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mysql.com’s website (mysql.com) uses Open Sans for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Sandy Brown (#FBAC5D), Deep Royal Blue (#015A84) and Steel Blue (#3E78A6), with #444444 text on #F7F7F7. Captured from the live site on 1 November 2026.

Website
mysql.com
Typefaces
Open Sans, Courier New, Helvetica Neue
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
1 Nov 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.mysql.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the mysql.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of mysql.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 1 Nov 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
MySQL
● 5 / 60 characters
Meta description
Missing
▲ 0 / 160 characters
Language
en

In search results

mysql.comhttps://www.mysql.com/

MySQL

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

mysql.com

MySQL

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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 (#444444) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 36.7%
  • Off White 11.4%
  • Sandy Brown 9.9%
  • Deep Royal Blue 7.2%
  • Dark Grey 6.8%
  • Charcoal 5.8%
  • Steel Blue 5.8%
  • Steel Blue 2.4%
  • Cornflower Blue 2.4%
  • Light Orange 2.2%
  • Royal Blue 2.2%
  • Light Steel Blue 1.9%
  • Deep Orange 1.5%
  • Deep Steel Blue 1.5%
  • Olive Drab 1.3%
  • Light Royal Blue 1.2%

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
    9.74:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Background, text, border · #downloads .ui-widget-header, .boxStyled .button-blue

  • Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 7
    On text
    8.39:1 AAA
    On white
    1.16:1 Fail

    Background, border, text · #downloads .ui-widget-header, .cbtn>div>a

  • Dark Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 60
    On text
    1.70:1 Fail
    On white
    5.74:1 AA

    Text, border · table.matrix, footer

  • Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 80
    On text
    1.30:1 Fail
    On white
    12.63:1 AAA

    Text · .boxStyled .button-blue, .boxStyled a.button-blue

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Sandy Brown

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 31 63 2
    On text
    5.18:1 AA
    On white
    1.88:1 Fail

    Text · .boxStyled h2, .boxStyled h3

  • Deep Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    99 32 0 48
    On text
    1.30:1 Fail
    On white
    7.51:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .boxStyled .button-blue:hover, .promo12 h1

  • Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    63 28 0 35
    On text
    2.06:1 Fail
    On white
    4.73:1 AA

    Background, border · .sidebar-promo1 .promo-top, table.matrix tr.header th

  • Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    80 27 0 34
    On text
    2.07:1 Fail
    On white
    4.71:1 AA

    Background, text · a:link, .button03 a:link

  • Cornflower Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    54 24 0 17
    On text
    3.50:1 AA large
    On white
    2.78:1 Fail

    Background · .sidebar-promo1 .promo-top, #l2-nav-container.open-nav #l2-nav-toggle

  • Light Orange

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 39 87 4
    On text
    4.30:1 AA large
    On white
    2.27:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .button04 a:link, #top-orange

  • Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    70 33 0 47
    On text
    1.34:1 Fail
    On white
    7.25:1 AAA

    Background · .sidebar-promo1 .promo-top, header .nav-button-1:hover

  • Light Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    64 20 0 32
    On text
    2.56:1 Fail
    On white
    3.81:1 AA large

    Background · .big-button-blue, .boxStyled .button-blue:hover

  • Deep Orange

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 47 100 9
    On text
    3.38:1 AA large
    On white
    2.88:1 Fail

    Text, background, border · .fp-product h2, .fp-product h2 a

  • Deep Steel Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 26 0 38
    On text
    1.88:1 Fail
    On white
    5.19:1 AA

    Text, border · h2 a, #tab_container a

  • Olive Drab

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    29 0 95 34
    On text
    3.43:1 AA large
    On white
    2.84:1 Fail

    Background · .big-button-green:hover, .big-button-green

  • Light Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    59 28 0 44
    On text
    1.63:1 Fail
    On white
    5.97:1 AA

    Background, text · inline style on <div>, #l2-nav-container

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(top,#61a1d4 0%,#3E78A6 50%,#285a86 100%)

  • linear-gradient(top,rgb(255 255 255) 0%,rgb(241 241 241) 50%,rgb(225 225 225) 51%,rgb(246 246 246) 100%)

  • linear-gradient(top,#e7e7e7 0%,#fff 56%)

Dark mode

Switched on by the site
  • Royal Blue

    #2B5D80

  • Light Grey

    #AAAAAA

  • Grey

    #888888

  • Off White

    #EAEAEA

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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.

