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The Motley Fool logo

Unofficial style guide

The Motley Foolstyle guide

The Motley Fool’s website (fool.com) sets its headings in Inter and its body text in Apple Color Emoji. Its palette is led by Medium Blue (#0522BA), Orange (#FFB81C) and Light Steel Blue (#0095C8), with #53565A text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 31 October 2026.

Website
fool.com
Typefaces
Inter, Apple Color Emoji, Roboto
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 1 gradient
Captured
31 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.fool.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the fool.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of fool.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
Stock Market News & Investing Research | The Motley Fool
● 56 / 60 characters
Meta description
The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the world Smarter, Happier & Richer.
▲ 170 / 160 characters
Site name
The Motley Fool
og:title
Stock Market News & Investing Research | The Motley Fool
og:description
The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the world Smarter, Happier & Richer.
Language
en

In search results

The Motley Foolhttps://www.fool.com/

Stock Market News & Investing Research | The Motley Fool

The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the world Smarter, Happier …

When shared

The image The Motley Fool shares with links

fool.com

Stock Market News & Investing Research | The Motley Fool

The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 …

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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 (#53565A) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 27.3%
  • Near Black 11.7%
  • Black 9.3%
  • Grey 7.4%
  • Medium Blue 6.7%
  • Orange 5.8%
  • Light Steel Blue 5.4%
  • Deep Steel Blue 3.9%
  • Midnight Blue 3.5%
  • Green 3%
  • Lime Green 3%
  • Lavender 3%
  • Light Steel Blue 2.6%
  • Misty Rose 2.6%
  • Steel Blue 2.4%
  • Dark Slate Blue 2.4%

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
    7.38:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Background, text, border · body, inline style on <div>

  • Near Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    12 9 0 87
    On text
    2.28:1 Fail
    On white
    16.85:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .qna .qna-header h3, .article-body h2

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 96
    On text
    2.68:1 Fail
    On white
    19.80:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · body, .bg-foolcom-text-100

  • Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 55
    On text
    1.56:1 Fail
    On white
    4.74:1 AA

    Text, background, graphic · .\[\&_\[cmdk-group-heading\]\]\:text-muted-foreground [cmdk-group-heading], .bg-foolcom-text-70

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Medium Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    97 82 0 27
    On text
    1.46:1 Fail
    On white
    10.80:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .bg-foolcom-bg-primary, .bg-foolcom-primary-100

  • Orange

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 28 89 0
    On text
    4.26:1 AA large
    On white
    1.73:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .bg-foolcom-bg-cta, .bg-foolcom-hero-pitch-cta

  • Light Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 25 0 22
    On text
    2.15:1 Fail
    On white
    3.42:1 AA large

    Text, background, border · .qna .qna-header:hover h3, .bg-\[\#0095c8\]

  • Deep Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 36 0 35
    On text
    1.28:1 Fail
    On white
    5.75:1 AA

    Text, background, graphic · .bg-cyan-900, .foolcom-btn-cyan

  • Midnight Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    96 82 0 78
    On text
    2.58:1 Fail
    On white
    19.04:1 AAA

    Background, text · .bg-foolcom-bg-ink, .bg-foolcom-navy-100

  • Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    82 0 82 49
    On text
    1.49:1 Fail
    On white
    4.95:1 AA

    Background, text · .bg-foolcom-green-80, .bg-foolcom-green-100

  • Lime Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    62 0 76 31
    On text
    2.63:1 Fail
    On white
    2.81:1 Fail

    Background, text, graphic · .bg-foolcom-green-50, .bg-green-700

  • Lavender

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    12 10 0 4
    On text
    5.42:1 AA
    On white
    1.36:1 Fail

    Background, border, text · .bg-foolcom-border-subtle, .bg-foolcom-primary-16

  • Light Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    31 24 0 10
    On text
    3.39:1 AA large
    On white
    2.17:1 Fail

    Text, background, border · .bg-blue-500, .disabled\:bg-\[\#A6AFE0\]:disabled

  • Misty Rose

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 11 9 0
    On text
    6.06:1 AA
    On white
    1.22:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .bg-red-200, .bg-foolcom-bg-negative-soft

  • Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    79 30 0 28
    On text
    1.71:1 Fail
    On white
    4.33:1 AA large

    Text, border, background · .text-\[\#2680B7\], .text-cyan-800

  • Dark Slate Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    60 50 0 54
    On text
    1.42:1 Fail
    On white
    10.46:1 AAA

    Background, border · .bg-foolcom-bg-nav-hover, .bg-foolcom-border-nav

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(initial)

Dark mode

Switched on by the site
Aa Light · #53565A on #FFFFFF
Aa Dark · #FAFAFA on #0A0A0A · 18.97:1 AAA
  • Midnight Blue

    #171E4D · --fp-bg-muted

  • Dark Slate Blue

    #2F3B76 · --fp-bg-primary-soft

  • Charcoal

    #262626

  • Off White

    #F5F5F7 · --fp-fg-strong

  • Dark Slate Blue

    #4E5474 · --fp-fg-default

  • Light Slate Grey

    #80849B · --fp-fg-muted

  • Dark Grey

    #9DA0B2 · --fp-fg-faint

  • Royal Blue

    #0D69D4 · --fp-fg-link

  • Lime Green

    #43B02A · --fp-fg-positive

  • Crimson

    #E31C28 · --fp-fg-negative

  • Orange

    #FFB71B · --fp-fg-warning

  • Crimson

    #E91E63 · --fp-fg-premium

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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.

