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git-scm.com’s website (git-scm.com) uses Adelle for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Deep Tomato (#F14E32), Steel Blue (#0388A6) and Red (#EF391A), with #4E443C text on #F0EFE7. Captured from the live site on 31 October 2026.

Typefaces
Adelle, Courier, Roboto Slab
Palette
4 neutrals, 9 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
31 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://git-scm.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the git-scm.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of git-scm.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
Git
● 3 / 60 characters
Meta description
Missing
▲ 0 / 160 characters
Language
en

In search results

git-scm.comhttps://git-scm.com/

Git

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

git-scm.com

Git

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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 (#4E443C) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • Warm Off White 23%
  • Warm Grey 21.9%
  • Warm Charcoal 13.9%
  • Deep Tomato 13.2%
  • White 12.2%
  • Steel Blue 6.7%
  • Red 1.9%
  • Wheat 1.7%
  • Light Pink 1.2%
  • Light Tomato 1.2%
  • Yellow 1.1%
  • Dark Cyan 1%
  • Grey 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
  • Warm Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 4 9
    On text
    7.71:1 AAA
    On white
    1.23:1 Fail

    Background, border · body, a.subtle-button

  • Warm Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 1 4 40
    On text
    3.32:1 AA large
    On white
    2.85:1 Fail

    Text · h1 small, aside h4

  • Warm Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 13 23 69
    On text
    —
    On white
    9.48:1 AAA

    Text · body, h1

  • White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 1 1
    On text
    9.23:1 AAA
    On white
    1.03:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .install-tabs a[role=tab][aria-selected=true], #main

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Deep Tomato

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 68 79 5
    On text
    2.65:1 Fail
    On white
    3.57:1 AA large

    Text, background, border · .callout.downloading h3, h2

  • Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    98 18 0 35
    On text
    2.29:1 Fail
    On white
    4.14:1 AA large

    Text, border · button, #main .callout.icon a h3

  • Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 76 89 6
    On text
    2.38:1 Fail
    On white
    3.98:1 AA large

    Text · #download-next-steps a:hover h3, #front-nav a:hover h3

  • Wheat

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 6 24 7
    On text
    7.20:1 AAA
    On white
    1.32:1 Fail

    Background · .highlight, #documentation #main .literalblock .content pre tt

  • Light Pink

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 29 29 12
    On text
    4.35:1 AA large
    On white
    2.18:1 Fail

    Background · .bar-chart progress.git::-moz-progress-bar, .bar-chart progress.git::-webkit-progress-value

  • Light Tomato

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 58 67 12
    On text
    2.66:1 Fail
    On white
    3.56:1 AA large

    Background · .bar-chart progress.svn::-moz-progress-bar, .bar-chart progress.svn::-webkit-progress-value

  • Yellow

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 100 0
    On text
    8.82:1 AAA
    On white
    1.07:1 Fail

    Background · mark, --mark-bg-color

  • Dark Cyan

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 6 0 40
    On text
    2.46:1 Fail
    On white
    3.85:1 AA large

    Text · #search-results table td.category, --blue

  • Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 13 24 47
    On text
    2.18:1 Fail
    On white
    4.34:1 AA large

    Text · aside.sidebar .callout, --aside-font-color

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(#f1f1e9,#eae9e1)

  • linear-gradient(#d7d7c1,#cbc9b4)

  • linear-gradient(#edede3,#e6e5db)

Dark mode

When the device is set to dark
  • Charcoal

    #333333 · --black-3

  • Tomato

    #F14E32 · --orange

  • Warm Charcoal

    #4E443C · --font-color

  • Warm Grey

    #9A9994 · --light-font-color

  • Steel Blue

    #0388A6 · --link-color

  • White

    #FCFCFA · --main-bg

  • Red

    #EF391A · --orange-darker-5

  • Dark Cyan

    #009099 · --blue

  • Grey

    #887668 · --aside-font-color

  • Warm Grey

    #81807A · --light-font-color-darker-10

  • Dark Grey

    #5A5955 · --light-font-color-darker-25

  • Charcoal

    #403F3C · --light-font-color-darker-35

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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.

