What font does Oxford University Press use?

Oxford University Press’s website uses two typefaces: Open Sans (headings and body text), google Fonts; DM Serif Display, google Fonts.

What are Oxford University Press’s brand colours?

The main colours on oup.com are Blue (#0043DF), Midnight Blue (#011E41), Dark Slate Grey (#005145), Light Pink (#F3A7B8), Dark Slate Blue (#002F9C) and Orange Red (#FD5821).

What colour is Oxford University Press’s text and background?

Body text is #191D20 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is Oxford University Press’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on oup.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Oxford University Press’s own brand or press page.

Is this Oxford University Press’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from oup.com’s public web pages on 30 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Oxford University Press. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

Oxford University Press Style Guide: Colours, Fonts & Logo

Identity & metadata

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

Title &
description

Page title: Homepage - Oxford University Press; ● 34 / 60 characters
Meta description: Oxford University Press moves knowledge and learning forward. Discover our products, services, and latest thinking in education and research.; ● 141 / 160 characters
Site name: Oxford University Press
og:title: Homepage - Oxford University Press
og:description: Oxford University Press moves knowledge and learning forward. Discover our products, services, and latest thinking in education and research.
Language: en-GB

In search results

Oxford University Presshttps://corp.oup.com/

Homepage - Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press moves knowledge and learning forward. Discover our products, services, and latest thinking in education and research.

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

oup.com

Homepage - Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press moves knowledge and learning forward. Discover our products, services, and latest thi…

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Logo & favicons

Found as: schema.org logo. PNG, 5000 × 1758.

Logo

On white

On black

On Blue

Favicons

1 found

48 px · PNG icon

Homepage - Oxford University Press

Light browser tab

Homepage - Oxford University Press

Dark browser tab

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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 (#191D20) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

White 32.3%
Blue 19%
Midnight Blue 17.1%
Dark Slate Grey 8.9%
Cool Light Grey 4.9%
Light Pink 4%
Cool Near Black 3.8%
Cool Dark Grey 2.8%
Dark Slate Blue 2.5%
Orange Red 1.8%
Steel Blue 1.1%
Cadet Blue 0.7%
Beige 0.6%
Dark Turquoise 0.5%

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
16.96:1 AAA

On white
—

Text, background, border · #onetrust-consent-sdk #onetrust-banner-sdk .ot-sdk-row #onetrust-button-group-pa, #onetrust-consent-sdk #onetrust-banner-sdk body.single .banner .blog-overlay .ot
Cool Light Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
7 0 0 16

On text
11.38:1 AAA

On white
1.49:1 Fail

Text, background, border · #onetrust-consent-sdk #onetrust-banner-sdk .ot-sdk-row #onetrust-button-group-pa, .block-background-colour.blue a:not(.button):not(.badge)
Cool Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
22 9 0 87

On text
—

On white
16.96:1 AAA

Text, border, background · #onetrust-consent-sdk #onetrust-banner-sdk .blog-banner .ot-sdk-row .latest-post, .post-tiles .resource-post-container article .title-and-meta h3
Cool Dark Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
11 0 0 68

On text
2.11:1 Fail

On white
8.04:1 AAA

Text, border · #onetrust-consent-sdk #onetrust-banner-sdk .ot-sdk-row #onetrust-button-group-pa, .text-grey h1

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 70 0 13

On text
2.32:1 Fail

On white
7.32:1 AAA

Text, background, border · #onetrust-consent-sdk #onetrust-banner-sdk .ot-sdk-row #onetrust-button-group-pa, .news-tiles article .title-and-meta .categories a
Midnight Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
98 54 0 75

On text
1.02:1 Fail

On white
16.62:1 AAA

Background, text, border · .two-column-content .columns .col .accordion-container .section .title.active .a, .accordion .accordion-container .section .title.active .arrow-container
Dark Slate Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 0 15 68

