What font does NASA use?

NASA’s website uses three typefaces: Public Sans Web (headings and body text), self-hosted; Inter, self-hosted; dm-mono, self-hosted.

What are NASA’s brand colours?

The main colours on nasa.gov are Light Royal Blue (#1C67E3), Dodger Blue (#288BFF), Red (#F64137), Midnight Blue (#162E51), Fire Brick (#B60109) and Royal Blue (#005EA2).

What colour is NASA’s text and background?

Body text is #1B1B1B on a #000000 background.

Where is NASA’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on nasa.gov’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check NASA’s own brand or press page.

Is this NASA’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from nasa.gov’s public web pages on 27 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with NASA. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from nasa.gov’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by NASA. The real site is nasa.gov ↗

Unofficial style guide

NASAstyle guide

NASA’s website (nasa.gov) uses Public Sans Web for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Light Royal Blue (#1C67E3), Dodger Blue (#288BFF) and Red (#F64137), with #1B1B1B text on #000000. Captured from the live site on 27 October 2026.

Website: nasa.gov
Typefaces: Public Sans Web, Inter, dm-mono
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured: 27 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the nasa.gov homepage on a desktop screen — Screenshot of nasa.gov on a 1440 px desktop screen, 27 Oct 2026.

Screenshot of the nasa.gov 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: NASA; ● 4 / 60 characters
Meta description: NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.; ▲ 174 / 160 characters
Site name: NASA
og:title: NASA
og:description: NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research.
Language: en-US
Theme colour: #ffffff

In search results

NASAhttps://www.nasa.gov/

NASA

NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronaut…

When shared

nasa.gov

NASA

NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in …

Logo & favicons

Found as: image in the header. PNG, 121 × 102.

Logo

On white

On black

On Light Royal Blue

Favicons

8 found

152 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
144 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
120 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
114 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
76 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
72 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
60 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
57 px · PNG apple-touch-icon

NASA

Light browser tab

NASA

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 (#1B1B1B) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

White 38.1%
Black 19.1%
Light Grey 9.8%
Cool Charcoal 7.6%
Light Royal Blue 4%
Dodger Blue 3.9%
Red 3.4%
Midnight Blue 2.6%
Fire Brick 2.3%
Royal Blue 2%
Light Slate Blue 1.7%
Medium Spring Green 1.3%
Deep Slate Blue 1.1%
Rebecca Purple 1%
Tomato 1%
Deep Royal Blue 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
17.22:1 AAA

On white
—

Text, background, graphic · body, .article-color-mode-dark .article-meta-item
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
1.22:1 Fail

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Text, background, border · html, .hds-meta-heading
Light Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 18

On text
11.28:1 AAA

On white
1.53:1 Fail

Text, border, background · .bg-carbon-90 .gsection_title, .bg-carbon-90 .hds-gf-stepper__heading
Cool Charcoal

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
8 8 0 80

On text
1.27:1 Fail

On white
13.52:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .gf_progressbar_title, .pum-theme-862810 .pum-title

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Light Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
88 55 0 11

On text
3.36:1 AA large

On white
5.12:1 AA

Background, border, text · .hds-search-gov-results button, .hds-button.hds-button-download
Dodger Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
84 45 0 0

On text
5.11:1 AA

On white
3.37:1 AA large

Text, background, border · .countdown-item h3, .color-nasa-blue-tint
Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 74 78 4

On text
4.70:1 AA

On white
3.67:1 AA large

Background, graphic, text · .gform_fields .gfield-hds-multifile-uploads button, .hds-button.hds-button-primary
Midnight Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
73 43 0 68

On text
1.27:1 Fail

On white
13.60:1 AAA

Text, background · .usa-nav__primary button[aria-expanded=true], .usa-prose>table th[data-sortable][aria-sort=descending] .usa-table__header__but
Fire Brick

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 99 95 29

On text
2.46:1 Fail

On white
7.01:1 AAA

Background, text, graphic · .color-nasa-red-shade, .color-nasa-red-shade-important
Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 42 0 36

On text
2.56:1 Fail

On white
6.72:1 AA

Text, background · .usa-nav__primary .usa-current::after, .usa-button
Light Slate Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
80 47 0 50

On text
1.79:1 Fail

On white
9.62:1 AAA

Text, background · .usa-prose>table th[data-sortable][aria-sort=descending] .usa-table__header__but, .usa-prose>table th[data-sortable][aria-sort=ascending] .usa-table__header__butt
Medium Spring Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
67 0 39 15

