What font does cia.gov use?

cia.gov’s website uses four typefaces: GT Sectra Fine (headings), self-hosted; Public Sans Bold, self-hosted; GT America Mono Bold, self-hosted; GT America Mono, self-hosted.

What are cia.gov’s brand colours?

The main colours on cia.gov are Light Gold (#FECF5E), Deep Royal Blue (#1D6192), Crimson (#DC3545), Sea Green (#198754), Light Royal Blue (#0D6EFD) and Deep Gold (#FFC107).

What colour is cia.gov’s text and background?

Body text is #FFFFFF on a #1D6192 background.

Where is cia.gov’s logo from?

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

Is this cia.gov’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from cia.gov’s public web pages on 1 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with cia.gov. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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cia.gov’s website (cia.gov) sets its headings in GT Sectra Fine and its body text in Public Sans Light. Its palette is led by Light Gold (#FECF5E), Deep Royal Blue (#1D6192) and Crimson (#DC3545), with #FFFFFF text on #1D6192. Captured from the live site on 1 November 2026.

Website: cia.gov
Typefaces: GT Sectra Fine, Public Sans Bold, GT America Mono Bold
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured: 1 Nov 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the cia.gov homepage on a phone — On a phone, 390 px.

Identity & metadata

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

Title &
description

Page title: CIA; ● 3 / 60 characters
Meta description: Missing; ▲ 0 / 160 characters
Language: en
Theme colour: #1D6192

In search results

cia.govhttps://www.cia.gov/

CIA

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

cia.gov

CIA

Logo & favicons

Found as: SVG in the header. SVG, 1080 × 1080.

Logo

On white

On black

On Light Gold

Favicons

8 found

384 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
256 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
192 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
144 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
96 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
72 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
48 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
32 px · PNG icon

CIA

Light browser tab

CIA

Dark browser tab

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

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

Black 25.7%
White 25%
Light Gold 24%
Deep Royal Blue 8.7%
Off White 3%
Cool Near Black 2.5%
Crimson 2%
Sea Green 1.6%
Light Royal Blue 1.6%
Deep Gold 1.5%
Sky Blue 1.4%
Light Midnight Blue 1%
Steel Blue 0.6%
Deep Midnight Blue 0.6%
Corn Silk 0.5%
Light Steel Blue 0.3%

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

Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
21.00:1 AAA

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Text, border, background · .button.link-button:active, .button.link-button:not(.remove-underline)
White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 0

On text
—

On white
—

Text, background, graphic · body, .contact-us-modal__close-button-container button
Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
2 2 0 5

On text
1.15:1 Fail

On white
1.15:1 Fail

Background, text, border · .background-grey, .search-input-error
Cool Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
36 11 0 89

On text
17.77:1 AAA

On white
17.77:1 AAA

Background, border, text · .hero-main-landing .header-container, .hero-carousel-block .swiper-slide-carousel

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Light Gold

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 19 63 0

On text
1.47:1 Fail

On white
1.47:1 Fail

Background, border, text · .button.link-button, .crown-link .h3-style
Deep Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
80 34 0 43

On text
6.61:1 AA

On white
6.61:1 AA

Background, border, theme · body, header
Crimson

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 76 69 14

On text
4.53:1 AA

On white
4.53:1 AA

Text, background, border · .link-danger, .text-bg-danger
Sea Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
81 0 38 47

On text
4.53:1 AA

On white
4.53:1 AA

Background, text, graphic · .link-success, .text-bg-success
Light Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
95 57 0 1

On text
4.50:1 AA

On white
4.50:1 AA

Background, graphic, text · .link-primary, .text-bg-primary
Deep Gold

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 24 97 0

On text
1.63:1 Fail

On white
1.63:1 Fail

Graphic, background, text · .link-warning, .stseal4
Sky Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
95 16 0 6

On text
1.96:1 Fail

On white
1.96:1 Fail

Background, text, graphic · .link-info, .text-bg-info
Light Midnight Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
60 44 0 67

On text
13.10:1 AAA

On white
13.10:1 AAA

Background · .subsite-header, .subsite-header .utility-navigation
Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 52 0 0

On text
4.02:1 AA large

On white
4.02:1 AA large

Background, text, border · .swiper-pagination-bullet-active, .swiper-button-next
Deep Midnight Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
74 60 0 59

On text
13.31:1 AAA

On white
13.31:1 AAA

Background, graphic · .stseal7, .background-blue-gradient
Corn Silk

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 5 20 0

On text
1.11:1 Fail

On white
1.11:1 Fail

Background · .bg-warning-subtle, --bs-warning-bg-subtle
Light Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
19 11 0 0

