SiteStyleGuide

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

Unofficial style guide

dw.comstyle guide

dw.com’s website (dw.com) uses Pangea for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Light Midnight Blue (#002186), Deep Midnight Blue (#081336) and Black (#000821), with #000000 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 31 October 2026.

Website
dw.com
Typefaces
Pangea, Arial
Palette
4 neutrals, 7 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
31 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.dw.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the dw.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of dw.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 31 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
Missing
▲ 0 / 60 characters
Meta description
Missing
▲ 0 / 160 characters
Theme colour
#000000

In search results

dw.comhttps://www.dw.com/

dw.com

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

dw.com

dw.com

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

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 20.1%
  • Light Midnight Blue 14.2%
  • Deep Midnight Blue 13.8%
  • Black 12%
  • Light Cool Off White 10.3%
  • Slate Grey 7.2%
  • Black 6.7%
  • Deep Sky Blue 6.2%
  • Deep Cool Off White 5.1%
  • Light Steel Blue 3.3%
  • Fire Brick 1%

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
    21.00:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Background, text, graphic · body, --carousel-gradient-color

  • Light Cool Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    4 2 0 2
    On text
    19.27:1 AAA
    On white
    1.09:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .flpo7xx .header, --carousel-gradient-color

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 100
    On text
    —
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Background, theme, border · theme-color meta tag, .s10dzqs3 .nav-elements::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover

  • Deep Cool Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    14 5 0 7
    On text
    15.60:1 AAA
    On white
    1.35:1 Fail

    Background · .e3w9kkf.disabled, .b19vsmfu.b19vsmfu

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Light Midnight Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 75 0 47
    On text
    1.56:1 Fail
    On white
    13.45:1 AAA

    Text, background, graphic · .s10dzqs3 .nav-elements::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb, --button-color

  • Deep Midnight Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    85 65 0 79
    On text
    1.16:1 Fail
    On white
    18.15:1 AAA

    Background, text, graphic · .s10dzqs3 .language-open .nav-background, --content-page-layout-basic-color

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 76 0 87
    On text
    1.06:1 Fail
    On white
    19.87:1 AAA

    Background, text · #root, --content-page-layout-alternative-color

  • Slate Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    33 18 0 46
    On text
    4.18:1 AA large
    On white
    5.02:1 AA

    Text, graphic, border · .c17j8gzx a, .c17j8gzx a:visited

  • Deep Sky Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    98 29 0 1
    On text
    8.78:1 AAA
    On white
    2.39:1 Fail

    Background, graphic · .s10dzqs3 .nav-position, --button-background-color

  • Light Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    24 10 0 21
    On text
    9.81:1 AAA
    On white
    2.14:1 Fail

    Graphic, background, text · .s1ogwy7c .liveblog-post:not(:last-of-type):after, .e3w9kkf.disabled

  • Fire Brick

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 82 76 25
    On text
    3.47:1 AA large
    On white
    6.06:1 AA

    Background, text · .b11ds7hp, .l129pebf

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(to bottom,#0000,#081336e6 90%)

  • linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(205,225,238,0), rgba(205,225,238,.85) 90%))

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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.

Pangea

Aa 300 Aa 700

Pangea

Self-hosted · weights 300, 700 · body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Arial

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS · root 10 px
Heading 2 / 1.1 weight 600

dw.com

Heading 3 / 1.1 weight 600

dw.com

Body — / 1.5 Pangea

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 110pxline 1.1 · 1 rules
  • 12px2 rules
  • 10pxline 1.1 · 3 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% · 2×
  • 5px · 2×
  • 8px · 2×
  • 1px · 1×
  • 4px · 1×
  • 2px · 1×

Shadows

  • 0 0 0 2px #63de9d

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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

575
576
767
768
991
992
1200
1600

On a scale of 0 to 1600 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1600 px
1140 px
1110 px
960 px
772 px
350 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ▲ CheckThe page has no title.
  • ▲ 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.
  • ▲ CheckThe page doesn’t declare its language (the lang attribute on <html>).

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does dw.com use?
dw.com’s website uses one typeface: Pangea (headings and body text), self-hosted.
What are dw.com’s brand colours?
The main colours on dw.com are Light Midnight Blue (#002186), Deep Midnight Blue (#081336), Black (#000821), Slate Grey (#5C718A), Deep Sky Blue (#05B2FC) and Light Steel Blue (#99B5C9).
What colour is dw.com’s text and background?
Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.
Is this dw.com’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from dw.com’s public web pages on 31 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with dw.com. 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

dw-com-tokens.css

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/* dw.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/dw.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #000000;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-light-cool-off-white: #F0F6FA;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-deep-cool-off-white: #CDE1EE;
  --colour-light-midnight-blue: #002186;
  --colour-deep-midnight-blue: #081336;
  --colour-black-2: #000821;
  --colour-slate-grey: #5C718A;
  --colour-deep-sky-blue: #05B2FC;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #99B5C9;
  --colour-fire-brick: #BE232D;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(to bottom,#0000,#081336e6 90%);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(205,225,238,0), rgba(205,225,238,.85) 90%));

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: 'Pangea', 'Arial', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'Arial', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 50%;
  --radius-2: 5px;
  --radius-3: 8px;
  --radius-4: 1px;
  --radius-5: 4px;
  --radius-6: 2px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 575px;
  --breakpoint-2: 576px;
  --breakpoint-3: 767px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 991px;
  --breakpoint-6: 992px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1200px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1600px;
  --max-width-1: 1600px;
  --max-width-2: 1140px;
  --max-width-3: 1110px;
  --max-width-4: 960px;
  --max-width-5: 772px;
  --max-width-6: 350px;
}

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Captured from dw.com on 31 October 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by dw.com; this guide describes the public website for reference.