackboard

Heading 2 clamp(1.75rem, 3.5vw, 3rem) · 48 px / 1.1 weight 400 · Georgia

AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & …

Heading 3 clamp(1.5rem, 2.5vw, 2rem) · 32 px / 1.1 weight 400 · Georgia

AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & …

Heading 4 clamp(1.25rem, 2vw, 1.5rem) · 24 px / 1.1 weight 400 · Georgia

AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & …

Heading 5 — / normal weight 400 · Georgia

AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & …

Heading 6 — / normal weight 400 · Georgia

AI-Powered LMS for Transformational Teaching & …

Body 16px Helvetica

Discover Blackboard's AI-powered LMS designed for higher education, businesses, and government - enabling personalized learning, accessibil…

Paragraph 1rem · 16 px / 1.7

Discover Blackboard's AI-powered LMS designed for higher education, businesses, and government - enabling personalized learning, accessibil…

Button .95rem · 15 px / 1rem weight 600

Get started

Link 1rem · 16 px weight 500

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 48pxline 1.3 · 9 rules
  • 32pxline 1.3 · 24 rules
  • 24pxline 1.3 · 29 rules
  • 20pxline 1.3 · 25 rules
  • 19pxline 1 · 12 rules
  • 18pxline 1.5em · 18 rules
  • 16pxline 1.7 · 65 rules
  • 14pxline 1.3 · 29 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

Button

Get started

.pagination button · #E3E0DE · radius .25rem

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #172622

Corner radius

  • .25rem · 22×
  • .5rem · 11×
  • 50% · 4×
  • 20px · 4×
  • 4px · 4×
  • 12px · 3×

Shadows

  • 0 2px 8px #0054bc14
  • 0 0 55px #0000001a
  • 0 8px 25px rgba(#172622, .2),0 0 0 1px rgba(#172622, .1)
  • 0 0 0 3px rgba(#172622, .1),0 4px 16px rgba(#172622, .15)

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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

500
600
767
800
900
1000
1100
1150

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1000 px
960 px
900 px
800 px
720 px
700 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ▲ CheckThe title is 68 characters. Google usually cuts titles near 60, so the end may not show in results.
  • ▲ CheckThe description is 186 characters. Search results usually show about 160.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does Blackboard use?
Blackboard’s website uses four typefaces: Georgia (headings), a system font; Helvetica (body text), a system font; ft_bureau, self-hosted; IBM Plex Sans, self-hosted.
What are Blackboard’s brand colours?
The main colours on blackboard.com are Dark Slate Grey (#1D5245), Royal Blue (#0054BC), Dodger Blue (#4196FF), Gold (#FFCC00), Medium Aqua Marine (#40B598) and Midnight Blue (#011B4A).
What colour is Blackboard’s text and background?
Body text is #172622 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Blackboard’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on blackboard.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Blackboard’s own brand or press page.
Is this Blackboard’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from blackboard.com’s public web pages on 1 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Blackboard. 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

blackboard-com-tokens.css

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/* blackboard.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/blackboard.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #172622;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-warm-near-black: #172622;
  --colour-warm-dark-grey: #626A68;
  --colour-off-white: #E3E0DE;
  --colour-dark-slate-grey: #1D5245;
  --colour-royal-blue: #0054BC;
  --colour-dodger-blue: #4196FF;
  --colour-gold: #FFCC00;
  --colour-medium-aqua-marine: #40B598;
  --colour-midnight-blue: #011B4A;
  --colour-black: #041025;
  --colour-plum: #BFA4F4;
  --colour-dark-slate-blue: #5B4587;
  --colour-medium-sea-green: #0DAC41;
  --colour-lime-green: #0DAC14;
  --colour-light-blue: #A2C6DC;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(90deg,#4196ff 0% 33%,#0dac41 75%,#c8da2b 100%);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(135deg,#f5f5f5 0%,#fff 100%);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(90deg,#0054bc,#0dac14);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Georgia', serif;
  --font-body: 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'ft_bureau', 'ft_bureau Fallback';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: clamp(3rem, 5.5vw, 5rem);
  --leading-h1: 1.1;
  --text-h2: clamp(1.75rem, 3.5vw, 3rem);
  --leading-h2: 1.1;
  --text-h3: clamp(1.5rem, 2.5vw, 2rem);
  --leading-h3: 1.1;
  --text-h4: clamp(1.25rem, 2vw, 1.5rem);
  --leading-h4: 1.1;
  --text-body: 16px;
  --text-p: 1rem;
  --leading-p: 1.7;
  --text-button: .95rem;
  --leading-button: 1rem;
  --text-a: 1rem;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: .25rem;
  --radius-2: .5rem;
  --radius-3: 50%;
  --radius-4: 20px;
  --radius-5: 4px;
  --radius-6: 12px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 500px;
  --breakpoint-2: 600px;
  --breakpoint-3: 767px;
  --breakpoint-4: 800px;
  --breakpoint-5: 900px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1000px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1100px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1150px;
  --max-width-1: 1000px;
  --max-width-2: 960px;
  --max-width-3: 900px;
  --max-width-4: 800px;
  --max-width-5: 720px;
  --max-width-6: 700px;
}

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