What font does Esquire use?

Esquire’s website uses four typefaces: Lausanne (headings and body text), self-hosted; PlayFair, self-hosted; Inter, self-hosted; Lora, self-hosted.

What are Esquire’s brand colours?

The main colours on esquire.com are Red (#FF3A30), Light Pink (#FFACA8), Dark Red (#A80800), Misty Rose (#FED7D7), Fire Brick (#CC2828) and Pale Golden Rod (#FDECAA).

What colour is Esquire’s text and background?

Body text is #121212 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is Esquire’s logo from?

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

Is this Esquire’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from esquire.com’s public web pages on 31 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Esquire. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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Esquirestyle guide

Esquire’s website (esquire.com) uses Lausanne for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Red (#FF3A30), Light Pink (#FFACA8) and Dark Red (#A80800), with #121212 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 31 October 2026.

Website: esquire.com
Typefaces: Lausanne, PlayFair, Inter
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours
Captured: 31 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the esquire.com homepage on a desktop screen — Screenshot of esquire.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 31 Oct 2026.

Screenshot of the esquire.com 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: Esquire - Men's Fashion, Cocktails, Politics, Interviews, and Women; ▲ 67 / 60 characters
Meta description: Esquire is your destination for the latest news headlines, culture coverage, political developments, celebrity interviews, mens fashion advice, and food & drink recipes.; ▲ 169 / 160 characters
Site name: Esquire
og:title: Esquire - Men's Fashion, Cocktails, Politics, Interviews, and Women
og:description: Esquire is your destination for the latest news headlines, culture coverage, political developments, celebrity interviews, mens fashion advice, and food & drink recipes.
Language: en-US
Theme colour: #000000

In search results

Esquirehttps://www.esquire.com/

Esquire - Men's Fashion, Cocktails, Politics, Interviews, and…

Esquire is your destination for the latest news headlines, culture coverage, political developments, celebrity interviews, mens fashion advice, and food & drink …

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

esquire.com

Esquire - Men's Fashion, Cocktails, Politics, Interviews, and Women

Esquire is your destination for the latest news headlines, culture coverage, political developments, celebrit…

Logo & favicons

Found as: SVG in the header. SVG.

Logo

On white

On black

On Red

Favicons

2 found

57 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
48 px · ICO icon

Esquire - Men's Fashion, Cocktails, Politics, Interviews, and Women

Light browser tab

Esquire - Men's Fashion, Cocktails, Politics, Interviews, and Women

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 (#121212) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

Near Black 36.2%
White 30.7%
Black 7.2%
Red 6.4%
Off White 5.9%
Light Pink 3.6%
Dark Red 1.6%
Misty Rose 1.4%
Fire Brick 1.2%
Pale Golden Rod 0.9%
Aqua Marine 0.9%
Bisque 0.9%
Maroon 0.8%
Light Saddle Brown 0.8%
Dark Slate Grey 0.8%
Deep Saddle Brown 0.8%

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

Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 93

On text
—

On white
18.73:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .text-$--comp-carousel-carousel-title-color-txt$, .css-gknrlm::before
White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 0

On text
18.73:1 AAA

On white
—

Background, text, border · .css-1ya42z2, .css-arihqs
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
1.12:1 Fail

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Text, background, theme · theme-color meta tag, .css-xwjhf9
Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 7

On text
16.00:1 AAA

On white
1.17:1 Fail

Background, border · .css-gknrlm, .css-5mhrwu

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 77 81 0

On text
5.26:1 AA

On white
3.56:1 AA large

Background, border, text · .bg-$--comp-btn-primary-color-bg-solid$, .bg-$--comp-chip-primary-color-bg-selected$
Light Pink

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 33 34 0

On text
10.45:1 AAA

On white
1.79:1 Fail

Text, border · .text-$--comp-btn-primary-inverse-color-txt-outlined$, .text-$--comp-btn-primary-inverse-color-txt-transp$
Dark Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 95 100 34

On text
2.41:1 Fail

On white
7.78:1 AAA

Text · .text-$--comp-btn-primary-inverse-color-txt-solid$, .disabled\:text-$--comp-btn-primary-inverse-color-txt-solid$:disabled
Misty Rose

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 15 15 0

On text
14.20:1 AAA

On white
1.32:1 Fail

Background · .bg-$--comp-badge-color-bg-danger$, --_palette-red-92
Fire Brick

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 80 80 20

On text
3.48:1 AA large

On white
5.38:1 AA

Text · .text-$--color-form-field-message-icon-error$, .text-$--color-form-field-message-txt-error$
Pale Golden Rod

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 7 33 1

On text
15.84:1 AAA

On white
1.18:1 Fail

Background · .bg-$--comp-badge-color-bg-highlight$, --_palette-yellow-83
Aqua Marine

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
23 0 11 4

On text
15.35:1 AAA

On white
1.22:1 Fail

Background · .bg-$--comp-badge-color-bg-success$, --_palette-green-85
Bisque

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 11 24 0

On text
15.18:1 AAA

On white
1.23:1 Fail

Background · .bg-$--comp-badge-color-bg-warning$, --_palette-orange-88
Maroon

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 86 89 51

On text
1.73:1 Fail

On white
10.81:1 AAA

Text · .text-$--comp-badge-color-txt-danger$, --_palette-red-27
Light Saddle Brown

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 29 100 68

On text
1.75:1 Fail

On white
10.69:1 AAA

Text · .text-$--comp-badge-color-txt-highlight$, --_palette-yellow-16
Dark Slate Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
88 0 34 80

On text
1.33:1 Fail

On white
14.13:1 AAA

Text · .text-$--comp-badge-color-txt-success$, --_palette-green-11
Deep Saddle Brown

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 44 90 67

On text
1.59:1 Fail

On white
11.75:1 AAA

Text · .text-$--comp-badge-color-txt-warning$, --_palette-orange-18

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.

