SiteStyleGuide

Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from rca.ac.uk’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by RCA Website. The real site is rca.ac.uk ↗

RCA Website logo

Unofficial style guide

RCA Websitestyle guide

RCA Website’s website (rca.ac.uk) uses VideoJS for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Orange Red (#FF5D1C), Red (#FF0000) and Light Slate Grey (#73859F), with #000000 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 26 October 2026.

Website
rca.ac.uk
Typefaces
VideoJS
Palette
4 neutrals, 4 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
26 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.rca.ac.uk/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the rca.ac.uk homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of rca.ac.uk on a 1440 px desktop screen, 26 Oct 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
Royal College of Art | Home
● 27 / 60 characters
Meta description
The Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design. Find out about courses, research and innovation here.
● 154 / 160 characters
Site name
RCA Website
og:title
Home
og:description
The Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design. Find out about courses, research and innovation here.
Language
en-GB
Theme colour
#000000

In search results

RCA Websitehttps://www.rca.ac.uk/

Royal College of Art | Home

The Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design. Find out about courses, research and innovation here.

When shared

The image RCA Website shares with links

rca.ac.uk

Home

The Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design. Find out…

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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 37.3%
  • Black 32.6%
  • Dark Grey 11.9%
  • Light Grey 9.2%
  • Orange Red 6%
  • Red 1.3%
  • Light Slate Grey 1.2%
  • Dodger Blue 0.3%

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, graphic · .vjs-track-settings-controls button, body

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 100
    On text
    —
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Text, background, graphic · html, .app--scholarship-listing.project-filters-mobile .categories-tablist .categories

  • Dark Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 60
    On text
    3.71:1 AA large
    On white
    5.66:1 AA

    Text, graphic, background · .categories-tablist__heading, .app--scholarship-listing .categories-tablist.bg--light .categories-tablist__hea

  • Light Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 27
    On text
    10.94:1 AAA
    On white
    1.92:1 Fail

    Text, background, graphic · .logo-card__heading, .app--scholarship-listing .categories-tablist.bg--dark .categories-tablist__head

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Orange Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 64 89 0
    On text
    6.83:1 AA
    On white
    3.07:1 AA large

    Text, background, border · .donate-form #bboxdonation_BBEmbeddedForm .BBFormRadioLabelGivingLevelSelected, .cookie_snippet_block .ot-sdk-show-settings

  • Red

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 100 100 0
    On text
    5.25:1 AA
    On white
    4.00:1 AA large

    Text, border, background · .bg--dark .form-item.form-item--errors.form-item--has-content .form-item__contai, .vjs-seek-to-live-control.vjs-control.vjs-at-live-edge .vjs-icon-placeholder

  • Light Slate Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    28 16 0 38
    On text
    5.58:1 AA
    On white
    3.76:1 AA large

    Background · .vjs-track-settings-controls button, .vjs-track-settings-controls button:active

  • Dodger Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 30 0 13
    On text
    6.74:1 AA
    On white
    3.11:1 AA large

    Border · a:focus, a:focus-visible

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(currentcolor,currentcolor)

  • linear-gradient(358.73deg,#000000f5 3.08%,#0000 124.08%)

  • linear-gradient(180deg,#000000e6,#000000b3 60%,#0000)

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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.

VideoJS

Aa 400

VideoJS

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS · root 18 px
Heading 1 2em · 36 px

RCA Website

Heading 2 18px / 122% weight 600

Royal College of Art | Home

Heading 3 24px / 122%

Royal College of Art | Home

Heading 4 22px / 122%

Royal College of Art | Home

Heading 5 18px / 122%

Royal College of Art | Home

Heading 6 18px / 122%

Royal College of Art | Home

Paragraph 22px / 122% weight 600

The Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design. Find out about courses, research and i…

Small 18px

The Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate institution of art and design. Find out about courses, research and i…

Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 36pxline 50px · 3 rules
  • 32pxline 1.67 · 3 rules
  • 28px4 rules
  • 25px3 rules
  • 24px4 rules
  • 22pxline 1.5 · 8 rules
  • 18pxline 3em · 105 rules
  • 16pxline .35em · 3 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

.vjs-track-settings-controls button · #FFFFFF · radius 2px

Corner radius

  • 50% · 8×
  • .3em · 3×
  • inherit · 1×
  • 2px · 1×
  • 5px · 1×
  • 100% · 1×

Shadows

  • 0 0 1em #fff
  • 0 0 1px #ff5d1c

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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

418
598
599
1023
1024
1122
1180
1220

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1440 px
500 px
460 px
440 px
350 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 27 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
  • ▲ CheckThe favicon is dark on a see-through background, so it nearly disappears on dark browser tabs.

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Questions

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

Questions

What font does RCA Website use?
RCA Website’s website uses one typeface: VideoJS (headings and body text), self-hosted.
What are RCA Website’s brand colours?
The main colours on rca.ac.uk are Orange Red (#FF5D1C), Red (#FF0000), Light Slate Grey (#73859F), Dodger Blue (#009BDE), White (#FFFFFF) and Black (#000000).
What colour is RCA Website’s text and background?
Body text is #000000 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is RCA Website’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on rca.ac.uk’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check RCA Website’s own brand or press page.
Is this RCA Website’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from rca.ac.uk’s public web pages on 26 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with RCA Website. 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

rca-ac-uk-tokens.css

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/* rca.ac.uk design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/rca.ac.uk) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #000000;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-dark-grey: #676767;
  --colour-light-grey: #BBBBBB;
  --colour-orange-red: #FF5D1C;
  --colour-red: #FF0000;
  --colour-light-slate-grey: #73859F;
  --colour-dodger-blue: #009BDE;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(currentcolor,currentcolor);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(358.73deg,#000000f5 3.08%,#0000 124.08%);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(180deg,#000000e6,#000000b3 60%,#0000);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-buttons: 'VideoJS';
  --font-headings: 'VideoJS';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 2em;
  --text-h2: 18px;
  --leading-h2: 122%;
  --text-h3: 24px;
  --leading-h3: 122%;
  --text-h4: 22px;
  --leading-h4: 122%;
  --text-h5: 18px;
  --leading-h5: 122%;
  --text-h6: 18px;
  --leading-h6: 122%;
  --text-p: 22px;
  --leading-p: 122%;
  --text-small: 18px;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 50%;
  --radius-2: .3em;
  --radius-3: inherit;
  --radius-4: 2px;
  --radius-5: 5px;
  --radius-6: 100%;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 418px;
  --breakpoint-2: 598px;
  --breakpoint-3: 599px;
  --breakpoint-4: 1023px;
  --breakpoint-5: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1122px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1180px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1220px;
  --max-width-1: 1440px;
  --max-width-2: 500px;
  --max-width-3: 460px;
  --max-width-4: 440px;
  --max-width-5: 350px;
  --max-width-6: 300px;
}

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Other websites using VideoJS as their main typeface
Websites whose lead colour is closest to RCA Website’s

Captured from rca.ac.uk on 26 October 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by RCA Website; this guide describes the public website for reference.