Inter

Aa 400 Aa 900

Inter

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 700, 900 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Apple Color Emoji

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

Aa 100 Aa 900

Roboto

Served from g.foolcdn.com · weights 100, 900 · body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 300 Aa 900

satoshi

Served from g.foolcdn.com · weights 300, 900 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Heading 2 2.75rem · 44 px / 3rem weight 500 · Inter

Stock Market News & Investing Research | The Mo…

Heading 3 1.75rem · 28 px

Stock Market News & Investing Research | The Mo…

Heading 4 1rem · 16 px / initial weight 700

Stock Market News & Investing Research | The Mo…

Body — Roboto

The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the w…

Paragraph .875rem · 14 px / normal weight 700

The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the w…

Small 80%

The Motley Fool has been providing investing insights and personal finance to millions of people for over 25 years. Learn how we make the w…

Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 28pxline 36px · 6 rules
  • 24pxline initial · 11 rules
  • 20pxline 28px · 7 rules
  • 18pxline 2rem · 15 rules
  • 16pxline 24px · 15 rules
  • 14pxline 1.3 · 14 rules
  • 12pxline initial · 8 rules
  • 10pxline initial · 10 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

  • 4px · 5×
  • .25rem · 4×
  • 8px · 4×
  • 3.40282e+38px · 4×
  • 50% · 2×
  • 1rem · 1×

Shadows

  • 0 0 #0000,0 0 #0000,0 0 #0000,0 0 #0000,0 0 #0000
  • 4px 4px 10px #0000001a
  • 2px 2px 10px #00000029
  • 2px 2px 12px #00000029

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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

640
641
768
1023
1024
1199
1280
1536

On a scale of 0 to 1536 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1280 px
1060 px
880 px
540 px
350 px
320 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 56 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
  • ▲ CheckThe description is 170 characters. Search results usually show about 160.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does The Motley Fool use?
The Motley Fool’s website uses four typefaces: Inter (headings), a system font; Apple Color Emoji (body text), a system font; Roboto, served from g.foolcdn.com; satoshi, served from g.foolcdn.com.
What are The Motley Fool’s brand colours?
The main colours on fool.com are Medium Blue (#0522BA), Orange (#FFB81C), Light Steel Blue (#0095C8), Deep Steel Blue (#006BA6), Midnight Blue (#020A38) and Green (#178217).
What colour is The Motley Fool’s text and background?
Body text is #53565A on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is The Motley Fool’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on fool.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check The Motley Fool’s own brand or press page.
Is this The Motley Fool’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from fool.com’s public web pages on 31 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with The Motley Fool. 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

fool-com-tokens.css

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/* fool.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/fool.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #53565A;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-near-black: #1C1D20;
  --colour-black: #0A0A0A;
  --colour-grey: #737373;
  --colour-medium-blue: #0522BA;
  --colour-orange: #FFB81C;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #0095C8;
  --colour-deep-steel-blue: #006BA6;
  --colour-midnight-blue: #020A38;
  --colour-green: #178217;
  --colour-lime-green: #43B02A;
  --colour-lavender: #D7DCF4;
  --colour-light-steel-blue-2: #9FAEE5;
  --colour-misty-rose: #FEE2E7;
  --colour-steel-blue: #2680B7;
  --colour-dark-slate-blue: #2F3B76;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(initial);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Inter', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'Inter', system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-body: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';
  --font-other: 'satoshi', 'satoshi Fallback';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h2: 2.75rem;
  --leading-h2: 3rem;
  --text-h3: 1.75rem;
  --text-h4: 1rem;
  --leading-h4: initial;
  --text-p: .875rem;
  --leading-p: normal;
  --text-small: 80%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 4px;
  --radius-2: .25rem;
  --radius-3: 8px;
  --radius-4: 3.40282e+38px;
  --radius-5: 50%;
  --radius-6: 1rem;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 640px;
  --breakpoint-2: 641px;
  --breakpoint-3: 768px;
  --breakpoint-4: 1023px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1199px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1280px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1536px;
  --max-width-1: 1280px;
  --max-width-2: 1060px;
  --max-width-3: 880px;
  --max-width-4: 540px;
  --max-width-5: 350px;
  --max-width-6: 320px;
}

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