On text
1.31:1 Fail

On white
1.31:1 Fail

Background · .bg-primary-subtle, --bs-primary-bg-subtle

Gradients

linear-gradient(90deg,#fecf5e 50%,transparent 0)
conic-gradient(from 180deg at top 10px right 10px,) 200% 0/200% 10px no-repeat,conic-gradient(at bottom 10px left 10px,)
linear-gradient(270deg,#fecf5e 50%,transparent 0)

Dark mode

Switched on by the site

Cool Off White

#DEE2E6 · --bs-body-color
Cool Charcoal

#343A40 · --bs-secondary-bg
Dark Sea Green

#75B798 · --bs-success-text-emphasis
Light Coral

#EA868F · --bs-danger-text-emphasis
Cornflower Blue

#6EA8FE · --bs-primary-text-emphasis
Cool Dark Grey

#495057 · --bs-light-border-subtle
Cool Near Black

#212529 · --bs-body-bg
White

#FFFFFF · --bs-emphasis-color
Cool Charcoal

#2B3035 · --bs-tertiary-bg
Cool Light Grey

#A7ACB1 · --bs-secondary-text-emphasis
Sky Blue

#6EDFF6 · --bs-info-text-emphasis
Gold

#FFDA6A · --bs-warning-text-emphasis

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.

GT Sectra Fine

Aa 700

GT Sectra Fine

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

Aa 700

Public Sans Bold

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

Aa 700

GT America Mono Bold

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

Aa 400 Aa 900

GT America Mono

Self-hosted · weights 400, 900 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Heading 1 3.125rem · 50 px / 1.1 weight 700 · GT Sectra Fine

cia.gov

Heading 2 2.5rem · 40 px / 42px weight 700 · GT Sectra Fine

CIA

Heading 3 1.875rem · 30 px / 32px weight 700 · GT Sectra Fine

CIA

Heading 4 1.3125rem · 21 px / 26px weight 700 · GT Sectra Fine

CIA

Heading 5 1.125rem · 18 px / 24px weight 700 · GT Sectra Fine

CIA

Heading 6 1rem · 16 px / 24px weight 700 · GT Sectra Fine

CIA

Body — weight 400 · Public Sans Light

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Paragraph 17px / 24px Public Sans Light

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Small 80%

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Button 0.875rem · 14 px / .875rem uppercase · Public Sans Extra Bold

Get started

Link 1.3rem · 21 px / 2.6rem weight 400 · uppercase · Public Sans Bold

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

24pxline 32px · 4 rules
21pxline 26px · 6 rules
19pxline 1.2rem · 7 rules
18pxline 24px · 6 rules
16pxline 1rem · 9 rules
15px4 rules
14pxline 1.45rem · 7 rules
12pxline 16px · 13 rules

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

.button.button-link-icon · #FECF5E

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #FFFFFF

Corner radius

50% · 7×
4px · 2×
.625rem · 2×
0.375rem · 2×
2px · 1×

Shadows

0 0 0 2px #fccd59,0 0 3px 5px #fccd59
#000 0 0 0 2px,hsla(0,0%,100%,.8) 0 0 0 4px
0 0 0 1px #ff8b00
0 2px 5px -1px rgba(50,50,93,.25),0 1px 3px -1px rgba(0,0,0,.3)

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

320

360

465

576

768

992

1024

1200

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

730 px

720 px

550 px

540 px

350 px

300 px

Notes

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

Notes

● FineThe title is 3 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
▲ CheckThere is no meta description, so search engines will pick text from the page.
▲ CheckThere is no og:image, so links shared on social media show no picture.

Questions

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

Questions

What font does cia.gov use?: cia.gov’s website uses four typefaces: GT Sectra Fine (headings), self-hosted; Public Sans Bold, self-hosted; GT America Mono Bold, self-hosted; GT America Mono, self-hosted.
What are cia.gov’s brand colours?: The main colours on cia.gov are Light Gold (#FECF5E), Deep Royal Blue (#1D6192), Crimson (#DC3545), Sea Green (#198754), Light Royal Blue (#0D6EFD) and Deep Gold (#FFC107).
What colour is cia.gov’s text and background?: Body text is #FFFFFF on a #1D6192 background.
Where is cia.gov’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on cia.gov’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check cia.gov’s own brand or press page.
Is this cia.gov’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from cia.gov’s public web pages on 1 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with cia.gov. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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