Open Sans

Aa 200 Aa 900

Open Sans

Self-hosted · weights 200, 400, 500, 700, 900 · body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Courier New

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

Aa 700

Helvetica Neue

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

Aa 400

tahoma

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 1 150% weight 700

mysql.com

Heading 2 130% / 110% weight 500

MySQL

Heading 3 120% weight 500

MySQL

Heading 4 110% weight 700

MySQL

Heading 5 100% weight 700

MySQL

Heading 6 100%

MySQL

Body 100% / 1 Open Sans

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Paragraph 100% / 1.6

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Small 80%

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Link 100%

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 22pxline 1.1 · 2 rules
  • 19px1 rules
  • 16px2 rules
  • 14pxline 1.6 · 3 rules
  • 12pxline 1.4 · 6 rules
  • 11px2 rules
  • 10px1 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

header .button · #5F95C4 · radius 4px

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #0074A3

Corner radius

  • 8px · 9×
  • 4px · 5×
  • 6px · 3×
  • 15px 0 0 0 · 2×
  • 5px · 2×
  • 3px · 1×

Shadows

  • -2px 0 5px 0 #eee,2px 0 5px 0 #eee
  • rgb(0 0 0 / .199219) 0 1px 0 0
  • 0 0 18px rgb(0 0 0 / .4)
  • -1px 0 0 #2c82b9

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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

800
920
921
1000
1160
1330
1470
1500

On a scale of 0 to 1500 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1600 px
1000 px
900 px
800 px
750 px
700 px

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Notes

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

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 5 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 mysql.com use?
mysql.com’s website uses one typeface: Open Sans (headings and body text), self-hosted.
What are mysql.com’s brand colours?
The main colours on mysql.com are Sandy Brown (#FBAC5D), Deep Royal Blue (#015A84), Steel Blue (#3E78A6), Steel Blue (#217BA8), Cornflower Blue (#61A1D4) and Light Orange (#F59620).
What colour is mysql.com’s text and background?
Body text is #444444 on a #F7F7F7 background.
Where is mysql.com’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on mysql.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check mysql.com’s own brand or press page.
Is this mysql.com’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from mysql.com’s public web pages on 1 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with mysql.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

mysql-com-tokens.css

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/* mysql.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/mysql.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #444444;
  --background: #F7F7F7;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-off-white: #EEEEEE;
  --colour-dark-grey: #666666;
  --colour-charcoal: #333333;
  --colour-sandy-brown: #FBAC5D;
  --colour-deep-royal-blue: #015A84;
  --colour-steel-blue: #3E78A6;
  --colour-steel-blue-2: #217BA8;
  --colour-cornflower-blue: #61A1D4;
  --colour-light-orange: #F59620;
  --colour-royal-blue: #285A86;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #3F8BAE;
  --colour-deep-orange: #E97B00;
  --colour-deep-steel-blue: #00759F;
  --colour-olive-drab: #77A809;
  --colour-light-royal-blue: #3A678F;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(top,#61a1d4 0%,#3E78A6 50%,#285a86 100%);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(top,rgb(255 255 255) 0%,rgb(241 241 241) 50%,rgb(225 225 225) 51%,rgb(246 246 246) 100%);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(top,#e7e7e7 0%,#fff 56%);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: 'Open Sans', 'Arial', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'Courier New', 'Courier', 'fixed', monospace;
  --font-buttons: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Arial', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 150%;
  --text-h2: 130%;
  --leading-h2: 110%;
  --text-h3: 120%;
  --text-h4: 110%;
  --text-h5: 100%;
  --text-h6: 100%;
  --text-body: 100%;
  --leading-body: 1;
  --text-p: 100%;
  --leading-p: 1.6;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-a: 100%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 8px;
  --radius-2: 4px;
  --radius-3: 6px;
  --radius-4: 15px 0 0 0;
  --radius-5: 5px;
  --radius-6: 3px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 800px;
  --breakpoint-2: 920px;
  --breakpoint-3: 921px;
  --breakpoint-4: 1000px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1160px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1330px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1470px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1500px;
  --max-width-1: 1600px;
  --max-width-2: 1000px;
  --max-width-3: 900px;
  --max-width-4: 800px;
  --max-width-5: 750px;
  --max-width-6: 700px;
}

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Websites whose lead colour is closest to mysql.com’s

Captured from mysql.com on 1 November 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by mysql.com; this guide describes the public website for reference.