On text
9.54:1 AAA

On white
1.81:1 Fail

Text, graphic, background · .color-active-green, .color-active-green-important
Deep Slate Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
92 58 0 43

On text
1.71:1 Fail

On white
10.04:1 AAA

Text, background, graphic · .color-nasa-blue-shade, .color-nasa-blue-shade-important
Rebecca Purple

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
41 73 0 44

On text
1.69:1 Fail

On white
10.18:1 AAA

Text · .usa-nav__primary button:visited, .usa-prose>table th[data-sortable]:not([aria-sort]) .usa-table__header__button:v
Tomato

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 64 68 0

On text
5.66:1 AA

On white
3.04:1 AA large

Text, graphic · .color-nasa-red-tint, .color-nasa-red-tint-important
Deep Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
60 27 0 51

On text
2.39:1 Fail

On white
7.20:1 AAA

Text, background · .pum-theme-862809 .pum-title, .pum-theme-862809 .pum-content + .pum-close

Gradients

linear-gradient(transparent,transparent)
linear-gradient(65.99deg,#000,transparent 99.04%)
linear-gradient(65.99deg,#000 0,transparent 99.04%)

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.

Public Sans Web

Aa 200 Aa 700

Public Sans Web

Self-hosted · weights 200, 300, 400, 700 · body, headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 200 Aa 700

Inter

Self-hosted · weights 200, 400, 600, 700 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 300 Aa 500

dm-mono

Self-hosted · weights 300, 400, 500 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Heading 1 2em · 32 px / .95em inter

NASA

Heading 2 3rem · 48 px / .95em inter

NASA

Heading 3 3rem · 48 px / 1.2em weight 300 · dm-mono

NASA

Heading 4 .99rem · 16 px / 1.5em weight 200 · inter

NASA

Heading 5 .93rem · 15 px / 1.5em weight 200 · inter

NASA

Heading 6 .81rem · 13 px / 1.5em weight 200 · uppercase · inter

NASA

Body — Public Sans Web

NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific …

Paragraph 1rem · 16 px / 1.65em Public Sans Web

NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific …

Small 80%

NASA.gov brings you the latest news, images and videos from America's space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration, scientific …

Button 100% / 1.15 none

Get started

Link .9rem · 14 px / 1.2em weight 400 · inter

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

48px6 rules
32pxline 36px · 12 rules
22pxline 1.8 · 16 rules
18pxline 1.65em · 6 rules
16pxline 1.4 · 28 rules
15pxline 1em · 7 rules
14pxline 1em · 20 rules
12pxline 1.25rem · 14 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

.gform_fields .gfield-hds-multifile-uploads button · #F64137

Corner radius

50% · 13×
2px · 7×
1.4em · 4×
.25rem · 3×
99rem · 3×
100% · 2×

Shadows

0px 0px 0px 0px rgba( 2, 2, 2, 0.00 )
1px 1px 3px 0px rgba( 2, 2, 2, 0.23 )
0px 0px 0px 0px rgba( 2, 2, 2, 0.23 )
0

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

480

576

640

768

800

1023

1024

1200

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1400 px

1360 px

1100 px

1024 px

840 px

480 px

Notes

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

Notes

● FineThe title is 4 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
▲ CheckThe description is 174 characters. Search results usually show about 160.
▲ CheckBody text (#1B1B1B on #000000) has a contrast of 1.22:1, 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 NASA use?: NASA’s website uses three typefaces: Public Sans Web (headings and body text), self-hosted; Inter, self-hosted; dm-mono, self-hosted.
What are NASA’s brand colours?: The main colours on nasa.gov are Light Royal Blue (#1C67E3), Dodger Blue (#288BFF), Red (#F64137), Midnight Blue (#162E51), Fire Brick (#B60109) and Royal Blue (#005EA2).
What colour is NASA’s text and background?: Body text is #1B1B1B on a #000000 background.
Where is NASA’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on nasa.gov’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check NASA’s own brand or press page.
Is this NASA’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from nasa.gov’s public web pages on 27 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with NASA. 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