On text
1.83:1 Fail

On white
9.28:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .two-column-content .columns .col .accordion-container.rpr-green .section .title, .accordion .accordion-container.rpr-green .section .title .arrow-container
Light Pink

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 31 24 5

On text
8.91:1 AAA

On white
1.90:1 Fail

Background, text, border · .block-background-colour.rpr-green a:not(.button):not(.badge), .block-background-colour.rpr-pink
Dark Slate Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 70 0 39

On text
1.52:1 Fail

On white
11.13:1 AAA

Text, background, border · #onetrust-consent-sdk #onetrust-banner-sdk .ot-sdk-row #onetrust-button-group-pa, .post-tiles .resource-post-container article .subtitle a:hover
Orange Red

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 65 87 1

On text
5.33:1 AA

On white
3.18:1 AA large

Text, background · .block-background-colour.rpr-beige a:not(.button):not(.badge), .block-background-colour.rpr-mint a:not(.button):not(.badge)
Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 52 0 0

On text
4.22:1 AA large

On white
4.02:1 AA large

Background, text, border · .swiper-pagination-bullet-active, .swiper-pagination-progressbar .swiper-pagination-progressbar-fill
Cadet Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
20 1 0 36

On text
6.05:1 AA

On white
2.81:1 Fail

Background, border · #onetrust-consent-sdk #onetrust-banner-sdk .ot-sdk-row #onetrust-button-group-pa, .arrow-button:hover .arrow-container
Beige

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
3 0 10 9

On text
13.34:1 AAA

On white
1.27:1 Fail

Background · .block-background-colour.rpr-mint, .big-quote .quote-container.rpr-mint
Dark Turquoise

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
85 9 0 9

On text
9.50:1 AAA

On white
1.79:1 Fail

Background, border · .fancybox__progress, .fancybox__thumbs .carousel__slide .fancybox__thumb:after

Gradients

linear-gradient(to left,rgba(0,0,0,0.5),rgba(0,0,0,0))
linear-gradient(to right,rgba(0,0,0,0.5),rgba(0,0,0,0))
linear-gradient(to top,rgba(0,0,0,0.5),rgba(0,0,0,0))

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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 300 Aa 800

Open Sans

Google Fonts · weights 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800 · headings

Aa 400

DM Serif Display

Google Fonts · weights 400 · headings

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Heading 1 5em · 80 px / 1em weight 400 · DM Serif Display

Oxford University Press

Heading 2 2.5em · 40 px / 1em weight 400 · DM Serif Display

Homepage - Oxford University Press

Heading 3 1.375em · 22 px / 1.3em weight 600

Homepage - Oxford University Press

Body 16px / 1.5em Open Sans

Oxford University Press moves knowledge and learning forward. Discover our products, services, and latest thinking in education and researc…

Paragraph 1.25em · 20 px / 1.5em weight 500

Oxford University Press moves knowledge and learning forward. Discover our products, services, and latest thinking in education and researc…

Small 80%

Oxford University Press moves knowledge and learning forward. Discover our products, services, and latest thinking in education and researc…

Button 100% / normal none

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site

40pxline 1em · 3 rules
32pxline 1em · 5 rules
20pxline 1 · 4 rules
17pxline 1.4em · 6 rules
16pxline 1.7 · 17 rules
14pxline 35px · 6 rules
13px9 rules
10px4 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

#onetrust-consent-sdk #onetrust-banner-sdk .ot-sdk-row #onetrust-button-group-pa · #0043DF · radius 2em

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #0043DF

Corner radius

8px · 13×
50% · 12×
5px · 11×
4px · 4×
12px · 3×
0 0 0px 0px · 2×

Shadows

0 0 0 1px #fff,0 0 0 2px rgba(1,210,232,0.94)
0px 8px 5px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.3)

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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