cia-gov-tokens.css

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/* cia.gov design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/cia.gov) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #FFFFFF;
  --background: #1D6192;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-off-white: #EFEFF3;
  --colour-cool-near-black: #12191C;
  --colour-light-gold: #FECF5E;
  --colour-deep-royal-blue: #1D6192;
  --colour-crimson: #DC3545;
  --colour-sea-green: #198754;
  --colour-light-royal-blue: #0D6EFD;
  --colour-deep-gold: #FFC107;
  --colour-sky-blue: #0DCAF0;
  --colour-light-midnight-blue: #222F54;
  --colour-steel-blue: #007AFF;
  --colour-deep-midnight-blue: #1B2A68;
  --colour-corn-silk: #FFF3CD;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #CFE2FF;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(90deg,#fecf5e 50%,transparent 0);
  --gradient-2: conic-gradient(from 180deg at top 10px right 10px,) 200% 0/200% 10px no-repeat,conic-gradient(at bottom 10px left 10px,);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(270deg,#fecf5e 50%,transparent 0);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'GT Sectra Fine';
  --font-buttons: 'GT America Mono Bold';
  --font-body: 'Public Sans Light';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 3.125rem;
  --leading-h1: 1.1;
  --text-h2: 2.5rem;
  --leading-h2: 42px;
  --text-h3: 1.875rem;
  --leading-h3: 32px;
  --text-h4: 1.3125rem;
  --leading-h4: 26px;
  --text-h5: 1.125rem;
  --leading-h5: 24px;
  --text-h6: 1rem;
  --leading-h6: 24px;
  --text-p: 17px;
  --leading-p: 24px;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-button: 0.875rem;
  --leading-button: .875rem;
  --text-a: 1.3rem;
  --leading-a: 2.6rem;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 50%;
  --radius-2: 4px;
  --radius-3: .625rem;
  --radius-4: 0.375rem;
  --radius-5: 2px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 320px;
  --breakpoint-2: 360px;
  --breakpoint-3: 465px;
  --breakpoint-4: 576px;
  --breakpoint-5: 768px;
  --breakpoint-6: 992px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1200px;
  --max-width-1: 730px;
  --max-width-2: 720px;
  --max-width-3: 550px;
  --max-width-4: 540px;
  --max-width-5: 350px;
  --max-width-6: 300px;
}

{
    "site": "cia.gov",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/cia.gov",
    "text": "#FFFFFF",
    "background": "#1D6192",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Off White",
            "hex": "#EFEFF3",
            "rgb": [
                239,
                239,
                243
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Cool Near Black",
            "hex": "#12191C",
            "rgb": [
                18,
                25,
                28
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Gold",
            "hex": "#FECF5E",
            "rgb": [
                254,
                207,
                94
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#1D6192",
            "rgb": [
                29,
                97,
                146
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Crimson",
            "hex": "#DC3545",
            "rgb": [
                220,
                53,
                69
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Sea Green",
            "hex": "#198754",
            "rgb": [
                25,
                135,
                84
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#0D6EFD",
            "rgb": [
                13,
                110,
                253
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Gold",
            "hex": "#FFC107",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                193,
                7
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Sky Blue",
            "hex": "#0DCAF0",
            "rgb": [
                13,
                202,
                240
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Midnight Blue",
            "hex": "#222F54",
            "rgb": [
                34,
                47,
                84
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#007AFF",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                122,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Midnight Blue",
            "hex": "#1B2A68",
            "rgb": [
                27,
                42,
                104
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Corn Silk",
            "hex": "#FFF3CD",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                243,
                205
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#CFE2FF",
            "rgb": [
                207,
                226,
                255
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "GT Sectra Fine",
            "stack": "GT Sectra Fine",
            "weights": [
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Public Sans Bold",
            "stack": "Public Sans Bold",
            "weights": [
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "GT America Mono Bold",
            "stack": "GT America Mono Bold",
            "weights": [
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "GT America Mono",
            "stack": "GT America Mono",
            "weights": [
                400,
                900
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Public Sans Light",
            "stack": "Public Sans Light",
            "weights": [
                100,
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Public Sans Extra Bold",
            "stack": "Public Sans Extra Bold",
            "weights": [
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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cia.govstyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

Black

White

Off White

Cool Near Black

Colours

Light Gold

Deep Royal Blue

Crimson

Sea Green

Light Royal Blue

Deep Gold

Sky Blue

Light Midnight Blue

Steel Blue

Deep Midnight Blue

Corn Silk

Light Steel Blue

Gradients

Dark mode

GT Sectra Fine

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

Share

Run cia.gov?

Also set in GT Sectra Fine

Reinvented with Accenture

Similar colours

123RF

ViV MGMT

Untappd

Onet

Title &
description