nasa-gov-tokens.css

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/* nasa.gov design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/nasa.gov) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #1B1B1B;
  --background: #000000;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-light-grey: #D1D1D1;
  --colour-cool-charcoal: #2E2E32;
  --colour-light-royal-blue: #1C67E3;
  --colour-dodger-blue: #288BFF;
  --colour-red: #F64137;
  --colour-midnight-blue: #162E51;
  --colour-fire-brick: #B60109;
  --colour-royal-blue: #005EA2;
  --colour-light-slate-blue: #1A4480;
  --colour-medium-spring-green: #47DA84;
  --colour-deep-slate-blue: #0B3D91;
  --colour-rebecca-purple: #54278F;
  --colour-tomato: #FF5C52;
  --colour-deep-royal-blue: #315B7C;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(transparent,transparent);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(65.99deg,#000,transparent 99.04%);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(65.99deg,#000 0,transparent 99.04%);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: 'Public Sans Web', -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Helvetica';
  --font-headings: 'Public Sans Web', -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Helvetica';
  --font-buttons: 'Public Sans Web', -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Helvetica';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2em;
  --leading-h1: .95em;
  --text-h2: 3rem;
  --leading-h2: .95em;
  --text-h3: 3rem;
  --leading-h3: 1.2em;
  --text-h4: .99rem;
  --leading-h4: 1.5em;
  --text-h5: .93rem;
  --leading-h5: 1.5em;
  --text-h6: .81rem;
  --leading-h6: 1.5em;
  --text-p: 1rem;
  --leading-p: 1.65em;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-button: 100%;
  --leading-button: 1.15;
  --text-a: .9rem;
  --leading-a: 1.2em;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 50%;
  --radius-2: 2px;
  --radius-3: 1.4em;
  --radius-4: .25rem;
  --radius-5: 99rem;
  --radius-6: 100%;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 480px;
  --breakpoint-2: 576px;
  --breakpoint-3: 640px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 800px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1023px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1200px;
  --max-width-1: 1400px;
  --max-width-2: 1360px;
  --max-width-3: 1100px;
  --max-width-4: 1024px;
  --max-width-5: 840px;
  --max-width-6: 480px;
}

{
    "site": "nasa.gov",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/nasa.gov",
    "text": "#1B1B1B",
    "background": "#000000",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Grey",
            "hex": "#D1D1D1",
            "rgb": [
                209,
                209,
                209
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Cool Charcoal",
            "hex": "#2E2E32",
            "rgb": [
                46,
                46,
                50
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#1C67E3",
            "rgb": [
                28,
                103,
                227
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dodger Blue",
            "hex": "#288BFF",
            "rgb": [
                40,
                139,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Red",
            "hex": "#F64137",
            "rgb": [
                246,
                65,
                55
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Midnight Blue",
            "hex": "#162E51",
            "rgb": [
                22,
                46,
                81
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Fire Brick",
            "hex": "#B60109",
            "rgb": [
                182,
                1,
                9
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#005EA2",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                94,
                162
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Slate Blue",
            "hex": "#1A4480",
            "rgb": [
                26,
                68,
                128
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Medium Spring Green",
            "hex": "#47DA84",
            "rgb": [
                71,
                218,
                132
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Slate Blue",
            "hex": "#0B3D91",
            "rgb": [
                11,
                61,
                145
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Rebecca Purple",
            "hex": "#54278F",
            "rgb": [
                84,
                39,
                143
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Tomato",
            "hex": "#FF5C52",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                92,
                82
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#315B7C",
            "rgb": [
                49,
                91,
                124
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "Public Sans Web",
            "stack": "Public Sans Web, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Segoe UI, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, Apple Color Emoji, Segoe UI Emoji, Segoe UI Symbol",
            "weights": [
                200,
                300,
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Inter",
            "stack": "\"inter\", sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                200,
                400,
                600,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "dm-mono",
            "stack": "\"dm-mono\"",
            "weights": [
                300,
                400,
                500
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

Other websites using Public Sans Web as their main typeface

United States Patent and Trademark Office

uspto.gov · set in Public Sans Web
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Websites whose lead colour is closest to NASA’s

agoda.com

agoda.com · 19 hours ago
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Digg

digg.com · 1 day ago
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cargocollective.com

cargocollective.com · 6 days ago
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エキサイトブログ

exblog.jp · 2 days ago
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NASAstyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Black

Light Grey

Cool Charcoal

Colours

Light Royal Blue

Dodger Blue

Red

Midnight Blue

Fire Brick

Royal Blue

Light Slate Blue

Medium Spring Green

Deep Slate Blue

Rebecca Purple

Tomato

Deep Royal Blue

Gradients

Public Sans Web

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

Share

Run nasa.gov?

Also set in Public Sans Web

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Similar colours

agoda.com

Digg

cargocollective.com

エキサイトブログ

Title &
description