What font does How-To Geek use?

How-To Geek’s website uses two typefaces: Roboto (headings and body text), served from static0.howtogeekimages.com; video player, self-hosted.

What are How-To Geek’s brand colours?

The main colours on howtogeek.com are Chocolate (#E56C2C), Light Crimson (#FF1540), Midnight Blue (#00182F), Medium Sea Green (#10C46E), Dodger Blue (#1E90FF) and Indian Red (#F45967).

What colour is How-To Geek’s text and background?

Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is How-To Geek’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on howtogeek.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check How-To Geek’s own brand or press page.

Is this How-To Geek’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from howtogeek.com’s public web pages on 29 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with How-To Geek. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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

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How-To Geekstyle guide

How-To Geek’s website (howtogeek.com) uses Roboto for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Chocolate (#E56C2C), Light Crimson (#FF1540) and Midnight Blue (#00182F), with #000000 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 29 October 2026.

Website: howtogeek.com
Typefaces: Roboto, video player
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured: 29 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the howtogeek.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: How-To Geek - We Explain Technology; ● 35 / 60 characters
Meta description: We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.; ● 126 / 160 characters
Site name: How-To Geek
og:title: How-To Geek - We Explain Technology
og:description: We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.
Language: en

In search results

How-To Geekhttps://www.howtogeek.com/

How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.

When shared

howtogeek.com

How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressin…

Logo & favicons

Found as: image in the header. SVG, 249 × 42.

Logo

On white

On black

On Chocolate

Favicons

5 found

240 px · PNG icon
192 px · PNG icon
144 px · PNG icon
96 px · PNG icon
48 px · PNG icon

How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

Light browser tab

How-To Geek - We Explain Technology

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

White 44.8%
Near Black 20.1%
Charcoal 14.2%
Chocolate 9.2%
Off White 6.1%
Light Crimson 1.5%
Midnight Blue 1.1%
Medium Sea Green 1%
Dodger Blue 0.7%
Indian Red 0.2%
Maroon 0.2%
Fire Brick 0.2%
Dark Slate Grey 0.1%
Deep Crimson 0.1%
Royal Blue 0.1%
Honey Dew 0.1%

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
—

Text, background, border · .w-google-addus-btn--article-full.w-google-addus-btn--article-header.w-google-ad, .always-dark .theme-tech .widget__horizontal-list-full .display-card.full-cover-
Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 94

On text
1.10:1 Fail

On white
19.03:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .w-google-addus-btn--article-full.w-google-addus-btn--article-header.w-google-ad, .theme-tech .widget__horizontal-list-full .display-card.full-cover-image .displa
Charcoal

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 80

On text
1.66:1 Fail

On white
12.63:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .w-hub-widgets-one-column .w-hub-widgets[class*=widget__ordered-list] .articles , .section-title
Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 11

On text
16.21:1 AAA

On white
1.30:1 Fail

Text, background, border · .always-dark .template-grid-tall.template-grid-tall-extended .display-card .w-di, .always-dark .template-grid-tall.template-grid-tall-extended .featured-cards-con

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Chocolate

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 53 81 10

On text
6.51:1 AA

On white
3.22:1 AA large

Text, background, border · .grid-accordion-widget .grid-accordion-widget__card--secondary-2 .grid-accordion, .grid-accordion-widget .grid-accordion-widget__card--secondary-2:focus-within .g
Light Crimson

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 92 75 0

On text
5.43:1 AA

On white
3.87:1 AA large

Background, text, border · .btn-user-action.modal-confirm, .nav-link.nav-link-user.has-notification:after
Midnight Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 49 0 82

On text
1.17:1 Fail

On white
17.92:1 AAA

Background, text, border · .nav-elements .nav-link.highlight, .w-subnav-header-search
Medium Sea Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
92 0 44 23

On text
9.14:1 AAA

On white
2.30:1 Fail

Background, text, border · .w-input-checkbox .input-checkbox:checked~.input-checkbox-icon:before, .btn-premium.primary.is-activated
Dodger Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
88 44 0 0

On text
6.49:1 AA

On white
3.24:1 AA large

Background, graphic, text · .btn-user-action, .btn-fab.thread-creation
Indian Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 64 58 4