Adelle

Aa 400

Adelle

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

Aa 700

Courier

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

Aa 400

Roboto Slab

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
Heading 1 36px / 44px weight 400

git-scm.com

Heading 2 18px / 44px weight 700

Git

Heading 3 16px / 33px weight 700

Git

Heading 4 14px / 22px weight 700

Git

Heading 5 12px / 22px weight 400

Git

Heading 6 11px / 22px weight 400 · uppercase

Git

Body 14px / 22px Adelle

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Paragraph 14px / 22px

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Small 100%

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Link 12px / 1.2 weight 700

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 32pxline 120% · 2 rules
  • 24pxline 120% · 3 rules
  • 18pxline 26.4px · 13 rules
  • 16pxline 120% · 17 rules
  • 14pxline 22px · 13 rules
  • 13pxline 120% · 17 rules
  • 12pxline 1.4 · 19 rules
  • 11pxline 1.2 · 8 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

Button

Get started

button · #E9E8E0 · radius 3px

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #0388A6

Corner radius

  • 3px · 12×
  • 5px · 2×
  • 6px · 2×
  • 4px · 2×
  • 0 5px 5px 0 · 2×
  • 10px · 2×

Shadows

  • 6px 2px 8px rgba(28,28,28,.1)
  • 0 1px 2px #ccc
  • 0 1px #f1f1e9
  • 0 0 7px rgba(0,0,0,.25)

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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

480
640
760
940
1024

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

700 px
300 px

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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.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does git-scm.com use?
git-scm.com’s website uses one typeface: Adelle (headings and body text), a system font.
What are git-scm.com’s brand colours?
The main colours on git-scm.com are Deep Tomato (#F14E32), Steel Blue (#0388A6), Red (#EF391A), Wheat (#EEE0B5), Light Pink (#E09FA0) and Light Tomato (#E05F49).
What colour is git-scm.com’s text and background?
Body text is #4E443C on a #F0EFE7 background.
Where is git-scm.com’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on git-scm.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check git-scm.com’s own brand or press page.
Is this git-scm.com’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from git-scm.com’s public web pages on 31 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with git-scm.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

git-scm-com-tokens.css

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/* git-scm.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/git-scm.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #4E443C;
  --background: #F0EFE7;
  --colour-warm-off-white: #E9E8E0;
  --colour-warm-grey: #9A9994;
  --colour-warm-charcoal: #4E443C;
  --colour-white: #FCFCFA;
  --colour-deep-tomato: #F14E32;
  --colour-steel-blue: #0388A6;
  --colour-red: #EF391A;
  --colour-wheat: #EEE0B5;
  --colour-light-pink: #E09FA0;
  --colour-light-tomato: #E05F49;
  --colour-yellow: #FFFF00;
  --colour-dark-cyan: #009099;
  --colour-grey: #887668;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(#f1f1e9,#eae9e1);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(#d7d7c1,#cbc9b4);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(#edede3,#e6e5db);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: 'Adelle', 'Roboto Slab', 'DejaVu Serif', 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'Courier', monospace;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 36px;
  --leading-h1: 44px;
  --text-h2: 18px;
  --leading-h2: 44px;
  --text-h3: 16px;
  --leading-h3: 33px;
  --text-h4: 14px;
  --leading-h4: 22px;
  --text-h5: 12px;
  --leading-h5: 22px;
  --text-h6: 11px;
  --leading-h6: 22px;
  --text-body: 14px;
  --leading-body: 22px;
  --text-p: 14px;
  --leading-p: 22px;
  --text-small: 100%;
  --text-a: 12px;
  --leading-a: 1.2;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 3px;
  --radius-2: 5px;
  --radius-3: 6px;
  --radius-4: 4px;
  --radius-5: 0 5px 5px 0;
  --radius-6: 10px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 480px;
  --breakpoint-2: 640px;
  --breakpoint-3: 760px;
  --breakpoint-4: 940px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1024px;
  --max-width-1: 700px;
  --max-width-2: 300px;
}

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