What are craigslist’s brand colours?

The main colours on craigslist.org are Blue (#0000EE), Light Grey (#CCCCCC), White (#FFFFFF) and Black (#000000).

What colour is craigslist’s text and background?

Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.

Is this craigslist’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from craigslist.org’s public web pages on 30 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with craigslist. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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

Unofficial style guide

craigsliststyle guide

The typefaces on craigslist’s website (craigslist.org) couldn’t be read from its stylesheets. Its palette is led by Blue (#0000EE), with #000000 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 30 October 2026.

Website: craigslist.org
Typefaces: Not readable
Palette: 3 neutrals, 1 colours
Captured: 30 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the craigslist.org homepage on a desktop screen — Screenshot of craigslist.org on a 1440 px desktop screen, 30 Oct 2026.

Screenshot of the craigslist.org 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: craigslist: sydney jobs, apartments, for sale, services, community, and events; ▲ 78 / 60 characters
Meta description: craigslist provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, services, local community, and events; ● 115 / 160 characters
Site name: craigslist
og:title: craigslist: sydney jobs, apartments, for sale, services, community, and events
og:description: craigslist provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, services, local community, and events

In search results

craigslisthttps://www.craigslist.org/area/sydney

craigslist: sydney jobs, apartments, for sale, services, comm…

craigslist provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, services, local community, and events

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

craigslist.org

craigslist: sydney jobs, apartments, for sale, services, community, and events

craigslist provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, services, local community, and …

Logo & favicons

No logo could be found on the homepage.

Logo

Favicons

1 found

32 px · ICO icon

craigslist: sydney jobs, apartments, for sale, services, community, and events

Light browser tab

craigslist: sydney jobs, apartments, for sale, services, community, and events

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 (#000000) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

Light Grey 54.5%
Blue 29.1%
White 9.1%
Black 7.3%

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

Light Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 20

On text
13.08:1 AAA

On white
1.61:1 Fail

Background · #no-js h1, #curtain h1
White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 0

On text
21.00:1 AAA

On white
—

Background · #curtain .cover
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
—

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Text · #curtain p

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 100 0 7

On text
2.23:1 Fail

On white
9.40:1 AAA

Text · #no-js h1, #curtain .content

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.

Typefaces

No typefaces could be read from this site’s stylesheets. It may set them with JavaScript.

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Body —

craigslist provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, services, local community, and events

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

48px1 rules

Elements

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

Elements

No button, link, radius or shadow styles could be read.

Layout

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

Grid

No breakpoints or content widths could be read.

Notes

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

Notes

▲ CheckThe title is 78 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.
▲ CheckThe page doesn’t declare its language (the lang attribute on <html>).
▲ CheckNo typefaces could be read from the stylesheets. The site may set them with JavaScript.

Questions

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

Questions

What are craigslist’s brand colours?: The main colours on craigslist.org are Blue (#0000EE), Light Grey (#CCCCCC), White (#FFFFFF) and Black (#000000).
What colour is craigslist’s text and background?: Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.
Is this craigslist’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from craigslist.org’s public web pages on 30 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with craigslist. 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

craigslist-org-tokens.css

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/* craigslist.org design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/craigslist.org) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #000000;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-light-grey: #CCCCCC;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-blue: #0000EE;
}

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    "site": "craigslist.org",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/craigslist.org",
    "text": "#000000",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "Light Grey",
            "hex": "#CCCCCC",
            "rgb": [
                204,
                204,
                204
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Blue",
            "hex": "#0000EE",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                238
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": []
}

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Captured from craigslist.org on 30 October 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by craigslist; this guide describes the public website for reference.

craigsliststyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

Light Grey

White

Black

Colours

Blue

Typefaces

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

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