On text
6.47:1 AA

On white
3.25:1 AA large

Text · .always-dark .btn-premium.tertiary.cancel, .always-dark footer .w-footer .footer-newsletter:has(.newsletter-widget-finalize
Maroon

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 100 97 56

On text
1.69:1 Fail

On white
12.42:1 AAA

Background, text · .btn-user-action.modal-confirm:hover, .always-dark .w-user-msg.notification.alert-error
Fire Brick

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 99 89 22

On text
3.44:1 AA large

On white
6.10:1 AA

Text, border · p.f-errors, .w-valnet-login p.f-errors
Dark Slate Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
91 0 45 77

On text
1.63:1 Fail

On white
12.86:1 AAA

Background, text · footer .w-footer .footer-newsletter:has(.newsletter-widget-finalize-account)>.ne, .always-dark .w-user-msg.notification.alert-success
Deep Crimson

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 85 71 18

On text
3.94:1 AA large

On white
5.33:1 AA

Background · .marketplace-card__price.--auction, .w-hub-widgets .w-marketplace-widget .mp-search-box .mp-btn-primary
Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
81 67 0 0

On text
3.84:1 AA large

On white
5.46:1 AA

Background · footer .w-footer .footer-newsletter-form .valnet-newsletter-btn, footer .w-footer .footer-newsletter .newsletter-widget-finalize-account .newslet
Honey Dew

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
12 0 9 0

On text
19.68:1 AAA

On white
1.07:1 Fail

Background · .user-msg-wrapper.success .w-user-msg, .w-user-msg.notification.alert-success

Gradients

linear-gradient(180deg,hsla(0,0%,9%,0),hsla(0,0%,9%,.1) 35%,hsla(0,0%,9%,.5) 77%,#333)
linear-gradient(180deg,transparent 5%,#e56c2c 0,#e56c2c 78%,transparent 0)
linear-gradient(0deg,hsla(0,0%,9%,.9),hsla(0,0%,9%,.9) 10%,hsla(0,0%,9%,0))

Dark mode

When the device is set to dark

Aa Light · #000000 on #FFFFFF

Aa Dark · #FFFFFF on #191919 · 17.58:1 AAA

White

#FFFFFF
Charcoal

#333333
Light Grey

#B6B4B5
Off White

#E2E2E2
Grey

#777777
Near Black

#181818
Light Grey

#D3D3D3
Chocolate

#E56C2C
Near Black

#242424
Black

#000000
Grey

#999999
Dark Grey

#474747

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.

Roboto

Aa 400 Aa 900

Roboto

Served from static0.howtogeekimages.com · weights 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

video player

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Body 16px / 1.231 arial

We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.

Paragraph .875rem · 14 px / 1.5em weight 400 · Roboto

We explain technology. Learn more with our articles, reviews, tips, and the best answers to your most pressing tech questions.

Button .75rem · 12 px / 1 weight 800 · Roboto

Get started

Link 1.25rem · 20 px / 1.2 weight 700 · Roboto

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

24pxline 1 · 28 rules
20pxline 1 · 56 rules
18pxline 1 · 31 rules
16pxline 1 · 145 rules
14pxline 1 · 116 rules
13pxline 1 · 21 rules
12pxline 1 · 124 rules
10pxline 1 · 28 rules

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

.btn-user-action · #1E90FF

Corner radius

4px · 128×
8px · 30×
50% · 16×
0 0 4px 4px · 13×
2px · 11×
1rem · 9×

Shadows

0 0 2px #333
0 0 12px rgba(0,0,0,.15)
0 0 12px hsla(0,0%,6%,.25)
0 0 2px #e2e2e2

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

480

481

767

768

1023

1024

1180

1440

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1300 px

800 px

620 px

600 px

400 px

310 px

Notes

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

Notes

● FineThe title is 35 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.

