What font does The Independent use?

The Independent’s website uses four typefaces: Indy Serif (headings and body text), served from assets.the-independent.com; Indy Sans, served from assets.the-independent.com; Independent Serif, served from assets.the-independent.com; Independent Sans, served from assets.the-independent.com.

What are The Independent’s brand colours?

The main colours on independent.co.uk are Red (#EB1426), Light Maroon (#76071F), Light Coral (#F58992), Rosy Brown (#C89BA5), Deep Brown (#AC2A2C) and Green (#157F1F).

What colour is The Independent’s text and background?

Body text is #222222 on a #000000 background.

Where is The Independent’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on independent.co.uk’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check The Independent’s own brand or press page.

Is this The Independent’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from independent.co.uk’s public web pages on 1 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with The Independent. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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

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The Independentstyle guide

The Independent’s website (independent.co.uk) uses Indy Serif for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Red (#EB1426), Light Maroon (#76071F) and Light Coral (#F58992), with #222222 text on #000000. Captured from the live site on 1 November 2026.

Website: independent.co.uk
Typefaces: Indy Serif, Indy Sans, Independent Serif
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours
Captured: 1 Nov 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Identity & metadata

What browsers, search engines and social cards show before anyone reaches the page, from the homepage’s <head>.

Title &
description

Page title: News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news; ▲ 67 / 60 characters
Meta description: The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.; ● 68 / 160 characters
Site name: The Independent
og:title: News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news | The Independent
og:description: The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.
Language: en
Theme colour: #919191

In search results

The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/

News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breakin…

The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

When shared

The image The Independent shares with links

independent.co.uk

News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news | The Independent

The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

Logo & favicons

Found as: schema.org logo. PNG, 504 × 60.

Logo

On white

On black

On Red

Favicons

3 found

512 px · PNG icon
192 px · PNG icon
32 px · ICO shortcut icon

News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news

Light browser tab

News | The Independent | Today's headlines and latest breaking news

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 (#222222) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

White 39.4%
Near Black 13.4%
Red 10.9%
Charcoal 8.6%
Black 5.4%
Light Maroon 4.7%
Light Coral 2.8%
Rosy Brown 2.4%
Deep Brown 2.2%
Green 2.1%
Deep Indian Red 1.7%
Deep Maroon 1.4%
Light Indian Red 1.3%
Light Brown 1.3%
Dark Slate Grey 1.2%
Light Pink 1.1%

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
15.91:1 AAA

On white
—

Text, background, graphic · body, --text-clr
Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 87

On text
—

On white
15.91:1 AAA

Text, background · --color, .fFxIpb
Charcoal

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 4 79

On text
1.29:1 Fail

On white
12.29:1 AAA

Background, text, border · --dot-color-action-subtle-light-alt, .jDWkry
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
1.32:1 Fail

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Background · body, .jBftba.x-link

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 91 84 8

On text
3.53:1 AA large

On white
4.51:1 AA

Background, text, border · a, .fGsBMA
Light Maroon

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 94 74 54

On text
1.38:1 Fail

On white
11.54:1 AAA

Background, border, text · .jLaTuY, .fDeuZh
Light Coral

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 44 40 4

On text
6.72:1 AA

On white
2.37:1 Fail

Text, background · a.fepUwm:hover, --dot-color-action-base-alt
Rosy Brown

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 23 17 22

On text
6.58:1 AA

On white
2.42:1 Fail

Text, background · a.ibFFSe:hover, --dot-color-action-base-alt
Deep Brown

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 76 74 33

On text
2.37:1 Fail

On white
6.73:1 AA

Text, background · --hover-color, --dot-color-action-base-alt
Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
83 0 76 50

On text
3.10:1 AA large

On white
5.14:1 AA

Background, border, text · .hpyBbx.is-success, .kigWAU
Deep Indian Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 59 57 23

On text
3.50:1 AA large

On white
4.54:1 AA

Text · .jxFcdH, .fqmWXQ
Deep Maroon

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 95 74 63

On text
1.14:1 Fail

On white
13.90:1 AAA

Background · .jkFApM, --dot-color-action-base-alt
Light Indian Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 70 64 6

On text
4.33:1 AA large

On white
3.68:1 AA large

Text · .gEdYWn, --dot-color-action-brand-ink-resting
Light Brown

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 59 57 39

On text
2.45:1 Fail

On white
6.51:1 AA

Text · --dot-color-action-base-alt, --dot-color-action-brand-alt
Dark Slate Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
45 3 0 60

On text
2.38:1 Fail

On white
6.68:1 AA

Used · --dot-color-action-base-alt, --dot-color-action-brand-alt
Light Pink

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 26 25 12

On text
7.80:1 AAA

On white
2.04:1 Fail

Text · --dot-color-action-base-alt, --dot-color-action-brand-alt

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.

Indy Serif

Aa 400 Aa 700

Indy Serif

Served from assets.the-independent.com · weights 400, 700 · body, headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 700

Indy Sans

Served from assets.the-independent.com · weights 400, 700 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 700

Independent Serif

Served from assets.the-independent.com · weights 400, 500, 700 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 500

Independent Sans

Served from assets.the-independent.com · weights 400, 500 · buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Heading 3 19px / 23px

News | The Independent | Today's headlines and …

Paragraph 19px / 1.44em

The latest breaking news, comment and features from The Independent.

