What font does Popular Mechanics use?

Popular Mechanics’s website uses four typefaces: WorkSans (headings and body text), self-hosted; RobotoMono, self-hosted; UnitedSans, self-hosted; Inter, self-hosted.

What are Popular Mechanics’s brand colours?

The main colours on popularmechanics.com are Steel Blue (#007BFF), Teal (#1C6A65), Royal Blue (#0056B3), White (#FFFFFF), Black (#000000) and Charcoal (#333333).

What colour is Popular Mechanics’s text and background?

Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is Popular Mechanics’s logo from?

The logo shown in this guide was found on popularmechanics.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Popular Mechanics’s own brand or press page.

Is this Popular Mechanics’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from popularmechanics.com’s public web pages on 24 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Popular Mechanics. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

Popular Mechanics 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: Popular Mechanics - Product Reviews, How-To, Space, Military, Math, Science, and New Technology; ▲ 95 / 60 characters
Meta description: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world, whether it's practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science.; ▲ 251 / 160 characters
Site name: Popular Mechanics
og:title: Popular Mechanics - Product Reviews, How-To, Space, Military, Math, Science, and New Technology
og:description: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world, whether it's practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science.
Language: en-US
Theme colour: #000000

In search results

Popular Mechanicshttps://www.popularmechanics.com/

Popular Mechanics - Product Reviews, How-To, Space, Military,…

Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world, whether it's practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and …

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

popularmechanics.com

Popular Mechanics - Product Reviews, How-To, Space, Military, Math, Science, and New Tech…

Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world, whether it…

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Logo & favicons

Found as: SVG in the header. SVG.

Logo

On white

On black

On Steel Blue

Favicons

2 found

180 px · PNG apple-touch-icon
96 px · PNG icon

Popular Mechanics - Product Reviews, How-To, Space, Military, Math, Science, and New Technology

Light browser tab

Popular Mechanics - Product Reviews, How-To, Space, Military, Math, Science, and New Technology

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 (#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 46.8%
Black 26.2%
Charcoal 8.7%
Off White 8.2%
Steel Blue 4.8%
Teal 3.1%
Royal Blue 2.3%

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 · .css-1yhciq3, .css-1joeej0
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
—

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Text, background, theme · theme-color meta tag, .css-xwjhf9
Charcoal

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 80

On text
1.66:1 Fail

On white
12.63:1 AAA

Text · .hpc-error-modal-header h3, .hpc-error-modal-body
Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 10

On text
16.67:1 AAA

On white
1.26:1 Fail

Border, background, text · .css-147r868, .hpc-error-overlay .details-content strong

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 52 0 0

On text
5.28:1 AA

On white
3.98:1 AA large

Background, border · .hpc-error-modal-copy, .hpc-error-overlay .refresh-button
Teal

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
74 0 5 58

On text
3.30:1 AA large

On white
6.37:1 AA

Background, graphic · .css-1eb18ab, .css-hqvv6v
Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 52 0 30

On text
2.98:1 Fail

On white
7.04:1 AAA

Background, border · .hpc-error-modal-copy:hover, .hpc-error-overlay .refresh-button:hover

Gradients

linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(0,0,0,.5) 92%,transparent)
linear-gradient(to bottom,,)
linear-gradient(to top,,)

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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.

WorkSans

Aa 400 Aa 700

WorkSans

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

Aa 400 Aa 700

RobotoMono

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

Aa 400

UnitedSans

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

Aa 400 Aa 700

Inter

Self-hosted · weights 400, 700 · 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

Popular Mechanics

Heading 3 1.25rem · 20 px weight 600

Popular Mechanics - Product Reviews, How-To, Sp…

Small 80%

Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world, whether it's practical DIY home-improvem…

Button 100% / 1.15 none

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Link

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

24pxline 1 · 1 rules
20px1 rules
18pxline 1 · 1 rules
16px3 rules
14pxline 2rem · 7 rules
13pxline 1.3 · 3 rules
12px3 rules
11px1 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

Corner radius

6px · 3×
50% · 2×
3px · 2×
4px · 2×
1.875rem · 2×

Shadows

0 0 0 100vmax
0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000, 0 0 #0000
0 0 0 3px #55adff
0 2px 4px

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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

320

480

650

768

1024

1180

1200

1440

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1280 px

1024 px

768 px

640 px

600 px

337 px

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Notes

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

Notes

▲ CheckThe title is 95 characters. Google usually cuts titles near 60, so the end may not show in results.
▲ CheckThe description is 251 characters. Search results usually show about 160.
▲ 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 Popular Mechanics use?: Popular Mechanics’s website uses four typefaces: WorkSans (headings and body text), self-hosted; RobotoMono, self-hosted; UnitedSans, self-hosted; Inter, self-hosted.
What are Popular Mechanics’s brand colours?: The main colours on popularmechanics.com are Steel Blue (#007BFF), Teal (#1C6A65), Royal Blue (#0056B3), White (#FFFFFF), Black (#000000) and Charcoal (#333333).
What colour is Popular Mechanics’s text and background?: Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Popular Mechanics’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on popularmechanics.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Popular Mechanics’s own brand or press page.
Is this Popular Mechanics’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from popularmechanics.com’s public web pages on 24 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Popular Mechanics. 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

popularmechanics-com-tokens.css

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/* popularmechanics.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/popularmechanics.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #000000;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-charcoal: #333333;
  --colour-off-white: #E5E5E5;
  --colour-steel-blue: #007BFF;
  --colour-teal: #1C6A65;
  --colour-royal-blue: #0056B3;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(0,0,0,.5) 92%,transparent);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(to bottom,,);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(to top,,);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'WorkSans', system-ui, -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto';
  --font-other: 'RobotoMono', system-ui, -apple-system, blinkmacsystemfont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2em;
  --text-h3: 1.25rem;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-button: 100%;
  --leading-button: 1.15;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 6px;
  --radius-2: 50%;
  --radius-3: 3px;
  --radius-4: 4px;
  --radius-5: 1.875rem;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 320px;
  --breakpoint-2: 480px;
  --breakpoint-3: 650px;
  --breakpoint-4: 768px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1180px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1200px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1440px;
  --max-width-1: 1280px;
  --max-width-2: 1024px;
  --max-width-3: 768px;
  --max-width-4: 640px;
  --max-width-5: 600px;
  --max-width-6: 337px;
}

{
    "site": "popularmechanics.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/popularmechanics.com",
    "text": "#000000",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Charcoal",
            "hex": "#333333",
            "rgb": [
                51,
                51,
                51
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Off White",
            "hex": "#E5E5E5",
            "rgb": [
                229,
                229,
                229
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#007BFF",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                123,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Teal",
            "hex": "#1C6A65",
            "rgb": [
                28,
                106,
                101
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#0056B3",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                86,
                179
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "WorkSans",
            "stack": "WorkSans, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "RobotoMono",
            "stack": "RobotoMono, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "UnitedSans",
            "stack": "UnitedSans, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Inter",
            "stack": "Inter, Inter-roboto, Inter-local, Helvetica, Arial, Sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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Popular Mechanicsstyle guide

Title &
description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Black

Charcoal

Off White

Colours

Steel Blue

Teal

Royal Blue

Gradients

WorkSans

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

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Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Black

Charcoal

Off White

Colours

Steel Blue

Teal

Royal Blue

Gradients

WorkSans

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

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