Questions

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

Questions

What font does How-To Geek use?: How-To Geek’s website uses two typefaces: Roboto (headings and body text), served from static0.howtogeekimages.com; video player, self-hosted.
What are How-To Geek’s brand colours?: The main colours on howtogeek.com are Chocolate (#E56C2C), Light Crimson (#FF1540), Midnight Blue (#00182F), Medium Sea Green (#10C46E), Dodger Blue (#1E90FF) and Indian Red (#F45967).
What colour is How-To Geek’s text and background?: Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is How-To Geek’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on howtogeek.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check How-To Geek’s own brand or press page.
Is this How-To Geek’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from howtogeek.com’s public web pages on 29 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with How-To Geek. 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

howtogeek-com-tokens.css

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/* howtogeek.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/howtogeek.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #000000;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-near-black: #101010;
  --colour-charcoal: #333333;
  --colour-off-white: #E2E2E2;
  --colour-chocolate: #E56C2C;
  --colour-light-crimson: #FF1540;
  --colour-midnight-blue: #00182F;
  --colour-medium-sea-green: #10C46E;
  --colour-dodger-blue: #1E90FF;
  --colour-indian-red: #F45967;
  --colour-maroon: #700003;
  --colour-fire-brick: #C70116;
  --colour-dark-slate-grey: #053A20;
  --colour-deep-crimson: #D01F3C;
  --colour-royal-blue: #3154FF;
  --colour-honey-dew: #E1FFE9;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(180deg,hsla(0,0%,9%,0),hsla(0,0%,9%,.1) 35%,hsla(0,0%,9%,.5) 77%,#333);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(180deg,transparent 5%,#e56c2c 0,#e56c2c 78%,transparent 0);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(0deg,hsla(0,0%,9%,.9),hsla(0,0%,9%,.9) 10%,hsla(0,0%,9%,0));

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'video player';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-body: 16px;
  --leading-body: 1.231;
  --text-p: .875rem;
  --leading-p: 1.5em;
  --text-button: .75rem;
  --leading-button: 1;
  --text-a: 1.25rem;
  --leading-a: 1.2;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 4px;
  --radius-2: 8px;
  --radius-3: 50%;
  --radius-4: 0 0 4px 4px;
  --radius-5: 2px;
  --radius-6: 1rem;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 480px;
  --breakpoint-2: 481px;
  --breakpoint-3: 767px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1023px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1180px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1440px;
  --max-width-1: 1300px;
  --max-width-2: 800px;
  --max-width-3: 620px;
  --max-width-4: 600px;
  --max-width-5: 400px;
  --max-width-6: 310px;
}

{
    "site": "howtogeek.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/howtogeek.com",
    "text": "#000000",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Near Black",
            "hex": "#101010",
            "rgb": [
                16,
                16,
                16
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Charcoal",
            "hex": "#333333",
            "rgb": [
                51,
                51,
                51
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Off White",
            "hex": "#E2E2E2",
            "rgb": [
                226,
                226,
                226
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Chocolate",
            "hex": "#E56C2C",
            "rgb": [
                229,
                108,
                44
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Crimson",
            "hex": "#FF1540",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                21,
                64
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Midnight Blue",
            "hex": "#00182F",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                24,
                47
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Medium Sea Green",
            "hex": "#10C46E",
            "rgb": [
                16,
                196,
                110
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dodger Blue",
            "hex": "#1E90FF",
            "rgb": [
                30,
                144,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Indian Red",
            "hex": "#F45967",
            "rgb": [
                244,
                89,
                103
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Maroon",
            "hex": "#700003",
            "rgb": [
                112,
                0,
                3
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Fire Brick",
            "hex": "#C70116",
            "rgb": [
                199,
                1,
                22
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Slate Grey",
            "hex": "#053A20",
            "rgb": [
                5,
                58,
                32
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Crimson",
            "hex": "#D01F3C",
            "rgb": [
                208,
                31,
                60
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#3154FF",
            "rgb": [
                49,
                84,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Honey Dew",
            "hex": "#E1FFE9",
            "rgb": [
                225,
                255,
                233
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "Roboto",
            "stack": "Roboto, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                500,
                600,
                700,
                800,
                900
            ],
            "source": "Served from static0.howtogeekimages.com"
        },
        {
            "name": "video player",
            "stack": "video player",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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How-To Geekstyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Near Black

Charcoal

Off White

Colours

Chocolate

Light Crimson

Midnight Blue

Medium Sea Green

Dodger Blue

Indian Red

Maroon

Fire Brick

Dark Slate Grey

Deep Crimson

Royal Blue

Honey Dew

Gradients

Dark mode

Roboto

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

Share

Run howtogeek.com?

Also set in Roboto

goo.gle

google.rs

google.com.my

google.se

Similar colours

ICICI Bank

orange.fr

eastmoney.com

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Title &
description