What font does Scribd use?

Scribd’s website uses one typeface: Scribd Sans (headings and body text), self-hosted.

What are Scribd’s brand colours?

The main colours on scribd.com are Crimson (#D33044), Papaya Whip (#FCF1D9), Sea Green (#098647), Honey Dew (#DFF0D8), Black (#303140) and Slate Grey (#596280).

What colour is Scribd’s text and background?

Body text is #282828 on a #FFFFFF background.

Where is Scribd’s logo from?

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

Is this Scribd’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from scribd.com’s public web pages on 28 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Scribd. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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

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Scribdstyle guide

Scribd’s website (scribd.com) uses Scribd Sans for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Crimson (#D33044), Papaya Whip (#FCF1D9) and Sea Green (#098647), with #282828 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 28 October 2026.

Website: scribd.com
Typefaces: Scribd Sans
Palette: 4 neutrals, 12 colours, 2 gradients
Captured: 28 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide

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Screenshot of the scribd.com homepage on a desktop screen — Screenshot of scribd.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 28 Oct 2026.

Screenshot of the scribd.com 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: Scribd: Home to the world’s documents.; ● 38 / 60 characters
Meta description: Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the world’s documents, 300M+ and counting.; ● 147 / 160 characters
Site name: Scribd
og:title: Scribd: Home to the world’s documents.
og:description: Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the world’s documents, 300M+ and counting.
Language: en-US

In search results

Scribdhttps://www.scribd.com/

Scribd: Home to the world’s documents.

Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the world’s documents, 300M+ and counting.

When shared

scribd.com

Scribd: Home to the world’s documents.

Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the …

Logo & favicons

Found as: image in the header. SVG, 1000 × 243.

Logo

On white

On black

On Crimson

Favicons

1 found

48 px · ICO icon

Scribd: Home to the world’s documents.

Light browser tab

Scribd: Home to the world’s documents.

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 (#282828) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

White 29.5%
Deep Charcoal 20.3%
Near Black 19.2%
Light Charcoal 12.1%
Crimson 4.8%
Papaya Whip 1.9%
Sea Green 1.5%
Honey Dew 1.5%
Black 1.3%
Slate Grey 1.3%
Brown 1.3%
Royal Blue 1.3%
Light Green 1%
Deep Green 1%
Dark Orange 1%
Dark Slate Grey 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
14.73:1 AAA

On white
1.00:1 Fail

Background, text, border · .TopBar-module-scss-module__XEotgG__wrapper, .Footer-module-scss-module__2L2ykq__wrapper
Deep Charcoal

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 84

On text
—

On white
14.74:1 AAA

Text, background, border · body, .customOptInDialog.osano-cm-dialog .customOptInTitle
Near Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 95

On text
1.32:1 Fail

On white
19.44:1 AAA

Text, border, background · .Footer-module-scss-module__2L2ykq__contentTypesList li:not(:last-child):after, .PickerButton-module_selected_yvxLwz .PickerButton-module_icon_fN3XkJ
Light Charcoal

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 74

On text
1.47:1 Fail

On white
10.05:1 AAA

Text, border, graphic · .TopBar-module-scss-module__XEotgG__searchBackButton, .Footer-module-scss-module__2L2ykq__bottomCopyright

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Crimson

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 77 68 17

On text
3.00:1 AA large

On white
4.91:1 AA

Text, background, border · .AccentButton-module_danger_DTXy8Z, .PrimaryButton-module_danger_rcboy6
Papaya Whip

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 4 14 1

On text
13.14:1 AAA

On white
1.12:1 Fail

Background · .FlashShared-module_notice_Jp-rmr, --color-yellow-100
Sea Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
93 0 47 47

On text
3.17:1 AA large

On white
4.65:1 AA

Background · .AccentButton-module_default_4Uc-A6, --color-green-100
Honey Dew

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
7 0 10 6

On text
12.35:1 AAA

On white
1.19:1 Fail

Background · .FlashShared-module_success_LqkazV, --color-system-green-100
Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
25 23 0 75

On text
1.15:1 Fail

On white
12.81:1 AAA

Text · .ShortTopBar-module-scss-module__D44lUG__navItemButton, .ShortTopBar-module-scss-module__D44lUG__uploadButton
Slate Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
30 23 0 50

On text
2.45:1 Fail

On white
6.03:1 AA

Text · .AccordionTrigger-module_subheading_MgxAE0, --color-slate-100
Brown

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 88 78 44

On text
1.59:1 Fail

On white
9.26:1 AAA

Background · .Toast-module_error_OoS38j, --color-red-400
Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
96 51 0 23

On text
2.44:1 Fail

On white
6.03:1 AA

Background · .Toast-module_info_tjiVGA, --color-blue-300
Light Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
93 0 47 59

On text
2.17:1 Fail

On white
6.80:1 AA

Background · --color-green-200, --spl-color-button-accent-hover
Deep Green

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
59 0 59 64

On text
1.83:1 Fail

On white
8.07:1 AAA

Background · .Toast-module_success_RGrW0J, --color-system-green-300
Dark Orange

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 46 100 11

On text
5.01:1 AA

On white
2.94:1 Fail

Text · .StaticStarRating-module_stars_Ta305x, .StaticStarRating-module_responsiveStars_g5HDP2
Dark Slate Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
94 0 48 76

On text
1.20:1 Fail

On white
12.24:1 AAA

Border · --color-green-500, --spl-color-border-button-accent-click

Gradients

linear-gradient(90deg,#fff,#fff0)
linear-gradient(270deg,#fff,#fff0)

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.

