SiteStyleGuide

Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from canva.com’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Canva. The real site is canva.com ↗

Unofficial style guide

Canvastyle guide

Canva’s website (canva.com) uses Open Sans for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Light Sea Green (#00AFB5), Dark Turquoise (#00C4CC) and Blue Violet (#7D2AE8), with #3F4652 text on #EBECED. Captured from the live site on 23 October 2026.

Website
canva.com
Typefaces
Open Sans
Palette
4 neutrals, 3 colours, 1 gradient
Captured
23 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.canva.com/en_au/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the canva.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of canva.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 23 Oct 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
Unsupported client – Canva
● 26 / 60 characters
Meta description
Unsupported client – Canva
▲ 26 / 160 characters
Site name
Canva
og:description
Unsupported client – Canva
Language
en-AU

In search results

Canvahttps://www.canva.com/en_au/

Unsupported client – Canva

Unsupported client – Canva

When shared

The image Canva shares with links

canva.com

Unsupported client – Canva

Unsupported client – Canva

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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 (#3F4652) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • Off White 29.4%
  • Cool Charcoal 23.5%
  • White 19.1%
  • Light Sea Green 7.4%
  • Dark Turquoise 7.4%
  • Blue Violet 7.4%
  • Dark Grey 5.9%

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
  • Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    1 0 0 7
    On text
    8.04:1 AAA
    On white
    1.18:1 Fail

    Background · body

  • Cool Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    23 15 0 68
    On text
    —
    On white
    9.51:1 AAA

    Text · body

  • White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 0
    On text
    9.51:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Border, background · body, .unsupported__content

  • Dark Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 70
    On text
    1.11:1 Fail
    On white
    8.59:1 AAA

    Text · .unsupported__browserItemLabel, a.unsupported__linkItem

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Light Sea Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 3 0 29
    On text
    3.53:1 AA large
    On white
    2.69:1 Fail

    Background · body.gradient

  • Dark Turquoise

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 4 0 20
    On text
    4.42:1 AA large
    On white
    2.15:1 Fail

    Background · body.gradient

  • Blue Violet

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    46 82 0 9
    On text
    1.52:1 Fail
    On white
    6.23:1 AA

    Background · body.gradient

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(to bottom right, rgb(0, 196, 204), rgb(125, 42, 232))

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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.

Open Sans

Aa 300 Aa 700

Open Sans

Google Fonts · weights 300, 400, 600, 700 · body

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Body 90% / 1.4 Open Sans

Unsupported client – Canva

Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 11px1 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

  • 5px · 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

960

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

600 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 26 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
  • ▲ CheckThe description is only 26 characters. There is room to say more.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does Canva use?
Canva’s website uses one typeface: Open Sans (headings and body text), google Fonts.
What are Canva’s brand colours?
The main colours on canva.com are Light Sea Green (#00AFB5), Dark Turquoise (#00C4CC), Blue Violet (#7D2AE8), Off White (#EBECED), Cool Charcoal (#3F4652) and White (#FFFFFF).
What colour is Canva’s text and background?
Body text is #3F4652 on a #EBECED background.
Is this Canva’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from canva.com’s public web pages on 23 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Canva. 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

canva-com-tokens.css

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/* canva.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/canva.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #3F4652;
  --background: #EBECED;
  --colour-off-white: #EBECED;
  --colour-cool-charcoal: #3F4652;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-dark-grey: #4C4C4C;
  --colour-light-sea-green: #00AFB5;
  --colour-dark-turquoise: #00C4CC;
  --colour-blue-violet: #7D2AE8;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(to bottom right, rgb(0, 196, 204), rgb(125, 42, 232));

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-body: 90%;
  --leading-body: 1.4;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 5px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 960px;
  --max-width-1: 600px;
}

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Other websites using Open Sans as their main typeface
Websites whose lead colour is closest to Canva’s

Captured from canva.com on 23 October 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Canva; this guide describes the public website for reference.