Link 12px / 16px weight 500 · Independent Sans

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

76pxline 67px · 1 rules
38pxline 42px · 1 rules
19pxline 1.44em · 2 rules
18pxline 22px · 1 rules
14pxline 16px · 1 rules
12pxline 16px · 2 rules

Elements

The main button and link as the site’s CSS draws them, and the corner radii and shadows it uses most.

Elements

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #EB1426

Corner radius

50% · 7×
4px · 3×
6px · 1×
1px · 1×

Shadows

0 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.25)
0 2px 2px 0 2px 2px rgba(0,0,0,0.25)
0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5)
0 1px 3px light-dark(rgba(0,0,0,0.5),rgba(0,0,0,0.5))

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

360

399

595

767

768

999

1000

1250

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1000 px

968 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.
▲ CheckBody text (#222222 on #000000) has a contrast of 1.32:1, under the 4.5:1 WCAG asks for.

Questions

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

Questions

What font does The Independent use?: The Independent’s website uses four typefaces: Indy Serif (headings and body text), served from assets.the-independent.com; Indy Sans, served from assets.the-independent.com; Independent Serif, served from assets.the-independent.com; Independent Sans, served from assets.the-independent.com.
What are The Independent’s brand colours?: The main colours on independent.co.uk are Red (#EB1426), Light Maroon (#76071F), Light Coral (#F58992), Rosy Brown (#C89BA5), Deep Brown (#AC2A2C) and Green (#157F1F).
What colour is The Independent’s text and background?: Body text is #222222 on a #000000 background.
Where is The Independent’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on independent.co.uk’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check The Independent’s own brand or press page.
Is this The Independent’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from independent.co.uk’s public web pages on 1 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with The Independent. 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

independent-co-uk-tokens.css

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/* independent.co.uk design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/independent.co.uk) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #222222;
  --background: #000000;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-near-black: #222222;
  --colour-charcoal: #353533;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-red: #EB1426;
  --colour-light-maroon: #76071F;
  --colour-light-coral: #F58992;
  --colour-rosy-brown: #C89BA5;
  --colour-deep-brown: #AC2A2C;
  --colour-green: #157F1F;
  --colour-deep-indian-red: #C45054;
  --colour-deep-maroon: #5E0518;
  --colour-light-indian-red: #EF4757;
  --colour-light-brown: #9C4043;
  --colour-dark-slate-grey: #386366;
  --colour-light-pink: #E1A7A9;

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: 'Indy Serif', 'Indy Serif Fallback', serif;
  --font-headings: 'Indy Serif', 'Indy Serif Fallback', serif;
  --font-other: 'Indy Sans', 'Indy Sans Fallback', sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'Independent Sans', -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h3: 19px;
  --leading-h3: 23px;
  --text-p: 19px;
  --leading-p: 1.44em;
  --text-a: 12px;
  --leading-a: 16px;

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

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 360px;
  --breakpoint-2: 399px;
  --breakpoint-3: 595px;
  --breakpoint-4: 767px;
  --breakpoint-5: 768px;
  --breakpoint-6: 999px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1000px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1250px;
  --max-width-1: 1000px;
  --max-width-2: 968px;
  --max-width-3: 640px;
  --max-width-4: 320px;
}

{
    "site": "independent.co.uk",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/independent.co.uk",
    "text": "#222222",
    "background": "#000000",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Near Black",
            "hex": "#222222",
            "rgb": [
                34,
                34,
                34
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Charcoal",
            "hex": "#353533",
            "rgb": [
                53,
                53,
                51
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Red",
            "hex": "#EB1426",
            "rgb": [
                235,
                20,
                38
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Maroon",
            "hex": "#76071F",
            "rgb": [
                118,
                7,
                31
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Coral",
            "hex": "#F58992",
            "rgb": [
                245,
                137,
                146
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Rosy Brown",
            "hex": "#C89BA5",
            "rgb": [
                200,
                155,
                165
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Brown",
            "hex": "#AC2A2C",
            "rgb": [
                172,
                42,
                44
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Green",
            "hex": "#157F1F",
            "rgb": [
                21,
                127,
                31
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Indian Red",
            "hex": "#C45054",
            "rgb": [
                196,
                80,
                84
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Maroon",
            "hex": "#5E0518",
            "rgb": [
                94,
                5,
                24
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Indian Red",
            "hex": "#EF4757",
            "rgb": [
                239,
                71,
                87
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Brown",
            "hex": "#9C4043",
            "rgb": [
                156,
                64,
                67
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Slate Grey",
            "hex": "#386366",
            "rgb": [
                56,
                99,
                102
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Pink",
            "hex": "#E1A7A9",
            "rgb": [
                225,
                167,
                169
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "Indy Serif",
            "stack": "'Indy Serif', 'Indy Serif Fallback', serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Served from assets.the-independent.com"
        },
        {
            "name": "Indy Sans",
            "stack": "'Indy Sans', 'Indy Sans Fallback', sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Served from assets.the-independent.com"
        },
        {
            "name": "Independent Serif",
            "stack": "\"Independent Serif\", Georgia, serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                500,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Served from assets.the-independent.com"
        },
        {
            "name": "Independent Sans",
            "stack": "\"Independent Sans\", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                500
            ],
            "source": "Served from assets.the-independent.com"
        }
    ]
}

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Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Near Black

Charcoal

Black

Colours

Red

Light Maroon

Light Coral

Rosy Brown

Deep Brown

Green

Deep Indian Red

Deep Maroon

Light Indian Red

Light Brown

Dark Slate Grey

Light Pink

Indy Serif

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

Share

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