640

768

769

770

1024

1031

1032

1241

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1600 px

1340 px

912 px

780 px

767 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 34 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
▲ 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 Oxford University Press use?: Oxford University Press’s website uses two typefaces: Open Sans (headings and body text), google Fonts; DM Serif Display, google Fonts.
What are Oxford University Press’s brand colours?: The main colours on oup.com are Blue (#0043DF), Midnight Blue (#011E41), Dark Slate Grey (#005145), Light Pink (#F3A7B8), Dark Slate Blue (#002F9C) and Orange Red (#FD5821).
What colour is Oxford University Press’s text and background?: Body text is #191D20 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Oxford University Press’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on oup.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Oxford University Press’s own brand or press page.
Is this Oxford University Press’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from oup.com’s public web pages on 30 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Oxford University Press. 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

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/* oup.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/oup.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #191D20;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-cool-light-grey: #C9D6D7;
  --colour-cool-near-black: #191D20;
  --colour-cool-dark-grey: #495252;
  --colour-blue: #0043DF;
  --colour-midnight-blue: #011E41;
  --colour-dark-slate-grey: #005145;
  --colour-light-pink: #F3A7B8;
  --colour-dark-slate-blue: #002F9C;
  --colour-orange-red: #FD5821;
  --colour-steel-blue: #007AFF;
  --colour-cadet-blue: #81A0A2;
  --colour-beige: #E0E7D0;
  --colour-dark-turquoise: #22D5E9;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(to left,rgba(0,0,0,0.5),rgba(0,0,0,0));
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(to right,rgba(0,0,0,0.5),rgba(0,0,0,0));
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(to top,rgba(0,0,0,0.5),rgba(0,0,0,0));

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 5em;
  --leading-h1: 1em;
  --text-h2: 2.5em;
  --leading-h2: 1em;
  --text-h3: 1.375em;
  --leading-h3: 1.3em;
  --text-body: 16px;
  --leading-body: 1.5em;
  --text-p: 1.25em;
  --leading-p: 1.5em;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-button: 100%;
  --leading-button: normal;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 8px;
  --radius-2: 50%;
  --radius-3: 5px;
  --radius-4: 4px;
  --radius-5: 12px;
  --radius-6: 0 0 0px 0px;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 640px;
  --breakpoint-2: 768px;
  --breakpoint-3: 769px;
  --breakpoint-4: 770px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1031px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1032px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1241px;
  --max-width-1: 1600px;
  --max-width-2: 1340px;
  --max-width-3: 912px;
  --max-width-4: 780px;
  --max-width-5: 767px;
  --max-width-6: 300px;
}

{
    "site": "oup.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/oup.com",
    "text": "#191D20",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Cool Light Grey",
            "hex": "#C9D6D7",
            "rgb": [
                201,
                214,
                215
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Cool Near Black",
            "hex": "#191D20",
            "rgb": [
                25,
                29,
                32
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Cool Dark Grey",
            "hex": "#495252",
            "rgb": [
                73,
                82,
                82
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Blue",
            "hex": "#0043DF",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                67,
                223
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Midnight Blue",
            "hex": "#011E41",
            "rgb": [
                1,
                30,
                65
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Slate Grey",
            "hex": "#005145",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                81,
                69
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Pink",
            "hex": "#F3A7B8",
            "rgb": [
                243,
                167,
                184
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Slate Blue",
            "hex": "#002F9C",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                47,
                156
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Orange Red",
            "hex": "#FD5821",
            "rgb": [
                253,
                88,
                33
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#007AFF",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                122,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Cadet Blue",
            "hex": "#81A0A2",
            "rgb": [
                129,
                160,
                162
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Beige",
            "hex": "#E0E7D0",
            "rgb": [
                224,
                231,
                208
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Turquoise",
            "hex": "#22D5E9",
            "rgb": [
                34,
                213,
                233
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "Open Sans",
            "stack": "\"Open Sans\", sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                300,
                400,
                500,
                600,
                700,
                800
            ],
            "source": "Google Fonts"
        },
        {
            "name": "DM Serif Display",
            "stack": "\"DM Serif Display\", serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Google Fonts"
        }
    ]
}

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