Scribd Sans

Aa 400 Aa 700

Scribd Sans

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

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

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Body 1rem · 16 px / 1.5 weight 400 · Scribd Sans

Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the world’s documents, 300M+ and c…

Paragraph 100%

Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the world’s documents, 300M+ and c…

Small 100%

Get to the source. Specialized knowledge on any topic, and answers you won’t find anywhere else. Home to the world’s documents, 300M+ and c…

Button 100% / 1.15 none

Get started

Link 100%

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

52pxline 1.3 · 3 rules
29pxline 1.3 · 2 rules
26pxline 1.3 · 3 rules
20pxline 1.3 · 8 rules
18pxline 1.3 · 7 rules
16pxline 1.5 · 40 rules
14pxline 1.5 · 14 rules
12pxline 1.5 · 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

Corner radius

6px · 13×
4px · 5×
8px · 5×
99999px · 4×
2px · 3×
inherit · 1×

Shadows

0 2px 10px #0000001a
0 6px 20px #0003
0 3px 6px #0003
0 0 4px #0000001a

Layout

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

Grid

Breakpoints

320

360

512

513

808

809

1008

1248

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1920 px

1248 px

1200 px

650 px

360 px

Notes

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

Notes

● FineThe title is 38 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.

Questions

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

Questions

What font does Scribd use?: Scribd’s website uses one typeface: Scribd Sans (headings and body text), self-hosted.
What are Scribd’s brand colours?: The main colours on scribd.com are Crimson (#D33044), Papaya Whip (#FCF1D9), Sea Green (#098647), Honey Dew (#DFF0D8), Black (#303140) and Slate Grey (#596280).
What colour is Scribd’s text and background?: Body text is #282828 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Scribd’s logo from?: The logo shown in this guide was found on scribd.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Scribd’s own brand or press page.
Is this Scribd’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from scribd.com’s public web pages on 28 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Scribd. 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

scribd-com-tokens.css

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/* scribd.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/scribd.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #282828;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFE;
  --colour-deep-charcoal: #282828;
  --colour-near-black: #0D0D0D;
  --colour-light-charcoal: #424242;
  --colour-crimson: #D33044;
  --colour-papaya-whip: #FCF1D9;
  --colour-sea-green: #098647;
  --colour-honey-dew: #DFF0D8;
  --colour-black: #303140;
  --colour-slate-grey: #596280;
  --colour-brown: #8F1120;
  --colour-royal-blue: #0860C4;
  --colour-light-green: #076938;
  --colour-deep-green: #255B25;
  --colour-dark-orange: #E47B01;
  --colour-dark-slate-grey: #043E20;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(90deg,#fff,#fff0);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(270deg,#fff,#fff0);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Scribd Sans', sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'Scribd Sans', sans-serif;
  --font-body: 'Scribd Sans', sans-serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-body: 1rem;
  --leading-body: 1.5;
  --text-p: 100%;
  --text-small: 100%;
  --text-button: 100%;
  --leading-button: 1.15;
  --text-a: 100%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 6px;
  --radius-2: 4px;
  --radius-3: 8px;
  --radius-4: 99999px;
  --radius-5: 2px;
  --radius-6: inherit;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 320px;
  --breakpoint-2: 360px;
  --breakpoint-3: 512px;
  --breakpoint-4: 513px;
  --breakpoint-5: 808px;
  --breakpoint-6: 809px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1008px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1248px;
  --max-width-1: 1920px;
  --max-width-2: 1248px;
  --max-width-3: 1200px;
  --max-width-4: 650px;
  --max-width-5: 360px;
}

{
    "site": "scribd.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/scribd.com",
    "text": "#282828",
    "background": "#FFFFFF",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFE",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                254
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Charcoal",
            "hex": "#282828",
            "rgb": [
                40,
                40,
                40
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Near Black",
            "hex": "#0D0D0D",
            "rgb": [
                13,
                13,
                13
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Charcoal",
            "hex": "#424242",
            "rgb": [
                66,
                66,
                66
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Crimson",
            "hex": "#D33044",
            "rgb": [
                211,
                48,
                68
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Papaya Whip",
            "hex": "#FCF1D9",
            "rgb": [
                252,
                241,
                217
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Sea Green",
            "hex": "#098647",
            "rgb": [
                9,
                134,
                71
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Honey Dew",
            "hex": "#DFF0D8",
            "rgb": [
                223,
                240,
                216
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#303140",
            "rgb": [
                48,
                49,
                64
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Slate Grey",
            "hex": "#596280",
            "rgb": [
                89,
                98,
                128
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Brown",
            "hex": "#8F1120",
            "rgb": [
                143,
                17,
                32
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#0860C4",
            "rgb": [
                8,
                96,
                196
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Green",
            "hex": "#076938",
            "rgb": [
                7,
                105,
                56
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Green",
            "hex": "#255B25",
            "rgb": [
                37,
                91,
                37
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Orange",
            "hex": "#E47B01",
            "rgb": [
                228,
                123,
                1
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Slate Grey",
            "hex": "#043E20",
            "rgb": [
                4,
                62,
                32
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "Scribd Sans",
            "stack": "Scribd Sans, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                600,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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Scribdstyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

White

Deep Charcoal

Near Black

Light Charcoal

Colours

Crimson

Papaya Whip

Sea Green

Honey Dew

Black

Slate Grey

Brown

Royal Blue

Light Green

Deep Green

Dark Orange

Dark Slate Grey

Gradients

Scribd Sans

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

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Title &
description