Lausanne

Aa 400

Lausanne

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

Aa 400

PlayFair

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

Aa 400 Aa 700

Inter

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

Aa 400 Aa 700

Lora

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Heading 1 2em · 32 px

Esquire

Small 80%

Esquire is your destination for the latest news headlines, culture coverage, political developments, celebrity interviews, mens fashion adv…

Button 100% / 1.15 none

Get started

Link 0px

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

48pxline 48px · 4 rules
28pxline 36.4px · 4 rules
20pxline 26.1px · 6 rules
18pxline 23.2px · 4 rules
16pxline 23.2px · 17 rules
14pxline 20.3px · 34 rules
13pxline 18.2px · 10 rules
12pxline 16.8px · 6 rules

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

1024px · 7×
4px · 4×
1.875rem · 2×
.25rem · 1×
3.40282e38px · 1×

Shadows

0 0 0 100vmax #ffffff
0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000
0 0 0 3px #55adff
0 -4px 4px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08)

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

320

480

650

768

1024

1180

1200

1440

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1536 px

1280 px

1024 px

768 px

640 px

320 px

Notes

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

Notes

▲ CheckThe title is 67 characters. Google usually cuts titles near 60, so the end may not show in results.
▲ CheckThe description is 169 characters. Search results usually show about 160.
▲ 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 Esquire use?: Esquire’s website uses four typefaces: Lausanne (headings and body text), self-hosted; PlayFair, self-hosted; Inter, self-hosted; Lora, self-hosted.
What are Esquire’s brand colours?: The main colours on esquire.com are Red (#FF3A30), Light Pink (#FFACA8), Dark Red (#A80800), Misty Rose (#FED7D7), Fire Brick (#CC2828) and Pale Golden Rod (#FDECAA).
What colour is Esquire’s text and background?: Body text is #121212 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Esquire’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on esquire.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Esquire’s own brand or press page.
Is this Esquire’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from esquire.com’s public web pages on 31 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Esquire. 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

esquire-com-tokens.css

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/* esquire.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/esquire.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #121212;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-near-black: #121212;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-off-white: #EDEDED;
  --colour-red: #FF3A30;
  --colour-light-pink: #FFACA8;
  --colour-dark-red: #A80800;
  --colour-misty-rose: #FED7D7;
  --colour-fire-brick: #CC2828;
  --colour-pale-golden-rod: #FDECAA;
  --colour-aqua-marine: #BCF5DA;
  --colour-bisque: #FFE3C2;
  --colour-maroon: #7C110E;
  --colour-light-saddle-brown: #523A00;
  --colour-dark-slate-grey: #063221;
  --colour-deep-saddle-brown: #542F08;

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Lausanne', system-ui, -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto';
  --font-other: 'PlayFair', ui-serif, 'Georgia', 'Cambria', 'Times New Roman', 'Times';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2em;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-button: 100%;
  --leading-button: 1.15;
  --text-a: 0px;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 1024px;
  --radius-2: 4px;
  --radius-3: 1.875rem;
  --radius-4: .25rem;
  --radius-5: 3.40282e38px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 320px;
  --breakpoint-2: 480px;
  --breakpoint-3: 650px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1180px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1200px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1440px;
  --max-width-1: 1536px;
  --max-width-2: 1280px;
  --max-width-3: 1024px;
  --max-width-4: 768px;
  --max-width-5: 640px;
  --max-width-6: 320px;
}

{
    "site": "esquire.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/esquire.com",
    "text": "#121212",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "Near Black",
            "hex": "#121212",
            "rgb": [
                18,
                18,
                18
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Off White",
            "hex": "#EDEDED",
            "rgb": [
                237,
                237,
                237
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Red",
            "hex": "#FF3A30",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                58,
                48
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Pink",
            "hex": "#FFACA8",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                172,
                168
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Red",
            "hex": "#A80800",
            "rgb": [
                168,
                8,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Misty Rose",
            "hex": "#FED7D7",
            "rgb": [
                254,
                215,
                215
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Fire Brick",
            "hex": "#CC2828",
            "rgb": [
                204,
                40,
                40
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Pale Golden Rod",
            "hex": "#FDECAA",
            "rgb": [
                253,
                236,
                170
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Aqua Marine",
            "hex": "#BCF5DA",
            "rgb": [
                188,
                245,
                218
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Bisque",
            "hex": "#FFE3C2",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                227,
                194
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Maroon",
            "hex": "#7C110E",
            "rgb": [
                124,
                17,
                14
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Saddle Brown",
            "hex": "#523A00",
            "rgb": [
                82,
                58,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Slate Grey",
            "hex": "#063221",
            "rgb": [
                6,
                50,
                33
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Saddle Brown",
            "hex": "#542F08",
            "rgb": [
                84,
                47,
                8
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "Lausanne",
            "stack": "Lausanne, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "PlayFair",
            "stack": "PlayFair, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, \"Times New Roman\", Times, Serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Inter",
            "stack": "Inter, Inter-roboto, Inter-local, Helvetica, Arial, Sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Lora",
            "stack": "Lora, ui-serif, Georgia, Cambria, \"Times New Roman\", Times, Serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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Esquirestyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

Near Black

White

Black

Off White

Colours

Red

Light Pink

Dark Red

Misty Rose

Fire Brick

Pale Golden Rod

Aqua Marine

Bisque

Maroon

Light Saddle Brown

Dark Slate Grey

Deep Saddle Brown

Lausanne

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

Share

Run esquire.com?

Also set in Lausanne

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Similar colours

エキテン byGMO

EaseMyTrip

git-scm.com

Flipboard

Title &
description